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Troops’ deployment started at sensitive polling stations on Wednesday ahead of the by-elections, officials say. By-elections on forty-one seats of National and Provincial Assemblies across the country will be held on Thursday. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed arrangements to conduct the polls in free and fair manner. The election campaign ended last […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday formally charge-sheeted former military President Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, lawyers said. Musharraf, who was president during the murder of Benazir Bhutto, rejected the charges and termed them as politically-motivated. The former President was produced in the court under tight security. Benazir […]
Interior Minister Chauhdry Nisar Ali Khan Monday told the National Assembly that politics on issues like the Jinnah Avenue incident should be avoided. In a statement in the National Assembly‚ he regretted that media channels gave live coverage to the gunman Sikandar Malik who was blatantly abusing the Government. He said initial investigations suggest […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Monday rejected suggestion to postpone by-elections in some constituencies due to flood or threats of terrorism. Secretary ECP Ishtiak Ahmad Khan categorically said that by-elections will be held on all forty two constituencies and there is no chance of postponement of elections in some constituencies due to flood or the […]
Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Monday called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad ahead of his televised address and discussed security matters. They discussed current wave of terrorism and security issues besides defense related matters during the meeting, official sources said. They also discussed proposed national security policy to be finalized soon […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address the nation over Radio and TV at 8.00 p.m. on Monday. It will be his first address to the nation since assuming the office of the prime minister following the May 11 general elections. The prime minister will take the nation into confidence on the issues of energy crisis‚ […]
The Election Commission meets in Islamabad on Monday to review arrangements for by-elections to be held on August 22. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani will preside. The main agenda of the meeting is to discuss security‚ deployment of army in and outside the polling stations and the situation created by rains and […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan, Sunday reiterated his call for deployment of army troops inside and outside polling stations for the August 22 by-polls to stop rigging. Talking to reporters in Karachi on the 2nd day of his visit to the city, he said, fair and transparent elections will not be possible without deployment […]
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has criticised the Punjab government’s decision to hold non-party Local Government polls in the Province. PTI’s Central Information Secretary, Dr Shireen Mazari, said that to hold partyless LG polls was a revival of the dictatorial legacies of Zia and Musharraf. “Instead of strengthening the democratic norms from the grassroots up, PMLN was undermining the roots […]
Senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani‚ Saturday took oath as Acting Chief Election Commissioner at a simple ceremony in Lahore on Saturday. Chief Justice Supreme Court‚ Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry‚ administered the oath. Later‚ talking to newsmen the Acting Chief Election Commissioner assured to conduct the coming by-elections on Thursday in […]
Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday a committee of the National Assembly will be constituted to investigate the allegations of rigging in the elections and to suggest proposals for electoral reforms. He was responding to the concerns of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf regarding rigging in the May 11 general elections. Leader of the Opposition […]
The Awami National Party Thursday submitted an adjournment motion in the Senate against the absence of Chief Minister, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak from the Independence Day’s Flag Hoisting ceremony in Peshawar. Traditionally Chief Ministers raise National Flag to mark beginning of celebrations in their respective provinces. However, Khattak set example by his absence from the function. […]
