LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday said the election tribunal decision on NA-122 showed that the entire electoral system was full of flaws and needed comprehensive reforms.
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LAHORE: Senate Deputy Chairman and JUI-F Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghaafoor Haidari called on Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch at his residence on Friday and discussed possibilities of establishing an alliance of religious parties like the defunct Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) to counter “conspiracies to secularise the country and suppress Islamist elements.”
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar on Thursday said his party was disappointed by the prime minister’s visit to Karachi, saying Nawaz Sharif had left without “answering our questions”.
ISLAMABAD: With the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Wednesday, the stage is set for the return of the MQM members who tendered their resignations last week from National Assembly, Senate and Sindh Assembly two days ahead of the Independence Day to their respective elected parliamentary houses.
ISLAMABAD: In a systematic effort to map the future political leadership of Pakistan, PILDAT has identified 21 leading political personalities of Pakistan projected to become Prime Ministers in the next 10-15 years’ time.
KARACHI: The chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, during his visit to Nine Zero on Tuesday succeeded in persuading the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to hold a second round of talks over the resignations issue in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: The en masses resignation of MQM lawmakers from both houses of parliament as well as the Sindh Assembly led to the institution of two petitions on Monday — the first in the Supreme Court and the second in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
HANGU: The tribal elders have asked the government to hold election in the National Assembly constituency (NA-38) in the central Kurram Agency at the earliest. Talking to The News here on Monday, Malik Salim Khan, Malik Abdul Wali, Malik Attaullah and Malik Anwar Shah said polling in NA-38 was postponed during the general election on May 11, 2013 because of a suicide attack on a candidate of the JUI-F, Munir Khan Orakzai, on May 6.
LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain, has said that resignations of the party lawmakers represented a response to the minus-Altaf formula.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday lashed out on Twitter against “attacks” on wife Reham Khan following the NA-19 by-polls.
KARACHI: JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman reached Karachi on Monday and expressed the hope that he will convince MQM to withdraw the resignations. The federal government has tasked him to help end the gridlock regarding resignations issue and he will hold a key meeting with Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders at Nine-Zero today (Tuesday) morning.
LAHORE: PPP’s de facto chief, Asif Ali Zardari, is most likely to return home by the end of this month, spokesperson for the ex-president, Farhatullah Babar said on Monday.
LAHORE: Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain has said that procedure has been laid down in the constitution regarding statement against the army and tendering resignations from the assemblies.
PESHAWAR: Despite reservations by most of its MPAs, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is set to welcome the Aftab Sherpao-led Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) as coalition partner in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government within the next few days, senior PTI leaders told The News on Sunday.
LAHORE: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said Pakistan was facing crisis after crisis with the latest one being that of the MQM resignations.
