Elections 2024
Party to kick off nationwide demos against "rigging" today; Qaiser, other leaders meet Sherpao, Liaquat Baloch; efforts underway for "backdoor contacts" with PPP.
Updated 17 Feb, 2024 07:53am
PML-N stalwarts oppose move to "wear crown of thorns"; favour allowing PPP, PTI to form next govt.
Updated 17 Feb, 2024 08:09am
PML-N's Marriyum Aurangzeb says PTI only trying to "spread anarchy" and repeat events of May 9.
Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:28pm
Only way to stave off the continuous crises that afflict Pakistani politics is for powerful quarters to stop creating and patronising political parties.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:44am
Both sides find common ground on rigging in elections; PTI nominee for Balochistan CM slot didn’t contest election on any PA seat.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:12am
PPP circles suggest custodians of both houses may be from Sindh; PML-N floats Ayaz Sadiq as counter-offer to PPP names for NA speaker.
Published 16 Feb, 2024 07:51am
Party leaders ask protesting candidates not to "waste time" in strikes.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 08:22am
Country downgraded by EIU to "authoritarian regime"; declines 11 places in global ranking.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 08:31am
Declares petitioners should contact ECP if final poll results issued.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 11:25am
“ANP has been defeated and PTI was supported,” Mian Iftikhar Hussain says.
Published 16 Feb, 2024 07:13am
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed independent candidate Ameer Muhammad Khan, who won from PP-89, Bhakkar, has joined the Pakistan People’s Party.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 11:03am
News of PTI engaging in talks with other parties to form governments in the centre and Punjab knocked down the market’s positive momentum.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 07:45am
Result of elected candidates changed to deprive them of victory, BNP-M meeting told.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 10:59am
Withholds Awn’s victory notification; orders probe into NA-27 rigging allegation.
Published 16 Feb, 2024 07:11am
Lawyer files public interest plea in LHC, assailing the vires of Section 215 of Elections Act 2017.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 07:34am
Highways reopened after six days; Achakzai urges public unity for national development.
Updated 16 Feb, 2024 11:03am
From the deadline to form new govt to caretakers' fate and PTI-backed independents' options — this piece answers all the queries arising in the wake of Feb 8.
Published 15 Feb, 2024 07:37pm
Repolling was held in NA-88 and provincial constituencies PK-90 and PS-18.
Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:52pm
In response to global criticism of Feb 8 polls, FO spokesperson says Pakistan takes its constitutional obligations seriously.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 03:24pm
A ragtag bunch of ‘patriotic’ politicians will soon resume the mission of ‘saving’ Pakistan despite making a hash of it the first time around.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:46am
PML-N, PPP representatives to continue talks over modalities of power-sharing today; PPP sticks to its stance of not joining cabinet.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:29am
Election commission forms four-member fact-finding committee to investigate the process of vote recount.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:36am
Insiders say Nawaz withdrew from PM race to ensure Maryam gets CM slot; one MNA, 8 MPAs-elect join PML-N; 4, including 3 PTI-backed, head to IPP.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 08:59am
Party leaders advise complainants to approach election tribunal instead of unleashing propaganda against winners, institutions.
Published 15 Feb, 2024 07:31am
ANP's Aimal Wali Khan says protest campaign will start from Swabi district.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 11:04am
District admin and police seem reluctant to take on protesters.
Published 15 Feb, 2024 07:05am
Shahram, the health minister in the last PTI government in the province, had gone into hiding after May 9.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 11:09am
Reserves verdict on pleas of Shoaib Shaheen, Amir Mughal, Ali Bukhari; issues notices on Salman Akram Raja's petition.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 12:09pm
Party's Lahore division president Chaudhry Aslam Gill tenders his resignation.
Published 15 Feb, 2024 07:04am
When contacted to confirm the report about the meeting, Chief Secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman opted to stay silent.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 12:22pm