Unofficial results of by-elections in forty one National and Provincial Assemblies constituencies show that PML-N has won most of seats in Punjab, PPP in interior Sindh, MQM in Karachi and PTI in Islamabad. Unofficial results of by-elections in forty one National and Provincial Assemblies constituencies have started pouring in. In Punjab Assembly constituency PP-6 Rawalpindi‚ […]
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf of Imran Khan Thursday faced a major setback as the ANP leader Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour snatched his seat he had lost to Imran Khan in the May 11 elections. All eyes had been on NA-one Peshawar and Bilour was lucky to get back his seat with the support of the PPP and […]
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‚ […]
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 […]
Central Information Secretary PTI, Dr Shireen Mazari, has strongly criticized the storming of Pakistan’s High Commission in New Delhi by protestors on Wednesday. Dr Mazari pointed out that the Pakistan High Commission was located in a Diplomatic Area and there is extensive security present all around, so these attackers of the Youth Congress could not […]
Mamnoon Hussain was born on March 2‚ 1940 in Agra‚ India and migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947. Hussain served for a short time as Governor Sindh from June to October 1999. He was removed after the military coup of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in October 1999. He was holding the position of the […]
The election chief Tuesday announced unofficial results of the Presidential Elections, which show that the ruling party candidate Mamnoon Hussain got 432 votes of the Electoral College while his rival Wajihuddin Ahmed received only 77 votes. The result was announced by the Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim in Islamabad at the completion […]
Syed Mamnoon Hussain was elected new President of Pakistan on Tuesday with a big margin of votes in the national parliament and provincial assemblies, election officials said. Hussain, 73, was fielded by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He will be the country’s 12th President. Members of national parliament and provincial […]
Members of national parliament and provincial assemblies in Pakistan began voting on Tuesday to elect the successor of President Asif Ali Zardari being boycotted by the main opposition party, officials said. Polling opened at 10:00 a.m. in the joint session of the National Assembly and Senate in the capital Islamabad and four provincial assemblies and […]
Presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain Monday said that he will resign from his party post if he gets elected as president. Addressing PML-N Punjab’s parliamentary meeting in Lahore‚ Hussain said the country is moving towards a democratic change which is a welcoming sign. He said the office of the President is a symbol of federation. Mamnoon Hussain […]
Senator Farhatullah Babar said Monday that in the name of interpreting the Constitution the Supreme Court seemed to have embarked upon a dangerous course of re-writing the Constitution itself and asked the Parliamentarians across the political divide to realize its gravity and join hands to check it. Taking part in the debate he said […]
Election Commission of Pakistan has completed the process of printing of ballot papers for the Presidential election, officials said Sunday. Ballot papers have been sent in the election material sealed bags to Parliament House Islamabad‚ Sindh and Balochistan provincial assemblies. The sending process of ballot papers to Punjab and Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa assemblies is in progress. […]