Oath-taking of KP and Balochistan PAs on Feb 28 – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: Newly elected members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan assemblies will be sworn in on Wednesday (Feb 28), as the governors of both provinces have requisitioned assembly sessions. KP Governor Ghulam Ali has summoned the session following advice from the KP caretaker chief minister, Syed Arshad Hussain Shah. On Friday, the provincial law department […]
AGP summoned after Punjab assails SC verdict of Feb 6 – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has summoned Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan to appear before its three-member bench on Monday in response to the Punjab government’s request for a review of the top court’s Feb 6 decision. That judgement, Mubarak Ahmad Sani vs The State, etc., sparked a controversy and malicious campaign against Chief […]
SC disposes of plea seeking nullification of Feb 8 general elections – Pakistan
The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a plea seeking the February 8 general elections to be declared void and null after the petitioner failed to attend two consecutive hearings. In an application filed last week, petitioner Ali Khan had urged the apex court to order new elections within 30 days to be held under […]
JI’s Mushtaq Ahmad demands CEC’s resignation as senators decry alleged rigging in Feb 8 polls – Pakistan
Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmad on Tuesday demanded that Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja resign from his post and proceedings under Article 6 (high treason) of the Constitution be initiated against him. He passed these remarks as the upper house of Parliament convened for the second day. During the session, a number of senators raised […]
PTI says Feb 8 polls to be remembered for ‘biggest voter fraud’ – Pakistan
PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan on Friday said the February 8 general elections would be remembered due to the “biggest voter fraud” in Pakistan’s history against the party and its candidates. Nearly 60.6 million Pakistanis voted in the country’s 12th general elections last week. However, the poll day was marred by a day-long suspension […]
NA can meet any time after Feb 21: minister
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information, Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi on Wednesday said that the first session of the new National Assembly might be called on any date between February 22 and February 29. As per the Constitution, the president could convene the National Assembly’s session within 21 days of the polling date, the […]
IHC summons PM Kakar on Feb 19 in missing Baloch students case – Pakistan
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on February 19 over the failure to recover allegedly missing Baloch students. The directive was issued as IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resumed hearing a petition regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances. The […]
New National Assembly must be summoned by Feb 29 – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi is duty-bound under the Constitution to summon a fresh session of the new National Assembly by Feb 29, as the National Assembly Secretariat (NAS) has made all arrangements to welcome the newly elected members. Meanwhile, wheeling and dealing among mainstream political parties are underway after the Feb 8 general elections, with […]
Complete results of Feb 8 elections
After three days of counting, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released on Sunday the final results of the parliamentary elections held on February 8. Independent candidates, most of them allied to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, won 101 seats of the National Assembly, which has 336 seats (266 directly elected, 60 reserved for women, and 10 for […]
Fact check: Viral picture of Imran Khan in Adiala Jail is not from Feb 6
A photo of former prime minister Imran Khan has been circulating on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) since Tuesday, with some claiming it to be taken the same day in Adiala Jail and presenting it as if it was fresh. An investigation into the picture’s origin has found that it was not from Tuesday, […]