Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Senator Dilawar Khan on Friday tabled a resolution in the upper house of the Parliament seeking a delay in the elections which was approved by the majority of lawmakers. Information Minister Murtaza Solangi who was present in the house opposed the move. He said most of the areas were currently experiencing harsh cold weather, […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) has called for an urgent transition from a hybrid system to a normal functional democracy, The News reported Wednesday.  “The year 2023 has only made the transition towards improved democracy harder for Pakistan which is now called an electoral autocracy by some international democracy rating think tanks,” said the institute […]

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is currently in a fix with its heavyweights got engaged in a rift over party tickets to compete in the upcoming elections, scheduled to take place on February 8, The News reported citing sources on Wednesday. The party has, therefore, not yet resolved the tussle between these party leaders for the […]

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday reserved the verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging its single-bench ruling on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) electoral ‘bat’ symbol and intra-party polls. A single-member bench comprising Justice Ejaz Khan conducted a hearing on the matter.  ECP’s lawyer Sikander Bashir Mohmand and PTI’s legal team comprising Advocates […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), chief secretary and advocate general on  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petition seeking level-playing field ahead of the February 8 general elections. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar […]

RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry in a case of contempt against the electoral body and the chief election commissioner. A four-member bench of the electoral body conducted the hearing of the case in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. 

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) will hear the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging its single bench ruling on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) electoral ‘bat’ symbol and intra-party elections on Wednesday (tomorrow). The electoral body had filed a review petition at the high court against its December 26 decision which had suspended the ECP’s […]

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) Central Senior Vice President Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has raised concerns over the “unprecedented uncertainty” prevailing in the country ahead of the February 8 elections, which he said was never seen before.    Ostensibly, the comments came echoing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s fear that he expressed a day […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has said the Supreme Court will try to conclude the hearing on the lifetime disqualification case on January 4 (Thursday) — an important judgment that will determine whether lawmakers’ ineligibility to contest polls should be for a lifetime or five years under the amended Election Act […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa Tuesday maintained that private militias are illegal and they cannot be against the state, as the Supreme Court conducted the hearing of a case pertaining to missing persons and enforced disappearances in the country. The case was taken up by the apex court following petitions filed […]