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LG polls suffer another setback

KARACHI: In view of the tense situation in Badin where former home minister of the PPP Dr Zulfikar Mirza has come in a direct…

Security beefed up for LB polls in 14 districts of Sindh

HYDERABAD: Security arrangements have been made for the second phase of the local bodies elections in Sindh’s 14 districts where…

Election campaign ended for 2nd phase of LB polls in Punjab, Sindh

KARACHI/LAHORE: Election campaign for second phase of Local Bodies polls in Punjab and Sindh ended at midnight on Tuesday. The…

PTI makes no significant canvassing in Phase-II polls

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan devoted two full days to campaign for local council elections in…

PHC restores five JUI-F councilors

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday temporarily restored the membership of five Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl district…

Rangers to man sensitive polling stations: CM

LAHORE: CHIEF Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting here on Tuesday which reviewed the steps taken for maintenance of…

16,000 staff to be deployed for LG polls in Rawalpindi District

RAWALPINDI: As many as 16,000 polling staff will be deployed to ensure free, fair and transparent local government (LG) elections…

PPP braces for tough time from rivals in Sindh LG polls

KARACHI: Sindh is heading for the second phase of local government elections on November 19 amidst high political temperature in…

Disqualification hangs over Imran on Nikah controversy

ISLAMABAD: Reham Khan’s fresh disclosure may lead to disqualification of PTI chief Imran Khan if he is convicted of not…

JI criticises ECP for delaying by-polls notification after women barred from voting

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Mushtaq Ahmad Khan on Monday criticised Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for…

Code of conduct violation: Thousands of banners, posters removed

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration on Monday claimed removing large size banners, posters and signboards put up by various…

ECP issues polling scheme for Punjab LB elections Phase 3

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (EC) today issued polling scheme for third phase of local bodies’ elections in Punjab.

Second phase of LB polls to determine overall standing of parties

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) aspire to repeat in Thursday’s second phase of…

LG constituencies: SHC reserves verdict on fate of agreement to retain delimitation status

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) reserved on Tuesday its verdict on the fate of the agreement between the provincial election…

ICT ready for LB polls on 30

ISLAMABAD: Under the supervision of ten returning officers (ROs) and 20 assistant returning officers (AROs), 680,612 voters are…

Punjab LG polls: 960 stations declared highly sensitive

LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had declared 960 out of a total 11,869 polling stations highly sensitive for…

ECP wakes up, removes names of blind, slain presiding officers

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has removed the names of five visually challenged and deceased teachers from…

Political temperature up ahead of Bilawal’s visit to Badin

BADIN: The top Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership had a hectic day on Monday as it prepared for the most crucial election…

SHOs, Patwaris not involved in LB polls canvassing so far: PTI

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Asad Umer Monday said they had constituted a special committee to keep an eye on involvement of SHOs or…

LB polls: Sindh govt suspends arms licenses in 15 districts

Sindh Home Department Monday issued a notification, suspending licenses of weapons in 15 districts of the province ahead of…

Troops deployed before Nov 19 polls

KARACHI: In view of the tense situation in Badin where former home minister of the PPP Dr Zulfikar Mirza has come in a direct…

PML-N undecided about change of guard in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) seems to be undecided whether to replace Dr Abdul Malik’s government…

PPP cancels founding day gathering in Lahore

ISLAMABAD: For the second year, diehard PPP workers, particularly from Punjab, will not be able to interact with their young…

PTI leaders’ asset details not updated on website

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has rejected all the accusations of financial irregularities in the party fund,…

Nawaz in govt only to expand his businesses: Imran

MIANWALI: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “comes into government only to do business”.

Fata PML-N leaders want KP governor dismissed

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Fata chapter has threatened to stage protest sit-in outside the Parliament if…

Court deseats PPP minister Asghar Junejo

ISLAMABAD - Overruling the election tribunal’s verdict, Supreme Court of Pakistan yesterday de-seated Pakistan People’s Party’s…

By-polls: JI Lower Dir flays ECP for leaving PK-95 sans MPA

TIMERGARA: The leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Lower Dir chapter threatened to protest if the notification of their candidate’s…

Undeclared assets : 39 legislators stopped from attending PA session

LAHORE: As many as 39 legislators, mostly belonging to the ruling party, were halted to attend the Punjab Assembly’s 18th session…

FATA reforms: G-B-style govt system on the card

ISLAMABAD: The government has envisioned a “Gilgit-Baltistan style” governance structure for the Federally Administered Tribal…

ECP reviews steps for holding LG polls in Punjab, Sindh

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reviewed the arrangements for the conduct of second phase of Local Bodies…

ECP calls meeting on Nov 14 to review LG security

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has convened a meeting on November 14 to review the law and order arrangements…

Islamabad LB polls preparations in final stage; ECP begins printing of ballot papers

The preparations for local bodies elections in Islamabad have entered into final phase as Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)…

LG polls’ first phase conducted unfairly: Sarwar

GUJRANWALA: PTI Punjab organizer Chaudhry Sarwar Thursday said the first phase of the local government polls was not done in a…

Democracy at tipping point, says Gen Beg

LAHORE: Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg says the army and the political government have a clash of interests because of…

No state institution can be govt’s supervisor, warn senators

ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the statement of the ISPR on the government’s bad governance, the Senate on Thursday advised that no state…

PM nominates Kazim as focal person of Fata’s reform body

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday nominated his Joint Secretary Kazim Niaz as the focal person of the recently…

In case of threat, opposition to stand by govt: Aitzaz

ISLAMABAD: Severely criticising a recent ISPR statement on poor implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) by the civilian…

'Better governance' is demand of Pakistanis, not just Army: Imran Khan

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has once again lashed out at the government, saying that ‘better…

Governance to get better if system allowed to work: Khursheed

KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said on Thursday if the system was allowed to…