Tag: senate elections

PPP bags 10, MQM-P, PML-F wins one seat each in Senate...

KARACHI: Taking full advantage of the differences within the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) succeeded on Saturday to win 10 seats...

Mushahid, Junejo elected Senators from Islamabad

  ISLAMABAD: Former minister for information and broadcasting Mushahid Hussain Syed and son of former prime minister Muhammad Khan Junejo, Asad Ali Khan Junejo, have...

Govt institutions should play practical role to tackle horse-trading, says Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar on Saturday said that government institutions should play a practical role to tackle...

Farooq Sattar hopeful for early resolution of issues with Bahadurabad faction

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar expressed hopes for an early resolution of issues between party factions based in Bahadurabad and PIB Colony. He...

Senate elections: 14 PML-N backed candidates win seats from Punjab

ISLAMABAD: As polling for Senate elections ended, results have started pouring in for the 52 Upper House seats on Saturday, According to unofficial and unverified...

Senate elections: CEC directs removal of hurdles in smooth media coverage

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza on Friday directed the removal of all hurdles in the way of smooth media coverage of...

PM chairs meeting of PML-N parliamentarians

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday chaired a meeting of the parliamentary committee of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) to discuss...

No Senate elections in KP until Baldev Kumar takes oath: PHC

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday ruled that Senate elections will not take place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly until Member of...

Senate elections: Sattar summons MQM-P leaders’ meeting

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar on Friday summoned party leaders for a consultative meeting over upcoming Senate elections at PIB office. In the...

PML-N to announce new party president on Tuesday: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will announce its new party president on...

Tessori meets Bahadurabad faction for MQM-P reconciliation

KARACHI: In an attempt at reconciliation, PIB faction leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Kamran Tessori met the Rabita Committee group Sunday night. The differences emerged between two...

ECP rubs salt into PML-N’s wounds

Elections watchdog says PML-N's nominees for Senate polls will contest as independent candidates Rejects new nominations forwarded by party chairman Raja Zafarul Haq  ...

Senate elections: Deadline to withdraw nominations from provinces ends

Ishaq Dar to only contest for technocrat seat ISLAMABAD: The deadline to withdraw nominations from the Senate elections for the provinces ended on Monday,  according to...

ECP issues final list of candidates for Senate election from KP

PESHAWAR: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday issued the final list of contestants for Senate seats from KP after...

Senate elections: ECP accepts 23 nomination papers for FATA general seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday declared 23 nomination papers as valid for elections to Senate general seats from Federally Administered...

Election Act: SC says dishonest party leader can use MPs to...

SC says Parliament has prerogative of legislating the laws, but it cannot make invalid laws PML-N's counsel says conviction in an offence cannot...

Ishaq Dar moves LHC against rejection of Senate nomination

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the rejection of his nomination papers by the Election...