Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s claims regarding former prime minister Imran Khan’s ouster in 2022 through a no-trust motion has not only shocked everyone but has also raised certain questions about the facts mentioned in his interview. Fazl, in a TV interview on Thursday, claimed that the no-confidence motion against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was tabled on the directives of ex-army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former spymaster Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid.  A multi-party alliance led by Fazlur Rehman — Pakistan Democratic Movement…

LAHORE: Pakistanis will get smooth and uninterrupted power supply in the holy month of Ramadan this year, as the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) is continuing with its comprehensive maintenance programme for the NTDC transmission lines and grid stations to ensure that.  The government backed power transmission company has pledged non-stop provision of electricity to the people as directed by its Managing Director Engr Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan.  NTCD spokesman told media on Wednesday that under the maintenance programme, washing, cleaning, replacement of Disc Insulators and other necessary activities…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Tuesday alleged that after having been rejected by the people in the Feb 8 elections, the PDM’s components had started a new drama to deceive the people. Reacting to the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s news conference, the PTI spokesperson contended that had his thinking been democratic, he would have accepted the people’s mandate to the PTI instead of running a new campaign with the ‘pirates of Jati Umra’ and condemned the blatant desecration of the vote. “Zardari’s son’s party has a dark history in…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation held meeting with President Dr Arif Alvi and informed him about the alleged rigging in the general elections. A delegation of PTI, comprising of Raoof Hassan and Umair Niazi, called on President Alvi at President House on Monday. The delegation of the PTI also apprised the president of the party’s position regarding the alleged irregularities in the election process. According the announcement of the President House, the PTI delegation opined that Form-45s issued in different constituencies reflected the actual facts of the election results.…

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers on Sunday staged a protest and closed the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway for traffic against what they called “rigging in the elections in Peshawar and stealing people’s mandate.” The call for protest was given by two PTI senior leaders and former provincial ministers, Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Kamran Khan Bangash. They had also staged a demonstration a day earlier against the alleged rigging in elections in their constituencies, saying that “corrupt district returning officers and returning officers had changed their results on the official forms under compulsions.”…

As compilation of election results is still underway after the conduct of nationwide polls, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart Khursheed Shah has slammed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif’s “premature” public speech to declare his victory and invite others to join him to form the next government. Although not all results have been issued yet, and the ones available are unofficial, PML-N supremo Nawaz has claimed that his party has emerged as the “single-largest party”, inviting others to join forces and form the next government. “Nawaz Sharif wishes to…

Two separate blasts in different districts rocked Balochistan, leaving at least 28 dead and over 40 injured on the eve of general elections. In the first incident, at least 15 people were killed when an explosion happened outside an independent candidate’s office in Khanozai, an area in Balochistan’s Pishin district. According to reports, over 30 people were injured in the attack which took place on PP-47 in Pishin. The injured people have been shifted to the Tehsil Hospital Khanozai, while the bodies have also been transferred, the hospital’s MS Dr…

A day after the Balochistan government announced the temporary suspension of internet services in areas with “sensitive” polling booths, caretaker Minister for Information Murtaza Solangi Monday ruled out the possibility of an internet shutdown on February 8. Solangi, while speaking to a private news channel, said that local administrations do have the authority to decide on the suspension of internet services in light of the law and order situation. However, the minister clarified that no such situation has been reported so far that warrants such an action on the government’s part. His remarks come as…

Maryam Nawaz, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice president, Monday emphasised that a vote is not merely a piece of paper, but a thoughtful decision. “Ballots decide the future of next generations,” she said, addressing a political gathering in Murree, as part of the party’s election campaign just a couple of days ahead of February 8 general polls. The scion of the Sharif family has been addressing massive crowds across Punjab, as she gears up to contest her first-ever general election in the country. The daughter of party supremo…

LAHORE: PMLN President and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the role of Christian and other non-Muslim communities in the development of Pakistan is worthy of praise and all the minorities living in the country have full right to live in peace. He expressed these views while addressing Christian elders, scholars and bishops here on Thursday. He said Nawaz Sharif’s boundless compassion and love for the minorities living in Pakistan was as clear as day. During his time, a few sad incidents happened with the Christian community, but his…