Action sought against PTI workers for ‘throwing’ shoe in KP Assembly – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has submitted an application to the police for the registration of an FIR against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers for throwing a shoe and a lota at its woman lawmaker, Sobia Shahid, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Feb 20. PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam told reporters at the Peshawar Press […]
Fazl arrives in Karachi, likely to skip NA sitting – Pakistan
KARACHI: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has arrived in Karachi to attend the party’s Sindh chapter’s meeting in Korangi today (Sunday). This means that he will not be present in Islamabad for the National Assembly session that will elect the next prime minister. However, PML-N, whose supreme leader Nawaz Sharif had called on the Maulana […]
PTI protests against ‘rigging’ met with arrests across country – Pakistan
• Workers face off with policemen in Punjab; footage shows people being dragged out of cars• Party terms protest ‘successful’, claims several leaders, workers rounded up LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders and workers came face to face with the police once again on Saturday as the party staged protests across the country, despite inclement weather, […]
Verdict on reserved seats for SIC likely after PM’s election – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce its reserved verdict on the plea of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the new face of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) — for allocation of reserved seats, only after the prime ministerial election on Sunday, official sources told Dawn. A senior ECP official said […]
Sarfraz Bugti becomes Balochistan CM ‘unopposed’ – Pakistan
QUETTA: Months after stepping down as the caretaker interior minister, Sarfraz Bugti has been elected unopposed as the new Balochistan chief minister. The leader, who recently joined the PPP and enjoyed the support of PML-N, submitted his nomination papers with Assembly Secretary Tahir Shah on Friday. He was proposed by PPP leader and former chief […]
Sharif camp optimistic after Nawaz woos Fazl for support – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif visited the residence of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Friday, possibly to seek the latter’s support in the formation of the upcoming coalition government at the Centre, as the JUI-F had abstained during the voting for speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly. Nawaz Sharif was […]
Foreign Office dismisses US ‘directions’ on probing election rigging – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has dismissed the United States’ suggestion to probe electoral discrepancies, emphasising that it will not succumb to external dictates. In her weekly press briefing on Friday, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch categorically stated that no country can give directions to Pakistan, which is an independent and sovereign country. “We believe in our […]
Senators spar over PTI letter linking loan with poll audit – Pakistan
• PTI leader claims IMF approached Imran first to seek ‘guarantee’• Issue of unassigned reserved seats reverberates in upper house ISLAMABAD: Senators from two sides of the aisle on Friday sparred over PTI founding chairman Imran Khan’s letter to the IMF linking release of next tranche of bailout package for Pakistan with audit of recently […]
Allied parties clinch speaker, deputy slots in National Assembly – Pakistan
A day after more than 300 members took oath as lawmakers in the National Assembly, MNAs on Friday elected PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq as the speaker of the lower house of the Parliament and PPP’s Ghulam Mustafa Shah as his deputy. Sadiq, the Sharifs’ loyalist, and Mustafa defeated PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council nominees Amir Dogar and […]
PTI’s Ali Amin Gandapur elected KP chief minister, demands justice for Imran and party – Pakistan
Amid intense sloganeering, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Friday elected PTI’s Ali Amin Gandapur as the 22nd chief minister of the province. The PTI leader clinched an overwhelming victory with 90 votes against rival Ibadullah Khan from the PML-N. Gandapur, who had served as a federal minister during the PTI government, was nominated for the […]