Rana Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was elected Punjab assembly speaker for the second time with absolute majority. Iqbal secured 297 votes while his rival Raja Rashid Hafeez of PTI bagged 35 votes. Other opposition parties had supported Hafeez. The polling was held in the building of Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Monday. […]
The National and Punjab assemblies are set to elect Speakers and Deputy Speakers later Monday. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) fielded Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who had defeated Imran Khan in the election on Lahore seat. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) withdrew its candidates Yousuf Talpur for the speaker and Ghulam Rasool Koreja for the office of […]
Nawaz Sharif was on Saturday formally nominated as candidate for the position of Prime Minister by newly-elected members of the parliament, party sources said. Sarif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party had won majority seats in the May 11 general elections and is in a strong position to form government. Lawmakers of the PML-N, who met […]
The new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakthunkhwa province Friday urged Prime Minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif to form a decisive policy to stop US drone strikes in the country’s tribal regions. “We call upon the federal government and Nawaz Sharif to chalk out a clear policy against US drones and terrorism and for peace,” Pervez Khan […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PNL-N) party of the country’s Prime Minister-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif, Tuesday strengthened its position in the parliament as it secured 35 seats raising its strength in the National Assembly to 186. The National Assembly or Lower House of the parliament has a total of 342 seats. The Election Commission of […]
The interim government will transfer power to the new government on June 5, a cabinet minister said Monday. Information Minister Arif Nizami said that the interim government will relinquish responsibilities on the same day. Talking to newsmen in Islamabad‚ Nizami said the members-elect of the National Assembly will take oath on June 1st. […]
The new National Assembly is scheduled to meet on June 1st to elect the country’s Prime Minister, parliamentary sources said on Monday. The members-elect will take oath and will then elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, or Lower House of the Parliament. The house will then elect the Prime Minister. […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party Sunday nominated Nawaz Sharif for the office of Prime Minister two weeks after the party won majority parliamentary seats in the general elections, the party said. The PML-N has secured the simple majority in the election and it has no problem to get elected Mr Sharif as the Prime […]
Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday the party has finalized name of Javed Hashmi as Leader of the House in National Assembly. He was talking to newsmen after a meeting of the PTI parliamentary party in Lahore on Saturday. The meeting was chaired by party Chairman Imran Khan. Shah Mahmood […]
The self-exile chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has dissolved its powerful “Rabita Committee” in Pakistan and London following differences in the ranks of the group. Hussain will chair a meeting on Saturday to constitute a new Rabita Committee. A seven-member committee has been formed to run affairs of the […]
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chief, Imran Khan, walked in hospital on Tuesday for the first time after falling off a mechanical lift raising him onto a stage at a rally on May 7, his doctors said. Khan was injured and admitted to Shaukat Khanum Hospital where had been on bed and doctors allowed him to walk […]
PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif, Monday said Taliban’s offer for peace talks should be taken seriously as every issue cannot be solved through use of power and bullet. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party is set to form government following victory in the May 11 general elections. He spoke to the members-elect of the National […]
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