PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which rules the centre, seems to have lost ground to opponents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to lack of attention on part of central leadership towards its re-organisation.
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OKARA: The de-seating of PML-N federal minister Saad Rafiq, NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and NA-154 MNA Siddiq Baloch has united three rival local political families under the banner of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
LAHORE: Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, President Punjab PPP, has demanded the deployment of judicial officers as Returning Officers and Presiding Officers to conduct fair, free and impartial forthcoming by-elections and local bodies’ elections in the province of Punjab.
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N has described as clear violation of Election Commission rules the decision of PTI Chairman Imran Khan to take part in campaigns for his party’s candidates in by-elections for NA-122 (Lahore) and NA-154 (Lodhran) scheduled for Oct 11.
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan said on Sunday his party would challenge in court decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to bar parliamentarians from taking part in the campaigns of electoral candidates.
ISLAMABAD: Beset with charges of corruption and flagrant mismanagement in Sindh, the Pakistan Peoples Party, which had coalition governments at the centre and in three provinces from 2008 to 2013, is in hot water. And many within the PPP believe a change of command could salvage their foundering party.
LAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the media to refrain from disseminating misinformation about a political party or a candidate during its coverage of the upcoming local government election in the province.
LAHORE: Alleging election commission, police and administration of favouring ruling PML-N, PTI chief Imran Khan has directed his party activists to capture malpractices during upcoming elections on phone cameras to expose the foul play. He asked party workers to take pictures and make videos of rigging during the by-elections and local bodies’ polls and share it with him as well as upload on social media.
KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has threatened to launch a robust public agitation if the federal government continues with its “campaign of retribution and vengeance’ against it, its leaders and the Sindh government”.
LAHORE: Defying the Election Commission’s rules for campaigning, PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday announced to take part in the by-poll campaign and to disclose the corruption of the PML-N government.
NOWSHERA: Federally Administered Tribal Areas should be made part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan said yesterday. He, however, suggested the federal cabinet consult with the local chieftains.
ISLAMABAD: When the top leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) meets in Dubai on Saturday and Sunday it will not merely discuss the civil-military relations particularly in the context of the prevailing situation in Sindh or party tension with the PML-N, but an important item on its agenda will be complete reorganisation of the party to regain the lost popularity.
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah said on Wednesday that as long as parliament and democracy were present in country, no one could remove Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. `
ISLAMABAD: No party is pushed for acceptance of resignations tendered by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers as any further talk on the issue by all sides has since ceased.
PESHAWAR: Claiming credit for the Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Sahibzada Sanaullah’s victory in the by-elections in PK-93, Upper Dir, PPP provincial president Khanzada Khan said that he managed to activate the disgruntled workers and thus the party won the seat.
