ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect a new speaker for its remaining term of two- and-a-half years today (Monday).

LAHORE: The PML-Q, the king’s party of Musharraf regime, is working ‘overtime’ to get ruling PML-N nominee Sardar Ayaz Sadiq elected unopposed as speaker of the National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan has demanded a response from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to what he alleged was the use of state machinery in the local bodies (LB) elections as he said the rulers were doing politics for personal gains.

ISLAMABAD: PTI yesterday announced to contact the Election Commission of Pakistan and other forums against the “illegal transfer of votes” from NA-122.

ISLAMABAD: Four more newly-elected Members of National Assembly, including former Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Babar Nawaz, Riaz-ul Haq Judge and Shahzia Soomro Friday took oath by pledging loyalty to the country and the Constitution.

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday announced the schedule for by-polls in NA-154, Lodhran constituency of National Assembly.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen wrote a letter to Chief Election Commissioner to stop Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from visiting Lodhran ahead of NA-154 by-elections.

HYDERABAD: The local chapters of the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Dadu district have joined hands to contest the local government elections against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (retd) Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan has turned down Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s request to meet citing a busy schedule, PTI sources said Thursday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League–N on Thursday announced nominating MNA from NA-122 Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for Speaker’s position in National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: The vice chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mahmood Qureshi, announced on Thursday that his party has decided to nominate Shafqat Mehmood for the slot of Speaker in National Assembly, DawnNews reported.

ISLAMABAD: For the first time the parliamentarians of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have decided to field their candidate for the slot of speaker of the National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: Another constituency in Punjab braces for a by-election after Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday de-notified a PML-N leader Muhammad Siddique Khan as Member National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties, including the Pakistan People’s Party, but not the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, have conveyed to the government that they would support it if it put Sardar Ayaz Sadiq for the elections of the Speaker National Assembly.

ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms Tuesday termed the electronic voting and bio-metric system feasible on technical basis but decided to review the financial impact of the electronic voting and bio-metric system for casting the votes.