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Tribal elders ask govt to hold election in NA-38

HANGU: The tribal elders have asked the government to hold election in the National Assembly constituency (NA-38) in the central…

Resignations MQM’s answer to minus-Altaf formula: Altaf

LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, has said that resignations of the party lawmakers represented a…

Reham won't attend PTI events in future, says Imran

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out on Twitter against "attacks" on wife Reham…

Hopeful Fazl meets MQM leaders today

KARACHI: JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman reached Karachi on Monday and expressed the hope that he will convince MQM to withdraw the…

Zardari likely to return by month’s end, says Babar

LAHORE: PPP’s de facto chief, Asif Ali Zardari, is most likely to return home by the end of this month, spokesperson for the…

SC must take suo moto on resignations issue: Shujaat

LAHORE: Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain has said that procedure has been laid down in the constitution regarding statement against the…

PML-N wins Haripur by-poll with huge margin

HARIPUR: Babar Nawaz Khan of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) bagged 82,725 votes while Dr Raja Amir Zaman of the…

PTI lost all six by-elections after Dharna

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has lost all the six elections it contested directly or indirectly following…

MQM moves court against ‘unlawful’ UC delimitations

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement filed a petition in the Sindh High Court on Saturday against the delimitation of union…

Holding talks with MQM as parliament rep: Fazl

LAHORE: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said Pakistan was facing crisis after crisis with the latest one being that…

QWP set to rejoin KP govt in few days

PESHAWAR: Despite reservations by most of its MPAs, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is set to welcome the Aftab Sherpao-led…

LG elections to go ahead no matter vote

KARACHI: While hue and cry for holding elections at the grass-roots level has been there for the last 10 years, political parties…

Minister made to resign over interview controversy

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah Khan on Saturday tendered his resignation, officials said, after a…

Mazari demands commission to probe Mushahidullah’s accusations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Dr Shireen Mazari Saturday accused the government of continuously hurling…

Imran continues to stay away from NA

ISLAMABAD: For more than a year, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has attended the House proceedings hardly…

Resignations: for now, it’s wait-and-see for Muttahida

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has adopted a wait-and-see policy after its lawmakers submitted their resignations from…

No country gives voting right to its expats: ECP

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that no country gives right of vote to its overseas citizens, ECP Additional…

SC seeks solid reasons for holding phase-wise polls

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to give solid reason for holding…

Govt decides not to accept MQM resignations

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and the parliamentary parties’ leaders on Thursday decided against accepting the…

NA passes record six bills in single day

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday did recording-making legislation by passing as many as six bills in a single day.…

PPP MNA Alizeh Iqbal resigns

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party MNA Alizeh Iqbal Haider resigned from her National Assembly seat on Wednesday.

Despite resignations, MQM plans to contest by-polls

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Despite handing down resignations in the parliament yesterday, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement intends to take…

ECP submits new local govt poll schedule to SC

ISLAMABAD: The Election Com¬mission of Pakistan (ECP) has come out with yet another schedule by proposing holding of local…

ASJs to work as appellant for LB polls

LAHORE: Once again the additional district and sessions judges will provide their services to the Election Commission of Pakistan…

Sindh allows citizens with dual nationality to contest LG polls

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Wednesday passed ‘The Sindh Local Government (Third Amendment) Bill 2015’, allowing a citizen…

LG election rules fail to fix anomalies

ISLAMABAD: No age limit is mentioned in election rules for the candidates who want to contest for the slot of youth councillor in…

Proposal for holding LG polls in Sindh, Punjab in Nov, Dec

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the local government (LG) elections…

‘PML-N wants postponement of LG polls in Punjab’

MULTAN: The Pakistan Seraiki Party chief has said that the PML-N wants postponement of the local government elections in the…

All election laws to be replaced by Election Act 2015

ISLAMABAD: In a major initiative towards reformation of the present electoral system in the country, all the existing election…

Proposals finalised to make CEC all powerful

ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms Tuesday finalised proposals for giving all…

Biometric machines to be used in Haripur by-polls on trial basis

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday announced that for the first time in the country’s history, it would use…

Court moved against indirect LG election

LAHORE: A writ petition has been moved in Lahore High Court challenging indirect election on the seats of women, workers, youth…

ECP proposes phase-wise provincial LB polls, SCP summons explanation

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday has proposed phase-wise holding of local body (LB) elections in…

ANP likely to form LG body in Swabi

SWABI: The Awami National Party is likely to form local governments in the district and three of its four tehsils, according to…

MQM decides to quit provincial, national assemblies

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has decided to quit both provincial and National assemblies to protest against the ongoing…

Bilawal to hold reins of PPP now

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he wants to tell “fools” that the PPP is not…

Wajih plans independence of PTI on Independence Day

ISLAMABAD: Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmad is set to address a press conference in Lahore on August 14 along with many other PTI…

SC dismisses petition filed against re-polling in PK-93

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Monday has dismissed plea seeking to halt by-election in PK-93 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Dunya…

Punjab, Sindh to hold LB polls in Nov, Dec

ISLAMABAD: The much-delayed local elections in Punjab and Sindh, being rescheduled due to floods, are going to be spread over two…

LG elections in Punjab likely to be rigged: Imran

HARIPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said the government of Punjab is likely to rig the Local…