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.
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Imran Khan opts out of party election amid legal woes, nominates caretaker chairman
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan, who is serving a prison sentence for corruption, will not be contesting the intra-party elections of his Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party scheduled for Saturday, citing his legal problems and the risk of losing the party’s symbol in the upcoming general elections, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan astir to meet the February 8 election deadline
A major reshuffle of the police and administrative bureaucracy is underway, suggesting the authorities are gearing to deliver on their promise of a February 8 general election. By Muhammad Ali.
Imran Khan’s jail trial in cipher case ruled illegal by Islamabad High Court
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ruled that the jail trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is accused of possessing a classified diplomatic cable, was illegal and ordered his transfer to a regular court.
Jail trial for ex-PM Khan over land bribery case
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday approved the trial of former prime minister Imran Khan in jail over allegations that he received land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a property developer through a charity trust run by his third wife, a spiritual healer.
Pakistan and Afghanistan discuss trade and assets amid deportation row
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.
PTI loses another senior leader as Asad Umar announces exit from politics
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Asad Umar, a former planning minister and a senior leader of the opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, announced on Saturday that he was quitting politics and leaving the party, citing policy differences over its confrontational stance toward state institutions.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar addressing a press conference regarding the repatriation of illegal immigrants, Islamabad, 8 November 8, 2023.
PM Kakar slams Afghan Taliban for aiding anti-Pakistan militants
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker prime minister on Wednesday accused Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban’s interim government of not only failing to act against militants who launch attacks from its territory but also of helping them in some cases, in a rare public display of frustration that could further strain relations between the neighbors.
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President Alvi seeks level playing field for all parties in elections
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Wednesday raised the concerns of his party over the pre-poll environment in the country, saying that the caretaker government should ensure a level playing field for all political parties and protect the fundamental rights of the citizens in the run-up to the general elections, scheduled in February.
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Four soldiers, including officer, killed in clash with militants near Afghan border
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Four soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, were killed on Monday in a shoot-out with militants near the Afghan border, the military said, as a wave of attacks on security forces continued across the country.