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Caretaker PM asks law ministry to challenge nomination papers verdict
Caretaker PM asks law ministry to challenge nomination papers verdict

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk has directed the federal law ministry to file an appeal against Lahore High Court’s yesterday verdict to nullify election nomination papers.

According to sources close to the Prime Minister office, the...

PPP leadership discusses Sindh candidates for general elections
PPP leadership discusses Sindh candidates for general elections

KARACHI: PPPP’s Central Election Board held a meeting to discuss nominations of party’s candidates from Sindh for the next general elections at Bilawal House on Saturday.

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former President of Pakistan...

Imran asks aspiring candidates not to give money for PTI&s ticket
Imran asks aspiring candidates not to give money for PTI’s ticket

ISLAMABAD: PTI chairman Imran Khan said that he would himself decide the awarding of tickets to potential candidates in the coming general elections.

In a Twitter message, Khan has asked aspiring candidates not to give money to anyone in the PTI in return...

ECP rules out poll delay
ECP rules out poll delay

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that it would  go to the Supreme Court against the recent decisions of Balochistan and Lahore high courts regarding delimitation and nomination papers.

“Returning officers have been asked not to accept any nomination paper on June 3 and 4. A n...

Shehbaz Sharif suggests new names for caretaker Punjab CM
Shehbaz Sharif suggests new names for caretaker Punjab CM

LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has suggested four new names for the post of caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab.

The nominees are: former Naval chief Muhamamd Zakaullah, former DG Intelligence Bureau (IB) Aftab Sultan, Justice (r) Sahir Ali and former IG...

Reham Khan accuses actor Hamza Abbasi of emailing threats
Reham Khan accuses actor Hamza Abbasi of emailing threats

ISLAMABAD: Reham Khan, former wife of PTI chairman Imran Khan, has accused film and TV star Hamza Ali Abbasi of issuing threats.

In a Twitter message on Saturday, Reham Khan said that she had been receiving threatening email from the actor since 2017.

She did not...

Sindh caretaker chief minister sworn in
Sindh caretaker chief minister sworn in
Sindh caretaker chief minister sworn in

Karachi: Former chief secretary  Sindh Fazlur Rehman on Saturday took oath as caretaker chief minister of the province.

Sindh Governor  Muhammad Zubair administered the oath to the  interim chief minister at a ceremony  attended by bureaucrats, politicians, Chief Secretary, Police I...

The beat is fading for Pakistan´s Ramadan drummers
The beat is fading for Pakistan´s Ramadan drummers

Rawalpindi: Lal Hussain saunters through Rawalpindi´s empty streets at 1:00 am shattering the silence with syncopated drum beats, awakening startled Pakistanis so they can sleepily eat one last meal before the day´s Ramadan fasting begins.

"Wake up and eat your morning...

PPP fears delay in elections
PPP fears delay in elections

KARACHI: Laying emphasis on holding the next polls on its scheduled date, PPP leaders on Friday feared that ongoing political development suggests as some system pushing for a delay in general elections in the country.

PPP senior leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the Islamabad High Court...

PPP fears delay in elections
PPP fears delay in elections

KARACHI: Laying emphasis on holding the next polls on its scheduled date, PPP leaders on Friday feared that ongoing political development suggests as some system pushing for a delay in general elections in the country.

PPP senior leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the Islamabad High Court...