The Election Commission on Wednesday that schedule for the May 11 parliamentary polls will be announced on March 23, the day Pakistan also celebrates its republic day. President Asif Ali Zardari has set May 11 for parliamentary elections, presidential spokesman senator Farhatullah Babar said. A spokesman of the Election Commission announced that the process […]
The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Governor Engineer Shaukatullah Khan on Tuesday dissolved the provincial assembly on the advice of Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti. The Governor signed the summery sent to him by the Chief Minister at 2:12 pm. The Chief Minister while exercising his power under article 112 (1) of the Constitution has sent […]
In what appeared to be a blow for Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the Supreme Court advised him to quit public office for an independent investigation into the Benazir Bhutto murder case. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair said that a second FIR (First Information Report) […]
The Supreme Court directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) to submit a detailed report on the security situation of Balochistan by March 7, expressing concerns over the mounting lawlessness in the province. A three-member bench with Justice Shakirullah Jan in the chair heard two cases, a petition filed by Balochistan High Court […]