Category: Pakistan

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will ask its candidates who contested Feb 8 elections as independents to join their own party instead of any other party.  The decision was taken at a meeting of the PTI core committee held here on Friday.  The committee decided to move the Peshawar High Court (PTC) with a plea that […]

Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has established tribunals across the province to address election petition hearings and investigate alleged rigging claims in the Feb 8 polls.  The registrar of the SHC has issued a notification of the matter.  According to the notification, election petition hearings for the Karachi division will take place […]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accepted another plea filed by Nawaz Sharif, seeking to halt the results of NA-15, Mansehra. A three-member commission, led by Nisar Durrani of the Sindh Commission, convened meeting to address concerns of alleged rigging in the contested constituency. Nawaz Sharif’s counsel Jahangir Jadon presented the case before the […]

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 […]

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]