Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his party is willing to talk to all political parties except with the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), as reported by Dawn. This comes at a time when the PPP and the PML-N to enter into an … Read more
A prime ministerial candidate has to show a simple majority of 169 seats in the National Assembly. Islamabad: Pakistan’s national election ended with no party winning a majority in parliament, in polls marred by militant violence, political turmoil and questions of transparency. Former prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan both declared … Read more
No party has won a clear majority in the Pakistan election New Delhi: The Pakistan election has failed to produce a clear winner, leaving the military’s favoured party having to cobble together a coalition in order to rule. The country faces days of political horse-trading after a strong performance by independent candidates loyal to jailed … Read more
The United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday separately expressed concerns about Pakistan’s electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities. The main battle was between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s party and candidates backed by ex-prime minister Imran Khan. Both declared victory separately. Elections … Read more
In an unprecedented event in Pakistan, the supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) brought a lion and a tiger to the Nawaz Sharif-led Lahore rally on Tuesday, The News International reported. It reported that the animals representing the party’s symbol were brought to the camps set up in the National Assembly (NA)-130 constituency to … Read more
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday quashed the lifetime disqualification for lawmakers, ruling that parliamentarians would be barred from holding office for five years, in a major relief to leading politicians, including former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan. A 2018 judgment by a five-member bench of the apex court had declared that disqualification under … Read more
Lahore: In a major blow to former prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s top poll body on Saturday rejected his nomination papers for two national assembly seats in Punjab province ahead of the February 8 general elections. “The returning officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s nomination … Read more
Pakistani-Hindu Dr Saveera Parkash is set to be the first woman candidate from the minority community to stand in the upcoming general elections from Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Parkash submitted her nomination papers for the general seat of PK-25 on December 23, Dawn reported. She presently serves as the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) … Read more
A new political front organisation of the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for most of the national and provincial assembly constituencies across Pakistan for the February 8 general elections. Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance … Read more
