LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the chairmen of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) to ensure a complete ban on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s speeches and pictures in both the electronic and print media.
Politics
Local level differences are widening within the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), as the central leader of PML-N and former member of National Assembly Chaudhry Sher Ali has announced his own “Mayor Group” for forthcoming local bodies elections.
Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Senior Central Leader and former deputy prime minister Parvez Elahi has asked the opposition to remain firm on their stance to boycott the elections till the resignation of sitting members of the Election Commission.
SUKKUR: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, has said that the party would decide about resignations from parliament.
ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to woo inflexible Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), he has asked his squad to stop the PPP from even hinting at quitting the parliament as this will encourage ‘anti-democratic forces’.
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) always dishonoured the promises it made to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), declared former president of the country and co-Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari here on Saturday.
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) took out a rally on Sunday to pay tribute to those who had sacrificed their lives for the country in the 1965 war with India.
ISLAMABAD: No major change is likely in the leadership of the Punjab chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) during the visit of the party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as the party hawks are convinced that it will not be suitable to replace the party ‘generals’ in the face of all-out ‘political war’ in the upcoming local bodies elections, sources told The News.
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is likely to opt for by-election or finally decide otherwise in Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s National Assembly constituency, NA-125 Lahore, after seeing the results of the by-polls for NA-122 and NA-154 seats.
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman withdrew himself to play a role as arbitrator on the issue of resignations between government and MQM. Final announcement would be made in a press conference.
SUKKUR: The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, on Friday said he will make a new Sindh and not a new province, adding that Rangers are performing the job of politicians in the province. He lashed out at the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
KARACHI: Ruling out a fresh round of negotiations with the government on the issue of resignations of MQM parliamentarians until their ‘three basic demands’ were met, Dr Farooq Sattar on Thursday said the party was now out of the dialogue process.
SUKKUR: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said whatever efforts Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran might make, the people had rejected him.
Pakistan Awami Tehreek Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri has said by keeping away political parties that have been working for election reforms from the consultations process, the Election Commission “is giving strength to the notion that the coming elections will also be like those in 2013”.
BAHAWALPUR: PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday again urged the election commission (EC) members to resign for the sake of the country.
