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Dissolving assemblies ahead of time further destabilizes country: Rana Sanaullah
Talking about the acceptance of resignations of PTI members at a time when their party had agreed to return to the house after spending nearly 10 months out, Sanaullah said that they had accepted resignations of only prominent leaders of…
Picking interim CM: Punjab governor asks Speaker Sibtain to form parliamentary committee
Rehman wrote to Sibtain on Tuesday evening after the three day deadline expired.
“Consequent to the fact that the Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing Provincial Assembly of the Punjab have not agreed on any…
Pakistan, Afghanistan must work together to address terrorism: Bilawal
In an interview with Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera on Tuesday, the foreign minister said that Pakistan believes in peaceful neighborhood.
He said that it was decided by Pakistan’s civil and military leadership to not tolerate…
Mahmood Khan signs summary to dissolve KP Assembly
The summary was then dispatched to the governor.
The move came after the ‘farewell’ meeting of the provincial cabinet in Peshawar.
Unlike the brief one-liner written and signed by Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Mahmood…
Imran Khan announces to contest over 35 constituencies
Senior PTI leader and Secretary General Asad Umar also said that Imran Khan will be the candidate on all the 33 constituencies, denoting the seriousness of the party chief to return to the assembly.
He added that once the decision of…
NA speaker approves resignations of 35 PTI members
Subsequently, a notification to de-seat the lawmakers who had resigned was also issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The move comes amid threats from the PTI to return to parliament only to foil a vote of confidence which…
Winners and losers of Karachi LG polls: PPP, PTI leaders suffer upsets
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) were amongst the biggest contenders, after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) had pulled out.
The final results of LG polls in Karachi…
Who could become Karachi’s next mayor?
With the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and JI the two leading parties, it can be safely expected that the next mayor of Karachi will likely emerge from either one of these parties.
Role of reserved seats
Before we take a look at the…
Pakistan must act to end forced child marriage: UN experts
“We are deeply troubled to hear that girls as young as 13 are being kidnapped from their families, trafficked to locations far from their homes, made to marry men sometimes twice their age, and coerced to convert to Islam,” the experts…
Unofficial result: PPP bag 93 seats in Karachi LG polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released the results for the local government polls in Karachi.
The second phase of the long-awaited polls took place on Sunday in 16 districts of Karachi and Hyderabad divisions. It began 8am…