Tag: Party

Nawaz convenes parliamentary party meeting before NA session

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif has summoned parliamentary meeting of party legislators in National assembly and Senate on June 2 (Thursday) in Islamabad...

Labour Party holds rally against inflation

Labour organisations, led by the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP), held a protest at the Mall Road on Tuesday against inflation, unemployment and load shedding...

Sudan declares north party winner in key state vote

Sudan said on Sunday the northern ruling party won an election for governor in the north's main oil state after a vote the south...

United prepare for title party

Twenty-five years after taking over at Manchester United with the goal of knocking Liverpool “off their perch”, Sir Alex Ferguson’s long-held dream is likely...

Zardari can’t be party chief too, rules LHC

A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) said on Thursday that President Asif Ali Zardari should “disassociate” himself from the political office...

Govt will not take dictation from any party, says Firdous

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday said the government believed in taking the political parties on board on all national...

Scottish nationalist party wins historic majority

The party of Scotland’s nationalist First Minister Alex Salmond won a historic majority Friday in elections for the Edinburgh parliament, bringing an independence referendum...

Foreign Ministry be made party to Hafiz Saeed case: LHC

Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday allowed petitioner Hafiz Saeed, Jamatud Dawa chief, to make the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Nigeria’s ruling party wins in riot-hit states

Nigeria’s ruling party has won delayed governorship elections in two northern states where hundreds died in rioting after a vote two weeks ago. The...

World joins royal party

The fairytale wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton captured the imagination of the world Friday, with millions sharing in the celebration of the...

KJo’s coffee party ends

This Sunday will mark the end of 'Koffee With Karan 3'. The season, that lasted for 26 episodes, could well be Bollywood chat show's last. At least that's what host, filmmaker and fashion designer Karan Johar implies when he says, "We should leave 'Koffee With Karan' where it is. Every show must have a finite run, and should end on a great note. We've had three successful seasons.
Instead of doing another, I'd like the audience to let me move on and remember me as the host of

Zardari takes party on board over national govt

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party's Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday took his party's parliamentary leaders into confidence on the government's talks with other political parties for formation of a broad-based government, including the inclusion of the PML-Q into the federal cabinet.
Addressing PPP MNAs at the presidency on Tuesday, Zardari said the PPP would continue its march towards strengthening democracy and state institutions besides putting economy back

Court dissolves former Egyptian ruling party

CAIRO - An Egyptian court dissolved the former ruling National Democratic Party on Saturday and ordered its funds and property to be handed to the government, a judicial source said. "The administrative court issued a ruling to dissolve the NDP and seize its money, and its headquarters and buildings will be handed to the government," the source said. The NDP, the party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was fighting for its survival after protests forced the strongman to resign on

Court dissolves former Egypt ruling party

CAIRO - An Egyptian court dissolved the former ruling National Democratic Party on Saturday and ordered its funds and property to be handed to the government, a judicial source said.
"The administrative court issued a ruling to dissolve the NDP and seize its money, and its headquarters and buildings will be handed to the government," the source said.
The NDP, the party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, was fighting for its survival after protests forced Mubarak to resign on

‘Party of the middle-class’ runs up Rs 150 million expenditures...

KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) claims to be a party of the middle-class, but it will be spending Rs 150 million for the April 10 public meeting in Lahore. This is despite MQM chief Altaf Hussain claiming that the party is going through a "financial crisis."
The public meeting in Lahore is being given immense importance: it will be the MQM's first rally in the capital of Punjab at such a large scale. The MQM had attempted holding a public rally during the last

PML-Q accepts MQM’s invitation to attend party rally

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Thursday accepted the invitation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to attend its rally in Lahore on April 10. The recent contacts between the PML-Q and MQM are seen as an attempt to counter the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Punjab and Lahore, as the ruling Punjab party is a common enemy for the PML-Q and the MQM at the moment.
Political analysts also forecast a potential political alliance between the two parties.

Awami National Party activist gunned down

KARACHI - An Awami National Party (ANP) activist was gunned down in Lyari, the Chakiwara police said on Sunday.
The residents of Bihar Colony informed the police about a man's body, which was then recovered by the law enforcers. The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Nasrullah Khan, whose body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi and later handed over to the heirs.
Police said that the victim had suffered nine bullets in his upper torso, and registered FIR No 70/11