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Significant drop in PTI’s votes in tribal elections: FAFEN

--Balochistan Awami Party emerges as a new entry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant drop in its vote...

Acquitting ‘blasphemer’ violation of law: Haq

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said that the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit “blasphemer” Aasiya was a violation of the law and...

JI faces expulsion from MMA as tensions mount

  MMA parties may reconsider JI's future in alliance JI leadership optimist about future of religious alliance ISLAMABAD: The differences between Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Muttahida...

PM election further widens fissure within MMA

--MMA spokesperson blames JI for ups and downs in religious alliance   ISLAMABAD: The fissure in the interest-driven religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has further widened...

Won’t take dictation from PML-N, PPP: Siraj

The first signs of weakness in the joint opposition alliance appeared on Monday when Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq made it clear that Muttahida...

MMA workers protest against police firing near Islamabad camp

ISLAMABAD: A scuffle erupted between workers and leaders of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and police in Islamabad on Wednesday. As per details, policemen arrived outside a...

Elections roundup: MMA in shambles and manifestos out at last

The grand hopes of a conservative alliance are now looking more shattered than ever before. The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal is falling apart. New reports have...

JUI-F, JI launch campaign to encourage female voters in KP

PESHAWAR: Breaking from their old policies regarding women disenfranchisement, two major parties of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) launched a campaign to encourage female voters ahead of...

Several JI leaders quit as JUI-F dominates MMA

Several senior members of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) quit as rifts continued to deepen within the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) due to the dominating role played by Jamiat...

Leaders, lawmakers congratulate nation on passage of KP-FATA merger bill

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan chief Senator Sirajul Haq has welcomed the passage of the FATA Bill by the National Assembly and greeted the people of...

Marriage of convenience: JUI-F’s indecision to quit central govt causes resentment...

---During MMA’s revival, both JUI-F and JI agreed to quit their respective coalition governments to focus on future of alliance ---JUI-F, JI poles apart on...

Resignation of three JI ministers, a parliamentary secretary accepted

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Pervez Khattak has accepted resignations tendered by three Jamat-e-Islami ministers and a parliamentary secretary following a cabinet meeting...

PTI and JI part ways on a good note

JI assures complete support to CM Khattak in case of no-confidence motion against him PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have called off...

JI lawmaker accuses PML-N of preventing compulsory Quran teaching

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Waseem Akhtar on Wednesday accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of deliberately preventing the adoption of Compulsory Teaching of the...

JI condemns 100pc increase in CNIC issuance fee

LAHORE: Spokesman of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amirul Azeem on Friday condemned the 100 per cent increase in the fee of the issuance of computerized...

Opposition parties reject budget, vow to resist

--Bilawal says that govt is engaging in blatant pre-poll rigging by presenting sixth budget --Asad Umar says budget makes no mention of how circular, public...

Experts, academics call for abolition of minority wings in political parties

Say people should come on top irrespective of religion LAHORE: Experts and academics on Thursday called for the abolition of minority wings in political...