PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur may vacate DI Khan’s NA seat – Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: There is a likelihood of PTI provincial president Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur vacating the National Assembly seat he won along with the provincial one from here. He won Thursday’s general election in one National Assembly constituency (NA-44) and one provincial assembly constituency (PK-113) but he can keep one seat only. “We […]
Batons, teargas used to disperse PTI protests against ‘rigging’ – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI / PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers on Saturday held protests across the country against, what they termed, rigging in the general election, facing teargas and baton charge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Karachi and Punjab. About 2,000 workers of the PTI took to the streets in Peshawar on Saturday as they continued their […]
Alvi says use of EVMs could’ve averted election uncertainty
Taking to microblogging platform “X” (formerly Twitter), President of Pakistan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Dr Arif Alvi, on Saturday lamented the absence of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the recent elections, stating that their implementation could have averted the current crisis. President Alvi reminisced about the prolonged struggle for EVMs, emphasising their capability to […]
PTI claims victory in Centre, KP and Punjab – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Following the victory of candidates with its support in the Feb 8 polls, the PTI on Friday claimed it had become the single largest party in the Centre and two provinces and vowed to get back its iconic symbol “bat”. The party has decided not to sit on the opposition benches in the National […]
Fractious poll fertile ground for disinformation
ISLAMABAD: Fake boycotts and fictional ballots: a deluge of disinformation accompanied Pakistan’s contentious election, with a delayed vote count underway on Friday. Pakistan’s poll is the most fraught of recent years, with ex-prime minister Imran Khan jailed and his arch-rival Nawaz Sharif appearing to be the favourite of the powerful military-led establishment. Early results show […]
Journalists censure ECP for ‘farcical failure’ in delivering results, laud PTI for demonstrating ‘power of vote’
Meher Bokhari urges CEC Raja to resign, while Zarrar Khuhro says all evidence points to one logical conclusion. Despite the suspension of cellular service, internet outage, sporadic violence and complaints of mismanagement — including delayed starts at some polling stations — Pakistanis voted in general elections 2024 on Thursday. Ahead of the polls, Chief Election […]
PTI candidates in Islamabad spend poll eve seeking bail, activists’ release – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: As candidates of all other major political parties in the federal capital were flexing muscles for Thursday’s elections, candidates of PTI spent their entire day on Wednesday in courts either seeking pre-arrest bail for themselves or their supporters. Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamir Farooq granted pre-arrest bail to PTI candidate from NA-46, […]
PTI nominees likely to give tough time to PML-N in urban Faisalabad – Pakistan
In NA-100, Rana Sanaullah has a contest against the PTI-backed candidate Dr Nisar Jat and the PPP’s Sidra Saeed Bandesha. TOBA TEK SINGH: In three urban constituencies of Faisalabad, the PML-N is strong in one constituency, the PTI-backed candidate has an upper hand in the other while a tough contest is expected between the candidates […]
PTI serves notice on ex-minister for contesting polls against its nominee – Pakistan
KOHAT: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf president for south region Shahid Khattak has served a final show-cause notice on former provincial law minister Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi, asking him to withdraw from elections as an independent against the party nominee in PK-91, or his basic membership would get terminated. A letter issued here said: “We are informed that you, […]
Police raids on PTI offices, leaders’ houses continue across Punjab – Pakistan
• Poll office of incarcerated Aaliya Hamza ‘sealed’• Party-affiliated lawyer, his father ‘abducted’• Houses of Javed Hashmi, Qaisara Elahi ‘raided’ LAHORE/GUJRAT: The Punjab police on Monday continued raiding the PTI election offices, as well as houses of the party leaders and supporters, besides allegedly harassing women workers. The PTI alleged that police, as well as […]