Liaquat Ali Chattha said “stabbing the country in its back does not let” him sleep. (File) Islamabad: A senior Pakistani bureaucrat on Saturday alleged that the chief election commissioner and the chief justice were involved in poll rigging in the recent election as he resigned from his post, taking the “responsibility for all this wrongdoing”. …
Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday nominated Omar Ayub as its prime minister candidate. The development comes a day after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif picked his brother Shehbaz Sharif as the prime ministerial candidate from their party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Independent candidates backed by jailed former premier Imran Khan have won 92 seats …
Days after the voters of Pakistan delivered a fractured mandate, suspense continues on the formation of the next government in the country. As Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Nawaz) and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) delay the formation of a coalition government, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is making some headway as they are …
The Sharifs and Bhuttos have been negotiating to form a government. Pakistan’s two main family-controlled political parties hit a snag in their talks to form a new government, as they can’t agree who would become prime minister in their coalition designed to thwart jailed ex-leader Imran Khan. The Sharif and Bhutto clans both want their …
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders began discussing the terms of an alliance with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan to carve out a formula for the formation of a government, The Express Tribune reported. The PML-N would take the post of prime minister, and the posts of the president and …
The political landscape in Pakistan took a shocking turn on Sunday after jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan-backed independent candidates secured the most seats in parliament. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan, independent candidates won 102 seats while Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Party (PMLN) came in second with 73 seats, and the Pakistan …
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PPP President Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday. The two parties have agreed “in principle to save the country from political instability.” Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (Reuters)(REUTERS) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The leaders of two parties …
Imran Khan supporters have launched a nationwide protest alleging rigging in the polls. New Delhi: Pakistan, which is struggling to recover from an economic crisis, was dealt another blow when the elections threw up a hung verdict. The country now faces days of political horse-trading as parties try to cobble together leaders to prove majority. …
Imran Khan was jailed and silenced. His colleagues were barred from contesting Pakistan’s election under their party’s name. They weren’t even allowed to use its famous cricket bat symbol.Yet the candidates who are part of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party — running as independents — put forth a strong showing in the contentious poll. Independents, mostly …
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have agreed to form a coalition government in the centre and Punjab province, Pakistani media outlets reported on Saturday. A report by GeoNews said Shehbaz Sharif met top PPP leaders at the residence of Mohsin Naqvi, the caretaker chief minister of Punjab province. Earlier on …