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The Nation
April 17, 2018
He informed that incumbent government had initiated the process of privatiaing Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which is giving Rs45 billion loss every year. However, no political party had supported the government for privatising PIA. Later, the government had halted the process. Similarly, he informedÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 17, 2018
HYDERABAD: Member National Assembly Syed Waseem returned back to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan fold after meeting party's (PIB faction) ... Sattar said that when PSP's door was opened for him people kept joining the party as they thought one day he will be also in the PSP but as it hasÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 17, 2018
Meanwhile, PTI Central Punjab President Abdul Aleem Khan, MPA Shoaib Siddiqui, Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Aajasam Shareef, Ejaz Diyaal, Hafiz Farhat Abbass, Khalid Gujar, Furrukh Javed Moon and other party leaders and workers visited Minar-e-Pakistan to chalk out the public gathering plan.
Times of India
April 16, 2018
Abbasi said all political parties should hold a dialogue on the issue of creation of new provinces in accordance with the demands of the people of Punjab, ... Recently, eight lawmakers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party parted ways with it and announced the launch of a mass movement to makeÃâà...
The Santiago Times
April 14, 2018
LAHORE – Pakistani Islamists who brought traffic in major cities to a standstill on Thursday have temporarily called off national protests after a long round of negotiations with the government of Punjab province. Life in Lahore, the most populous city of the South Asian country, became virtually paralyzedÃâà...
Voice of America
April 14, 2018
Before reaching an agreement, the party warned the Pakistani government that it would arrange a series of demonstrations across the country if their demands were not met. Khadim Hussain Rizvi, the founder of TLP has demanded the government fully implement the “Islamabad Agreement” or face whatÃâà...
Voice of America
April 3, 2018
The party's relatively good performance attracted the attention of other established political parties and the country's electoral body. In October 2017, Pakistan's Election Commission barred MML from registering as a political party after Pakistan's Interior Ministry requested that MML not be allowed toÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 1, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has made it clear that he wants to continue his association with the party only if it is not made a housemaid. The former interior minister also said he would soon choose a party through which he would contest the generalÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 1, 2018
SANGHAR: Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday alleged that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has been attacking the 18th Amendment lately, adding that ... Bilawal said that the PPP pulled the masses out of poverty, adding that the party alleviated 600,000 families in the province.
Geo News, Pakistan
April 1, 2018
Imran neglected party policy in issuing Senate tickets, allege PTI MPAs. By ... Four members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf alleged on Saturday that Imran Khan bypassed the party policy while issuing tickets for the recently-held Senate elections.
gulfnews.com
April 1, 2018
As the mainstream political parties sharpen their proverbial knives ahead of this years' parliamentary elections that will lead to the formation of the next government ... The ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), until recently led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is primarily committed toÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 1, 2018
KARACHI: Another serving lawmaker and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) joined Mustafa Kamal's Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) today. MQM-P MNA from Hyderabad, Waseem Hussain, announced joining the PSP at a press conference alongside PSP leaders. At the pressÃâà...
Asia Times
March 31, 2018
A Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supporter holds a portrait of party leader Nawaz Sharif during a convention in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on March 11, 2018. ... It is unsurprising, then, that Nisar's suo motu cases over the past few months have outraged many Pakistani politicians, who say the chief justice isÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 29, 2018
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has said he will make the announcement about a new political party and its members on Thursday. "The new party will ... Bizenjo, who represented Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid in the election for CM, secured 41 out of the total 51 votes cast.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 29, 2018
QUETTA: A new political party by the name of Balochistan Awami Party has been announced in the province by Pakistan Muslim League-Q's Saeed Ahmed ... “Senator Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar will be the central spokesperson while Shoaib Nosherwani will serve as the provincial spokesperson until the partyÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 21, 2018
NEW YORK: The funeral prayers of Muhammad Ayaz Soomro, the late member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) who passed away Tuesday ... Ahead of transporting the deceased's body back to Pakistan, his family and friends will join the funeral prayers to be held in Makki Masjid in Brooklyn after AsrÃâà...
BBC News
March 21, 2018
A Pakistani television anchor previously accused of hate speech has joined cricketer-turned-opposition politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party. At a joint press conference with Mr Khan in Karachi on Monday, Dr Amir Liaquat Hussain described PTI as "the last stop" in his career.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 18, 2018
Meanwhile, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will also address a rally in Rawalpindi's Kotli Sattian area. The PPP leader is addressing party workers in light of the party's ongoing membership campaign. Similarly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is alsoÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
March 14, 2018
Iran's foreign minister has wrapped up a trip to Pakistan in which he made a surprise offer to let Islamabad take part in a major port project funded by ... on Pakistan's recent deployment of 1,000 troops to Saudi Arabia, or the assignment of a former Pakistani army chief to command a Saudi-led coalition thatÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to bring forth its own candidate for the Senate opposition leader slot after reports that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has ... PPP, which has 20 seats in the Senate, will need the support of other opposition parties to have Rehman appointed.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's petition seeking disqualification of party MNA Ayesha Gulalai. The PTI chairman had filed a review petition with the apex court against an earlier verdict of theÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 14, 2018
The CEC made the remarks as a five-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) heard its suo motu notice of reports of horse-trading in the March 3 Senate elections. The CEC observed during the hearing that the buying and selling of votes is a crime, adding that he wants political partiesÃâà...
Arab News
March 14, 2018
Pakistani ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, right, claps after his younger brother and Chief Minister of Punjab province Shahbaz Sharif, center, is elected as President of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party at the General Workers Council in Islamabad on March 13, 2018. (AFP)Ãâà...
The Diplomat
March 14, 2018
Sajrani who was supported by an alliance of opposition parties, including the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was not expected to win the chairmanship, as the ruling party holds a majority of seats in the Senate. While Sajrani's elevation to one of the country's highestÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 12, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lost the race to appoint their favoured candidates to the top Senate slots as Sadiq ... Sanjrani, an independent, had been backed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-PakistanÃâà...
ABC News
March 12, 2018
Pakistan has sworn in the newly elected members of the Senate, including for the first time a woman from the marginalized Hindu minority. Krishna Kumari who hails from the so-called untouchables — the lowest in the caste system still prevailing in Pakistan and India — defeated a Taliban-linked cleric inÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 6, 2018
Islamabad - Pakistan's ruling PML-N and opposition PTI parties have both alleged wrongdoing in the country's recently concluded Senate elections, with PTI chief Imran Khan accusing members of his own party of "selling" their votes. Khan made the accusation during a political rally in Karachi, Pakistan'sÃâà...
The Guardian
February 21, 2018
Pakistan's supreme court has barred Nawaz Sharif from his position as president of the country's ruling party, ordering the reversal of all decisions he has ... by the supreme court last year, had managed to retain power by driving through a law that allowed disqualified politicians to lead political parties.
ucanews
December 31, 1999
Ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, right, claps after his younger brother and Chief Minister of Punjab Province Shahbaz Sharif, center, is elected president of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party at the General Workers Council in Islamabad on March 13. Shahbaz took charge ofÃâà...
The Indian Express
December 31, 1999
Pakistan saw a sharp increase in terror attacks on workers associated with religious parties in 2017 while there was a 50 per cent reduction in attacks on workers of political parties, a new report has said. The figures were part of a report by the Centre For Research And Security Study. 34 workers ofÃâà...
The Columbian
December 31, 1999
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani lawmakers in a provincial assembly voted in favor of a recommendation to ban dance parties at schools and other educational ... Proposed by Shaikh Ijaz, a lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League party in Punjab, the non-binding resolution was quickly adopted.
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
A federal court in Pakistan has sided with a new political party whose bid to register with the national election commission was rejected because of the party's ... In October, the election commission rejected the MML's registration application, which is required for all political parties that want to take part inÃâà...
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