By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A high court in Pakistan on Tuesday blocked a decision by the country’s election commission that had declared the internal elections of the party, led by Prime Minister Imran Khan, as unconstitutional and stripped it of its ‘bat’ symbol.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is gearing up for a historic general election on February 8, with a record number of 28,626 candidates vying for 1,085 seats in the national and provincial assemblies.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Monday approved the removal of Ahad Khan Cheema, an adviser to the prime minister on establishment, following an order by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that said he could influence the upcoming elections.
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by former prime minister Imran Khan, said on Monday that it would challenge the election commission’s decision to annul its internal elections and revoke its ‘bat’ symbol ahead of a general election due in 2024.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party founded by former prime minister Imran Khan, has been stripped of its leader, a day after the country’s election commission removed the party’s symbol ahead of the national elections scheduled for February 8, 2024.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police said on Sunday that they had released all the Baloch protesters who were detained during a demonstration earlier this week that demanded an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of ethnic Baloch people.
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday barred the party of former prime minister Imran Khan from using its ‘bat’ symbol in the upcoming general election, citing irregularities in its internal polls.
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a case that accused them of leaking state secrets to the public, but Khan remains in jail facing other charges.
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan announced on Friday that it had extended the deadline for candidates to file nomination papers for the general elections scheduled for Feb. 8 by two days, after several political parties requested more time.
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ISLAMABAD: The main opposition party, led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, said on Thursday it had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its intervention to ensure it could contest the upcoming national elections.
