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...
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February 27, 2024February 27, 2024World
Biden expects ceasefire in Israel-Hamas conflict by ‘next Monday’
United States President Joe Biden expressed his belief that a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could begin by next Monday in a spontaneous statement he made during a visit to New York, The Guardian reported. In response to reporters inquiring about when he expected a ceasefire could start, Biden said: “My national security adviser tells me...
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February 27, 2024February 27, 2024Pakistan
New Punjab CM to face huge challenges in service delivery
LAHORE: The newly-elected first female Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz will face huge challenges as her predecessors left a very high level of service delivery and presence in public. During the last 13-month tenure, Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has appeared as the fastest chief minister in terms of working. He broke the records of...
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February 27, 2024February 27, 2024Blogs
Language Under Constitution
Introduction The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, also known as the 1973 constitution, was drafted by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government. It was ratified on August 14, 1973 and was the first Constitution to be framed by elected representatives in Pakistan (Bajora, 2010). It comprises 280 articles and five schedules, and has undergone twenty-three...