RAWALPINDI: In a bid to woo voters, the incumbent government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has initiated a number of development projects in Rawalpindi ahead of the upcoming local government elections. Work on various ongoing projects has also been sped up.
Politics
ISLAMABAD: After a do-or-die fight for Lahore’s NA-122 seat, all eyes are now focused on the election for the office of National Assembly speaker and the opposition parties have started weighing different options for the coming contest.
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Saeed Ghani has said the local elections in Punjab are not his party’s target.
KARACHI: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Senator Siraj-ul-Haq said here on Saturday that his party would contest local government elections on 95 per cent seats of Karachi union councils with “adjustments” in several constituencies with “like-minded” parties.
SUKKUR: Deputy Chairman of the Senate Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who is the general secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), has said that his party will raise its voice in the upper house of parliament over the unfair means adopted by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) with regard to the upcoming local government elections in Sindh.
HYDERABAD: Dispute between party leaders in the Pakistan Peoples Party’s Hyderabad district chapter over allotment of tickets in local government elections (LG) has brought to the fore deep internal rifts and clash of personalities ahead of the polls
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organizer Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar brushing aside all rumours regarding divisions in PTI cadre as baseless.
RAWALPINDI: Internal differences over nominations for local government (LG) elections in December have led to speculations among PTI members that they will see a repeat of April’s cantonment board polls.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) the delimitation of constituencies ahead of upcoming local government (LG) elections in Islamabad.
KARACHI: Rashid Godil joined the Karachi Press Club hall cough. Moments later, he asked for water. “My spinal cord is damaged. We had four glasses of water so you can talk to. Please bear with me,” he said softly, his voice different from that hard once had.
ISLAMABAD : Member National Assembly Danyial Aziz Friday said the government is considering to file a money-laundering case against PTI for taking millions of dollars funding from 114 ghost investors to dislodge democratic government in Pakistan.
LAHORE: A clash of words has begun within Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ahead of local government elections in Faisalabad.
MIRPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday advised PTI to practise mature politics in the larger interest of the country and the nation.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the party is investigating whether any rigging had taken place in the NA-122 by-poll, as the party’s Lahore chapter pinned the blame for PTI candidate Aleem Khan’s loss to the PML-N candidate Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on four local leaders.
LONDON: Former senior leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Saleem Shahzad on Thursday expressed his desire to relinquish politics in a bid to utilise his experience in some other area.
