Tag: general elections

Govt challenges ban on recruitment of public servants in LHC

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC) a ban imposed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on fresh...

General Elections 2018: Votes to be cast on watermarked ballot papers

ECP fixes April 24 as deadline for reviewing electoral rolls For the upcoming general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to use...

Shehbaz meets Nisar, ‘redressal of grievances’ promised

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday assured senior party leader Chaudhry Nisar of redressal of latter's grievances, saying that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Never asked for PML-N ticket in past, won’t do so in...

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) disgruntled leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday categorically rejected rumours that he is seeking a...

Kurram Agency’s retired female officer to contest general elections

KURRAM AGENCY: A retired female officer, reportedly for the first time in Kurram Agency, has announced to contest general elections 2018. Ali Begum has not only...

Abbasi briefs Nawaz on meeting with CJP, other issues

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday briefed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and the senior leadership of the party on various issues,...

PPP fears manipulation in general elections

NAUDERO: An agreement was reached by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Tuesday night to not accept 'engineered'...

Elections to be held under supervision of subordinate courts

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to arrange upcoming General Elections 2018 under the supervision of subordinate courts. In a statement issued by the...

Allegations of horse-trading in Senate races set stage for chaotic general...

In the past, Pakistan’s Senate has often functioned as a debating club with numerous perks, a grandiloquent echo chamber where little of importance takes...

Nawaz thinks democracy linked to him only: Bilawal comments on ‘respect...

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday criticised ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif's 'respect the vote' slogan during his address at Kotli Sattian. Nawaz,...

ECP starts second phase of training for general elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday started the second phase of a five-day training programme for lead trainers from Karachi and Quetta...

PML-N’s win in recent by-polls manifests faith of people: Shehbaz

CM approves installation of four water treatment plants in Lahore Condoles death of Jam Saqi, Dr Bilal Aslam Sufi   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday...

Senate elections: Do we expect the same layout in general polls?

Senate elections aren’t supposed to spring many surprises in our system. As opposed to the direct polling of the national and provincial assemblies, we’re...

Imran Khan to contest election from Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry has said that party Chairman Imran Khan will be contesting the 2018 general elections from Karachi as...

Nawaz says ready to quit politics forever if corruption proved

PML-N president asks voters to protect sanctity of their votes ‘Peshawar, Karachi ruined by PTI, PPP governments’ SHEIKHUPURA: Pakistan Muslim League-N President and former prime...

Shehbaz ‘zero without Nawaz’: Ch Shujaat

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President and former Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday said that Shehbaz Sharif was zero without Nawaz Sharif, and...

Comparison with Trump is ridiculous, says Imran

ISLAMABAD: Clad in a tracksuit and ankle weights, Imran Khan lounges in a plush chair and announces this is his political moment: the World...