Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar has urged the CEC to take note of the vilification campaign against the President and issue directions to all to desist from it in the interest of free and fair elections. In a letter addressed to the CEC which he personally delivered in the office of ECP […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday rejected the notion that he is diving the anti-PPP votes and that this approach can bring President Zardari back into power. Addressing a press conference in Lahore he said that both PPP and PML(N) were elected a number time‚ but‚ unfortunately they did nothing for the […]
Unknown miscreants Saturday set ablaze in office of Jamaat-e-Islami in Nazimabad area of Karachi, the party leaders said. Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Muhammad Hussain Mehnati has condemned the incident and demanded of the caretaker Chief Minister Sindh and Election Commission to take notice of it. Meanwhile Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has urged the […]
The Election Tribunal in Lahore on Friday accepted Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers for NA-120. PPP member Sohail Malik had raised objections that Nawaz was a defaulter in the Asghar Khan case and objected to his nomination papers for NA-120. Malik also said that Nawaz was not “sadiq” and […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) Wednesday agreed to make seat adjustment in Balochistan for the May 11 elections. PML-N leader and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif met BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal and agreed to form committees for seat adjustment. Both told a joint presser that the seat […]
Renowned columnist and the PML-N candidate in Chakwal, Ayaz Amir, was allowed to contest National Assembly election as an election tribunal cancelled an earlier decision by Returning Officer. The Returning Officer had rejected Ayaz Amir’s papers over his controversial columns about the Ideology of Pakistan. An election tribunal bench in Rawalpindi overturned the […]
Nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Mian Nawaz Sharif were approved for NA 119 seat. Returning Officer rejected the objections on Nawaz Sharif nomination papers. The objection on Sharif’s papers for NA-119 was filed by Mohammad Ashfaq from Muslim League (Qasim group) claiming the PML-N head had illegally occupied the Pakistan Muslim League house located on […]
Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim is scheduled to hold talks with political leaders in Balochistan on Thursday to seek their cooperation in peaceful May 11 polls, officials said. Ibrahim opened his visit to Quetta on Wednesday with a meeting with the caretaker Chief Minister and discussed the possible security challenges for elections. […]
Imran Khan, Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), will challenge rivals on four National Assembly seats on May 11 elections. The PTI spokesperson Shafqat Mehmood, said that Khan could contest from NA-1 (Peshawar-II), NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII), NA-71 (Mianwali-I), NA-126 (Lahore-IX), according to party. Khan is likely to stand against Sheikh Rasheed from the Awami Muslim League […]
Newspaper editor and senior journalist, Najam Sethi, Wednesday took oath as caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. Governor Makhdoom Ahmad Mehmood administered the oath to Mr Sethi at a ceremony at Governor House in Lahore. Mr Sethi was nominated with consensus by the PML-N and the PPP after long consultations. Rana Sanaullah, the […]
The Pakistan Muslim League and the opposition parties in Punjab Tuesday failed to reach consensus on the name of the caretaker Chief Minister, leaders of the two sides said. The matter has now been referred to the Election Commission, the PML-N leader, Rana Sanaullah and the PML-Q leader, Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din told reporters outside the […]
President Pakistan Muslim League PML (N) Nawaz Sharif declared on Monday in a mammoth public rally that he will carry out economic explosion like his 1998 nuclear tests. He asked the people at the meeting in Mansehra not to be misled by jokers who are in the field to make filmy promises. “If […]