PML-N likely to avoid uproar
Unlike protest in the National Assembly (NA) during Friday’s election for prime minister, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) may not protest during the election for chief minister of Punjab, a report in a…
PTI nominates Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar for Punjab CM slot
–Sources say Buzdar’s nomination nothing but a stop-gap arrangement to pave way for Shah Mahmood Qureshi –Imran Khan shares video message stating reasons behind Buzdar’s nomination LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday…
Imran Khan to win prime minister elections, says Fawad Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on Friday asserted that party Chairman Imran Khan will receive 180 votes in elections for the slot of prime minister. Country’s next prime minister will be elected…
Match not over yet, says Imran Khan
Decision on PTI’s nominee for Punjab chief minister to be announced after parliamentary committee meeting ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said that the match is not over as he arrived…
PTI, PML-N form rare alliance in Abbottabad
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) formed a rare alliance to elect the mayor and deputy mayor in Abbottabad. PTI nominees Sardar Saeed and Javed Iqbal were elected unanimously to…
35 newly-elected MNAs facing criminal proceedings
–PTI in lead with 18 lawmakers who have criminal cases pending against them –Eight billionaires among legislators; PTI’s Noor Alam Khan the wealthiest LAHORE: As many as 34 newly-elected National Assembly members of…
Forward bloc in PML-N as lawmakers rebel in PA speaker election
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s election as the speaker of Punjab Assembly on Thursday pointed to a forward bloc within Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Elahi, who had Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s…
Imran set to win PM election as ‘allies’ ditch Shehbaz
–PTI chief in comfortable position to become premier as his party and allies have acquired simple majority in National Assembly with 175 seats –PPP decides to abstain from voting in either candidate’s…
PPP repeats reservations over Shehbaz’s PM candidature
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday reiterated his party’s stance of not supporting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif’s bid for premiership. Shah told reporters that the…
Authorities dodge PML-N supporters upon Nawaz’s arrival at accountability court
In a twist of irony, authorities dodged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supporters by bringing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a Land Cruiser vehicle instead of an armoured vehicle. On his last…
PML-N lawmaker barred from taking Nawaz’s portrait into PA
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA-elect Zaibunnisa on Wednesday was barred from bringing a portrait of party supremo Nawaz Sharif into the Punjab Assembly. As per media reports, security personnel deployed outside the…
Opp alliance on tenterhooks after PPP refuses to vote for Shehbaz
–PPP says it won’t support Shehbaz Sharif’s nomination, asks PML-N to replace candidate –PML-N digs in heels, submits party president’s nomination papers with NA Secretariat ISLAMABAD: The alliance of the joint opposition…
Rival PML-N votes for PPP nominee in NA speaker election
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday voted for Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) nominee Syed Khursheed Shah during the election of the speaker and deputy speaker in the Lower House of the…
Ahsan Iqbal denies reports of forward bloc in party ranks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal has dismissed speculations of formation of a forward block within the ranks of PML-N and said that forward blocs had been formed before the July…
NA-131 vote recount will show Imran ‘rigged’ July 25 polls, claims Saad Rafique
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saad Rafique on Wednesday claimed the nation will discover that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan rigged the 2018 general elections if a vote re-count…
Punjab MPAs-elect to take oath on Wednesday
–Speaker and deputy speaker will be elected on Aug 16, while election for CM will be held on Aug 17 –PML-N nominates Hamza Shehbaz for chief minister, Chaudhry Iqbal for PA speaker’s…
ECP to announce schedule of presidential polls soon
–By-polls on eleven NA, six provincial seats to be held in early October ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is all set to announce the schedule of the presidential elections while…