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PPP has other options if PM does nothing: Khuhro
KARACHI: Senior PPP leader Nisar Khuhro yesterday said the party has other options if Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif does not…
A year on: Inaction paralyses electoral reforms panel
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on finalising electoral reforms is no closer to completing its task than when it was formed…
PTI, PAT vow to enhance ‘cooperation’
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar called on Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul…
Justice Chaudhry shouldn’t open a new Pandora’s box
LAHORE: Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, it seems, is out to open a new Pandora’s box at a time when…
NAP being used to target political opponents: Bilawal
LARKANA: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that the National Action Plan (NAP) is…
Zardari to become president of PPP Parliamentarians
NAUDERO: The central executive committee of PPP decided on Sunday night to install Asif Ali Zardari as president of Pakistan…
LG elections on ICT reserved seats on Jan 18
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to hold Local Government Elections on reserved seats for Women,…
Imran asks protesting workers to wait for intra-party polls
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has asked the party cadres protesting against the PTI’s city…
Iftikhar Chaudhry launches his party
ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry launched on Friday a political party namely ‘Pakistan…
ECP sets deadline for LG independent winners to join any political party
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the elected independent members of Sindh local government to…
LG polls on reserved seats : ECP issues code of conduct for ICT
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the code of conduct for upcoming local government (LG) elections…
MQM, PML-N join hands to grab top slots in South DMC
KARACHI: With the blessing of their high command, the local leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) made a deal…
Stance vindicated? PTI leaders say NA-154 victory a watershed
LAHORE: Political adviser to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Abdul Aleem Khan said on Thursday that Jehangir Tareen’s…
PTI stuns PML-N in Lodhran by-election
BAHAWALPUR: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Wednesday finally put a stop to the winning streak of rival Pakistan Muslim…
PML-N’s Sanaullah Zehri elected CM Balochistan
QUETTA: Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri, the President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Balochistan province, has been…
NA-47 election results: PHC restores PTI lawmaker’s membership
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has restored the membership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmaker from NA-47 (Tribal Area…
Balochistan Assembly gets first female speaker
QUETTA: Just two days after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly got first female deputy speaker, another woman lawmaker has won the…
Local government: ECP postpones elections on reserved seats
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed on Wednesday the elections on reserved seats for local government…
ECP once again postpones LG polls in Sanghar, Badin over security concerns
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed the Local Government (LG) polls scheduled on December 30 in…
LHC appoints amicus curies in UC-34, UC-35 elections case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court appointed Asma Jahangir and Shahzad Shaukat as amicus curies on petitions challenging election of…
SC allows ECP to hold LB polls in 80 UCs of Sindh
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Election Commission to hold local government elections in more than eighty Union…
Asif Zardari says Federation violated Constitutional supremacy
DUBAI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari also came down hard on the Federation for rejecting the Sindh…
Imran lashes out at ECP once again
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that despite of recognising errors in the local…
Polling underway for by-elections in NA-154 Lodhran
LODHRAN: Polling for by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-154 Lodhran-I is underway amid strict security measures…
PP-152 rigging case adjourned till January 6
An election tribunal Tuesday adjourned the hearing of PP-152 alleged rigging case till January 6. The tribunal comprising…
Newly-elected LG reps pledge good governance
ISLAMABAD: Some 650 newly-elected chairmen and members of 50 union councils (UCs) of Islamabad yesterday sworn in with pledge…
SC allows ECP to hold LB polls in 80 UCs of Sindh
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Election Commission to hold local government elections in more than eighty…
Union council boundaries: Two thirds report changes
LAHORE: A little less than two third of the respondents (64 per cent) in a survey conducted by The Express Tribune report changes…
Musharraf says he invoked emergency after consulting Gen Kayani
ISLAMABAD: Former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has claimed that he invoked the Nov 3, 2007 emergency after holding…
Masses reject enemies of prosperity in LB election: CM
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said the Pakistan Muslim League-N government had put the country in…
ECP adjourns hearing in PTI funds case
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will wait until January 26 for the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision on…
Senate panel voices concern over ECP performance
Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has raised serious concerns over performance of the Election Commission of…
The cold seat: K-P to finally elect a deputy speaker today
PESHAWAR: After the position lay vacant for over a year, the K-P Assembly is finally going to elect a new deputy speaker on…
Secretary ECP admits irregularities in local body elections
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob has on Monday admitted the irregularities in the local…
Voters’ voice: Public opinion split evenly for and against party-based elections
LAHORE: Public opinion on party-based elections is split almost evenly between those who prefer party-based elections (49.5 per…
PML-N can’t figure out who to pitch for Islamabad’s mayor slot
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) is in a catch-22 situation over the post of Mayor for the federal capital.…
Sharif to contact allies as opp set to test rulers
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to launch a contact campaign with his allies as the opposition parties get closer…
NA-154 by-polls: PTI, PML-N trade barbs ahead of poll battle
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan reiterated his oft-repeated refrain against rigging in elections as he…
Grandstanding: Imran is no friend of the people: Hamza
BAHAWALPUR: “When I first came to Lodhran, I had intended only to campaign for Siddique Khan Baloch. But now I realise that it is…
SC requested to nullify 2013 General Elections
ISLAMABAD: Advocate Riaz Hanif Rahi on Saturday filed a writ petition in Supreme Court seeking orders to declare National…