The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to name party’s veteran Rana Sanaullah as Punjab governor after taking reins of the federal government. Sana, the party’s incumbent provincial president, lost his seat to PTI-backed independent candidate Nisar Jutt from his home constituency of Faisalabad on Feb 8. According to sources, Rana Sanaullah is likely to […]
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Shah Mehmood Qureshi, PTI leader and former foreign minister, has taken his legal battle to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to challenge his conviction in the cipher case. The petition, filed by Barrister Taimoor Malik and Ali Bukhari on behalf of Shah Mehmood, contended that the trial process has been marred by violations of the […]
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Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ataullah Tarar said on Friday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tried to derail democracy by making elections disputed. Tarar said the PTI spent Rs100bn on ‘digital terrorism’ for this purpose. Addressing a press conference along with Tarar, PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb said the PTI leaders were going to misguide […]
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The petition of citizen Ali Khan in the Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking to declare Feb 8 elections null and void has been fixed for hearing. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, will hear the case on Feb 19. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali are members of the […]
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Pakistan and Turkiye have reaffirmed the commitment to forge deeper strategic ties in defence sector. The consensus to this effect emerged during a meeting between Deputy Chief of General Staff Turkish Armed Forces, General Irfan Ozsert and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters related to […]
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Omar Ayub has been nominated as a potential candidate for the office of prime minister by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). PTI leader and former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, revealed the name of Omar Ayub as a key candidate for the prime minister position, while Aqib Khan has been nominated for the office of […]
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Nine people, seven of them civilians, were killed on Wednesday in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon, official sources said, while the Israeli army said it lost a soldier in cross-border rocket fire. While the rocket attack was not immediately claimed, the exchanges of fire — and the worst single-day civilian death toll in Lebanon since […]
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Former Pakistan cricket team captain Muhammad Hafeez on Thursday resigned as director of the national team. Sources said Hafeez’s contract had expired on Dec 15. He applied for extension in contract which was not extended. Consequently, he has resigned from his office as director cricket. According to some reports, he has been informed through board […]
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US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says the United States has called for rigging allegations in Pakistan general elections to be investigated. Briefing the media in Washington on Wednesday, Matthew Miller said the US thinks that investigation of rigging is an appropriate step to take. “That is our response to questions of irregularities not just […]
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The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Commission has issued arrest warrant for Ali Amin Gandapur – the PTI leader who is now nominated for the coveted slot of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister – and directed the officials concerned to present him on Feb 28. It is a case related to violating the code of […]
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