Leader of Pakistan Muslim League – Q, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has directly pointed out at the Pakistani Prime Minister, Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, and has blamed him for the diversion of the Emirates Flight which had to land in Islamabad this morning. It was planned that Molana Tahir Ul Qadri is going to land at […]
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 […]
Speakers at a round table meeting on Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation have urged Pakistani government to accelerate its efforts to remove all concerns, obstacles and problems faced by Chinese companies in Pakistan. The meeting was arranged by Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) in capital Islamabad and was attended by PCI chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, former prime minister […]
Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch was on Saturday elected Chief Minister of Balochistan unopposed. He was nominated by Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), National Party (NP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q). JUI-F also announced support that led to his election unopposed. As no other candidate filed nomination papers for the slot today […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), led for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is leading in the general elections, the unofficial results suggested late Saturday. Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf congratulated the PML-N on victory. The PTI leader Asad Omar said that the PTI is also emerging as the second largest party despite the fact it was a new […]
Polls put Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister in the 1990s, comfortably ahead, prestigious magazine The Economist has said in its analysis. Referring to a survey in February gave Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League or PML (N) a whopping 59% share. “The brothers Sharif have a decent record on getting things done. In Lahore alone, […]
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 […]
A court in Peshawar on Thursday awarded one-year jail term to former ANP provincial minister, Syed Aqil Shah, over holding fake degree. Syed Aqil Shah has served as provincial minister for sports from in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the ANP-led coalition. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3000 on Mr Shah. 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 […]
After The Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N failed to reach consensus on the name of a caretaker Prime Minister, the matter has now been referred to a parliamentary committee to make a decision in three days. The eight-member committee meets in Islamabad Wednesday afternoon. Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza […]
The man who has served as Pakistan’s Prime Minister for few months again wants to take the responsibility again. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Chief, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, said on Wednesday that he should be named as the caretaker prime minister. He was talking to reporters at the PML-Q central office in Islamabad after […]
After Election Commission’s warning to parties to hold own elections otherwise they would not be allowed to take part in polls, the PML-Q held party elections on Wednesday and elected Pervez Elahi as Punjab chief. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Q, and Pakistan Awami Party were among the political parties, which have not conducted […]