A candidate for the parliamentary election was shot dead in Karachi late Friday just hours before the voting in the general elections, police said. Shakil Ahmad was killed in exchange of fire between two groups in Landhi area of Rawalpindi. Ahmad, who belonged to the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-Haqqiqi), was contesting election for […]
Nomination papers of former president Pervez Musharraf for NA-139 in Kasur were rejected by the Returning Officer on Friday. Javed Kasuri advocate had raised six objections at Musharraf’s papers which also included abrogation of the constitution. One of the objections stated that the ex-general does not meet the criteria established in Article 62 […]
Pakistan witnessed another bloody year as suicide attacks and bomb blasts claimed hundreds of lives in the country in 2012. Target attacks in Karachi and Balochistan also killed many people this year. Hopes of a peace process are fading as the Pakistani Taliban have ruled out surrounding arms in their last week video. Chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or […]