Tag: Resignation

PM still hopes MQM will take back resignations

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday and discussed with him various issues, including matters pertaining to...

ECP members won’t resign on PTI, PPP demands

Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have decided not to step down as demanded by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

ECP members decide not to resign on demand of political parties

An informal meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan, chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner, on Monday decided that the Members of the Commission would...

ECP rejects Khursheed Shah’s resignation demand

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah’s demand for the resignation of commission members. According to sources, ECP maintains...

IHC ponders over intervening in MQM resignation issue

Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s Justice Muhammad Anwar Kansi on Wednesday reserved a judgment on the maintainability of a petition seeking court intervention on the resignation issue of Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawmakers.

Sharif accepts Mushahidullah’s resignation from cabinet

The Prime Minister’s office on Monday announced that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had accepted the resignation of Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah...

Altaf calls it quits again

“It is enough, now I cannot lead,” said Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain, exasperated over “the silence” that followed Khawaja Asif’s statement in the National Assembly.

Sindh CM says won’t resign over 45 executions

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Wednesday rejected calls for his resignation in the wake of massacre of 45 members of the Ismaili community in a deadly attack on a bus in Karachi.

IHC walks fine balance between judiciary, legislature

A two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Amir Farooq, has reserved judgment over maintainability of a petition filed by former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Zafar Ali Shah over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarians’ resignations from the National Assembly (NA).

PTI to de-seat six rebel lawmakers

PTI core committee decides to file references under defection clause against party's six lawmakers for not following party chief’s call for resignations from NA The...

‘United we resign!’

*PTI Punjab lawmakers refuse to appear before Punjab Assembly speaker in groups of four Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly Monday refused to...

Sharif won’t resign…or be sent on leave!

The meeting sparked speculations in the electronic media with some television channels claiming that the army chief had asked the premier to go on leave or tender resignation for at least three months so that a Supreme Court commission could probe into the election rigging allegations. However, soon after the speculations started to make their space, the PM House as well as the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the armed forces, strongly contradicted the rumours. Nevertheless, an official statement issued by the PM House quoted the premier resolving not to tender resignation or go on leave under "any pressure".

PTI Punjab demands CM’s resignation

  LAHORE STAFF REPORT   Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry said the killings of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers were “open murder and terrorism on...

AG expected to resign

Attorney General (AG) Munir A Malik is expected to resign from his post, media reported on Wednesday. According to reports, Malik had informed Prime Minister...

LHWs to resign from service due to non disbursement of salary

Non regularization of service and nonpayment of salaries since the last five months have forced the Lady Health Workers (LHW) to resign from...

Fakhruddin G Ibrahim’s resignation accepted

The resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim was accepted on Thursday. According to media reports, the resignation was accepted on August 12. Ibrahim...