PTI-backed independent candidate Mian Muhammad Azhar, a former Punjab governor, defeated PML-N candidate Mian Nauman by a big margin in the National Assembly constituency NA-129 of Lahore. According to unofficial results of Thursday’s polling announced on Friday, he polled 103,718 votes while PML-N candidate Hafiz Nauman could get 71,540 votes. It may be recalled that […]
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Pakistan held a national election on Thursday to elect a new government, with multiple crises plaguing the country. Here are some of the challenges that will confront the government that takes charge: Pakistan narrowly averted sovereign default last summer through a last-gasp $3 billion bailout from the IMF — but the lender’s support ends in […]
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has failed again to deliver in time results of elections despite tall claims of no reliance on internet. According to reports, the Election Management System (EMS) this time round failed to deliver just as happened with the Result Transmission System of 2018. The incompetence of the watchdog’s staff hampered […]
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Unofficial results from the Punjab Assembly elections have revealed a significant victory for the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), with independent candidates trailing behind in several constituencies. As per the unofficial results, PML-N has established a commanding lead in 297 constituencies of the Punjab Assembly, securing victory in 32 seats. Meanwhile, independent candidates have emerged […]
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Thailand’s attorney general is considering prosecuting convicted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra over an alleged insult of the powerful monarchy, an official said on Tuesday, just weeks away from his possible release on parole. The complaint concerns a 2015 interview he gave while in South Korea and was filed by a junta that ran Thailand […]
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The Kremlin, asked on Tuesday whether US journalist Tucker Carlson had visited the Russian presidential administration in Moscow this week, declined to comment. Russian media showed pictures of Carlson at several spots around Moscow on Monday during a visit which has fuelled speculation that the former Fox News host may become the first Western journalist […]
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At least 11 people were killed in a giant explosion at a fireworks factory in Madhya Pradesh, India. At least 60 people were injured in this incident. The death toll is feared to increase. The fire broke out in the factory on Tuesday morning located at Bairagarh in the Harda district of the state. Then […]
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Britain’s minister for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris, will travel to Washington to discuss the restoration of the province’s devolved government with US lawmakers and market its economic potential, his department said on Tuesday. Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom and shares a border with Ireland, on Saturday appointed its first Irish nationalist […]
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Spanish farmers blocked traffic on some of the country’s main highways on Tuesday, joining colleagues in other European countries protesting against high costs, bureaucracy and competition from non-EU nations. “With different shades, in the whole of the European Union, we have the same problems,” Donaciano Dujo, vice president of ASAJA, one the largest farmers associations […]
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its earlier ruling withdrawing the bat symbol from the party for not holding intra-party polls in line with constitution. Senior lawyers Hamid Khan and Barrister Ali Zafar filed the petition. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and complainants in the […]
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