Tag: upcoming general elections

PPP provincial leader Ali Muhammad Jatak ineligible to contest elections: BHC

QUETTA: Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Monday declared Pakistan People's Party (PPP) provincial President Ali Muhammad Jatak ineligible to contest upcoming polls, upholding the decision...

Thursday last day for postal ballot applications: ECP

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed Thursday as the last day for receiving of applications regarding postal ballots for the upcoming general election. The...

Imran Khan begins race to lead Pakistan but can he please...

In run-up to elections, the former cricketer has drawn wide support as well as claims he is complicit with the military Outside a samosa...

Imran gets clean chit while Abbasi gets disqualified for being ‘dishonest’

Former PM barred from contesting polls from home constituency, PTI chief clears NA-53, NA-35 legal hitches PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry’s nomination from NA-67 rejected,...

ECP dismisses three pleas calling for delay in elections 

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday dismissed three petitions seeking a delay in the General Election 2018. Earlier in the day, while...

Shehbaz kicks off PML-N’s election campaign from Karachi

--PML-N president assures Karachi residents of removing garbage heaps in six months, addressing water woes in three years if voted into power   KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim...

MMA unveils list of candidates vying for Karachi seats

KARACHI: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, a coalition of the religious right, unveiled its list of candidates vying for Karachi-based seats in the national and provincial assemblies. Liaquat...

PTI leader Aleem Khan owes Rs700m to himself

Opp leader claims his local business is worth Rs90k only  Former Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah owns assets worth over Rs213m PML-N leader...

Gen Musharraf resigns as chairman of APML

New party chairman Dr Amjad says former dictator stepped down after SC refused to let him contest polls ISLAMABAD: Former military dictator General (r) Pervez...

Imran challenges dismissal of nomination papers from NA-53

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday moved the appellate tribunal against the rejection of his candidacy for Islamabad’s NA-53 constituency. The PTI...

Imran Khan, Khaqan Abbasi, Ayesha Gulalai, Mehtab Abbasi’s nomination papers for...

ISLAMABAD: The returning officer on Tuesday rejected the nomination papers of political bigwigs, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, former prime minister Shahid...

International watchdog says military is intimidating reporters

Pakistan’s military is strong-arming the media in an attempt to stifle criticism of its behind-the-scenes political power ahead of next month’s elections, an international...

More than 1,000 people requested for PTI tickets to contest elections,...

Protesters allege tickets were not issued on basis of merit LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shafqat Mehmood while addressing the media on Sunday said that...

Sindh’s seven-member caretaker cabinet takes oath in Karachi

--Interim CM says non-political persons inducted in cabinet to hold transparent elections KARACHI: A seven-member cabinet of Sindh's caretaker Chief Minister Fazalur Rahman took oath in a...

NADRA blocks Musharraf’s CNIC, passport on court orders

--Musharraf can conditionally file nomination papers, SC rules --Top court summons former dictator on 13th, assures he will not be arrested   ISLAMABAD: Soon after the Supreme Court...

‘Aliens’ and ‘angels’: Euphemisms mask election fears in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: In most countries, politicians who warned that aliens were trying to influence an upcoming general election would likely find themselves ridiculed by the...

Maryam obtains nomination papers for Lahore’s NA-125

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday obtained nomination papers to contest the upcoming general elections from a...