By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court on Wednesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for a second time on charges of violating the Official Secrets Act, a colonial-era law that carries the death penalty.
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition party accused the country’s election commission on Saturday of delaying its poll symbol, a bat, to hurt its chances in the upcoming general elections.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin said on Friday he was quitting politics for good, citing health and financial reasons, in a latest blow to Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party that has faced a wave of defections and arrests.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a prominent civil society organization, expressed alarm on Wednesday over the restriction of civil liberties and the possible rollback of constitutional reforms ahead of the general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry said it released Rs17.4 billion to the country’s election commission, removing a hurdle for the national vote scheduled for Feb. 8 amid security challenges.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan, the body responsible for overseeing the country’s upcoming general elections, has asked the government on Tuesday to deploy the army and civil armed forces outside polling stations to ensure security and to release Rs17 billion in funds urgently needed for the conduct of the February polls.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen opened fire on a bus traveling on a mountainous highway in northern Pakistan on Saturday evening, killing at least eight people, including two soldiers and a police officer, and injuring 22 others, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD – – A founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday expressed doubts about the party’s internal elections, which are scheduled to take place on Sunday, and hinted that he might raise the issue with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) published the final delimitation list of constituencies for national and provincial assemblies on Thursday, paving the way for general elections in February 2024.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s acting commerce minister met with Pakistan’s foreign minister in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss trade and how the thousands of Afghan citizens Pakistan is expelling could take cash and other assets back to their homeland.
