Tag: Democracy

PPP chairman says democracy needed to counter extremism  Proposes mechanism to resolve Pak-Afghan irritants WASHINGTON: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday commented on US President Donald...

PM says credit for ending gas and electricity load shedding goes to PML-N  CHITRAL: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Sunday that progress...

--Committee's chairman says criminals are not hanged in public in a democratic society   ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) Human Rights Standing Committee on Thursday rejected an...

Gen Ghafoor says change in country should come through political means RAWALPINDI: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor on Monday...

  ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal Sunday said the country’s fate was linked with democracy because Pakistan could not flourish without democratic system but some...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong, 21, was sentenced to a second jail term of three months on Wednesday for what a...

TRIPOLI: The Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar has warned that the country may not be ready for democracy even though the UN is planning...

Bilawal restates PPP’s solo flight in general elections Khursheed says Trump’s tirade against Pakistan is ‘painful’ LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal...

LAHORE: The quality of democracy in Pakistan in the year 2017 seemed to be gradually deteriorating, as per a report in leading English daily, The...

ISLAMABAD: In his felicitation message to the nation on the eve of New Year, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq expressed hope that the dawn...

QUETTA: Affirming army’s commitment to serving Pakistan, Army chief  General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that he believes in democracy, democratic values of selfless...

HARARE: A court in Zimbabwe has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's dramatic ousting was legal, raising concerns on Saturday...

India, the world's largest democracy, is showing an appetite for military rule — a potential indicator that the country's nationalist politics are evolving, reports...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) lawmaker Aitzaz Ahsan, while throwing subtle shade at Ishaq Dar, said that conclusive evidence against former prime minister Nawaz...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday countered former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for terming PTI non-democratic and implying that it has...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Wednesday asked all the stakeholders to work jointly to strengthen democracy in the country. Talking to...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday repeated his call for early election, saying the country needs early polls to save and strengthen democracy...