The president of the Ahmadiyya community in Bahawalpur’s Hasilpur district was shot dead by unknown assailants on Monday morning, police said. Tahir Iqbal, 54, was out for his morning walk in the Chak-84 village when two motorcyclists opened fire at him, resulting in his death on the spot. According to the police, the body was...
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March 4, 2024March 4, 2024Pakistan
In noisy NA session, Bilawal endorses PTI’s call for judicial inquiry into May 9 riots
In his maiden speech during a session of the newly elected National Assembly, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday endorsed the PTI’s call for a judicial inquiry into the May 9 riots. He passed these remarks in reference to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s recent call for the formation of a judicial commission to probe...
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March 4, 2024March 4, 2024Pakistan
PML-N MNAs say Pakistan’s ‘journey to progress’ to resume with Shehbaz’s election
ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) claimed on Sunday that the ‘journey to progress’, which was halted in 2018, would resume after Shehbaz Sharif was elected the prime minister. However, MNAs from the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), who had joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), were of the view...
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March 1, 2024March 1, 2024Pakistan
Speculations rife over PPP Senate chair nominee as Yusuf Raza Gilani takes MNA oath
ISLAMABAD: Ever since former prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani took oath as a National Assembly member a day earlier, speculations have been rife over Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) nominee for the seat of Senate chairman, as curiosity has increased regarding who will assume the coveted legislature post, The News reported on Friday. Gilani had resigned from...
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March 1, 2024March 1, 2024Pakistan
KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur demands CEC’s resignation in fiery victory speech
PESHAWAR: Ali Amin Gandapur, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader who contested the recently held polls as an independent candidate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was elected as the province’s new chief minister on Friday after voting concluded in the KP Assembly. Polling to elect the KP CM began earlier today with PTI’s Gandapur and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...
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February 29, 2024February 29, 2024Pakistan
JUI-F not to take part in PM, president, speaker elections: Fazl
Raising serious reservations over the 2024 election results, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced that his party would not participate in forthcoming elections for the top political slots — president, prime minister, and the National Assembly (NA) speaker. The cleric, speaking to journalists in Islamabad on Thursday, said his politico-religious party would...
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February 29, 2024February 29, 2024Pakistan
Newly elected representatives sworn in as ruckus mars maiden session of 16th National Assembly
Newly elected members of the 16th National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday in a session marred by mainly pro-Imran Khan sloganeering. Outgoing NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administered the oath to the MNAs-elect. The session was originally scheduled to begin at 10am but was delayed by more than an hour. Notable politicians who were...
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February 29, 2024February 29, 2024Pakistan
Alvi relents at eleventh hour, calls NA sitting himself
ISLAMABAD: An as-yet ‘incomplete’ National Assembly — short of reserved seats claimed by the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) alliance — will hold its inaugural sitting today (Thursday) after President Arif Alvi relented from his earlier stance and assented to a summary seeking the summoning of the maiden sitting of the lower house. Earlier, the NA...
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February 28, 2024February 28, 2024Columns
Sharif dynasty’s new face
SHE had long been groomed as heir apparent to the country’s most prominent political dynasty and her election as Punjab’s chief minister this week marked her crowning. Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, now holds one of the most powerful political positions in the country. With uncle Shehbaz Sharif assured of...
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February 28, 2024February 28, 2024Columns
Good examples
IN Pakistan, we do things family style, and politics is a part of family. Elections are contested family style — brothers, uncles, sons and daughters all running from different constituencies. The most eminent families have entire political parties available at their disposal, and heading them means a decent shot at the best, highest and most...