Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has now become the second provincial legislature to be dissolved in Khan’s bid to force snap polls. By Naveed Naqvi.
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4 border guards killed in terror attack from Iran
Terrorists used Iranian soil to ambush a Pakistani border patrol in the Panjgur district of the southern Balochistan province which shares a long border with the western neighbour. By Naveed Naqvi.
Resignations of 35 lawmakers of PTI accepted
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday de-notified 35 lawmakers belonging to former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party after National Assembly’s speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf accepted their long-pending resignations.
CM Khan signs summary to dissolve KP assembly
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The chief minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday sent a summary for the dissolution of the assembly to the provincial governor in a latest push to force the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to hold early general elections.
Chairman Noor Alam Khan, MNA, presiding over a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly by at Parliament House July 19, 2022. Photo courtesy National Assembly Secretariat.
PAC orders probe into registration of fake case against Rana Sanaullah
Khan’s top aide and cabinet minister Shehryar Afridi had claimed the ANF had a watertight case against Rana, but Force officers later said he was blameless, leading to his acquittal. By Staff Reporter.
PM Sharif makes conditional talks offer to India
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a conditional offer to India to open ‘serious and sincere talks’ on all outstanding issues between the two countries, including Kashmir.
Ruling PPP wins Karachi’s poll but fall short of outright majority
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) won maximum number of seats in a local government poll for Karachi but fell short of a majority, results showed on Monday, so requiring a coalition partner to elect its major in the country’s commercial capital.
Top lawyer shot dead at high court barroom in Peshawar
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A top lawyer and a human right activist has been murdered in the bar room of Peshawar High Court by a junior colleague in northwestern Pakistan, police said on Monday.
UPDATE 1-Sindh’s local govt election results delayed amid rigging accusations
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) took a lead in the second-to-last round of local government polls in Sindh, early trends showed, but a longer than expected delay in publishing results prompted opposition leaders to warn they would not accept any attempt to rig the outcome.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly to be dissolved on Jan 17
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan said he would advise the provincial governor to dissolve the local assembly on January 17.