PESHAWAR: After signing an agreement to join the government, the Qaumi Watan Party is poised to become the strongest coalition partner of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. It also stands to gain a ministry or two in the bargain.
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LAHORE: Imran Khan is trying to woo new supporters with promises of accountability, claiming the major difference between his party and the ruling one was the latter does not allow workers to hold their leaders accountable.
ISLAMABAD: As the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) waits to hear the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision on the media ban on its chief Altaf Hussain, the federal government has decided in principle to continue a ‘blackout’ of the party on all forums for the foreseeable future.
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is likely to join the election campaign of PML-N nominee Ayaz Sadiq as opposition leader Imran Khan is already running PTI candidate Aleem Khan’s campaign.
ISLAMABAD: Observing that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had been blackmailed into suspending implementation on the PM’s ‘Kissan Package’, Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed said on Thursday that the government would appeal the commission’s decision.
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday led his first election rally in NA-122 where he expressed his “fear” that the PML-N may flee the by-poll arena as it did in the case of NA-154, Lodhran.
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Zaradari will try to remove the tussle between PPP Punjab President Mian Manzoor Wattoo and party’s senior leader Faryal Talpur regarding control on People Students Federation and People’s Youth Organisation when he visits Lahore this week, The Nation learnt yesterday.
The by-election scheduled for October 11 in NA-122 has become vitally important for both the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as this constituency is among the four where PTI wanted a complete verification of the votes as PTI Chairman Imran Khan suspected that his party’s mandate was stolen in the constituency through massive rigging.
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) signed an agreement in Islamabad on Tuesday to bring back the Aftab Sherpao-led party to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan announced on Tuesday to hold a public meeting in Lahore on October 9, originally scheduled for October 4 in Islamabad against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members.
ISLAMABAD: Soon after the Supreme Court stayed the impending by-election in Lodhran, both the PTI and PML-N took to the airwaves to lambast each other.
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has offered Parade Ground near Faizabad as the venue for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)’s October 4 rally.
MULTAN: Former PPP MNA and federal minister Mirza Nasir Baig announced on Monday joining the PML-N and his support for PML-N candidate Umair Baloch in the upcoming by-poll for NA-154.
TIMERGARA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq here on Sunday demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to issue notification about the victory of his party’s candidate in the by-election on provincial assembly seat, PK-95, without any further delay.
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday welcomed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to deploy army personnel during the upcoming by-elections in Lahore and Lodhran.
