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General Election 2024

ET issues notices to ECP on pleas challenging Ahsan’s victory

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on three separate...

Published 07 May, 2024 07:02am

Editorials

The Maulana wasn’t entirely wrong

EDITORIAL: Politics is a fickle business. JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman headed...

Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

Pakistan

PTI issues white paper on ‘vote rigging’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday issued a detailed 234-page ‘white paper’ on alleged ...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

IK rejects reports of any deal with powers that be

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman, Imran Khan, on Tuesday, rejected the...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 09:02am

Raisi to arrive today amid ME tensions

ISLAMABAD: In a goodwill gesture to mend relations after tit-for-tat missile strikes in January this year, the...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 08:58am

All set for by-polls in 21 constituencies today

ISLAMABAD: Preparations are complete for the by-elections on 5 National and 16 provincial Assembly seats across...

Updated 21 Apr, 2024 09:21am

Pakistan

Pildat assessment: ‘Election 2024 less fair than past two general elections’

ISLAMABAD: The general election 2024 was less fair than the past two general elections as it scored 49 percent in...

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 08:32am

MBS stresses India-Pakistan dialogue

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said dialogue was needed to resolve heightened friction between...

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 09:58pm

Opinion

The democratic competition

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N’s) Rana Sanaullah is widely known for his somewhat coarse demeanor. But he...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Opinion

Where is Mr Nawaz Sharif?

It is widely argued that an embittered Nawaz Sharif has gone into low profile since his party failed to get majority...

Published 28 Mar, 2024 07:03am

Opinion

Credibility of Feb 8 elections

A few days ago, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu submitted a written...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am

Pakistan

Elahi, Moonis’s pleas: AT seeks replies from ECP

LAHORE: An appellate tribunal (AT) on Monday sought replies from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on ...

Published 26 Mar, 2024 04:20am

Pakistan

By-polls to vacant seats: ECP announces deadline for postal ballot facility

ISLAMABAD: The election organisation has asked the government personnel and their immediate family members, who...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Pakistan

By-polls in Punjab: Defeated PML-N leaders have not filed nomination papers

LAHORE: Four senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who had lost their seats in the general...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

‘Election irregularities’: Pakistan expresses desire to address ‘misunderstandings’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has expressed its desire to engage in meaningful discussions with the United States to address...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 09:50am

Pakistan

Lu submits written testimony in US Congress: ‘Despite complaints Pakistan polls were as per law’

WASHINGTON: US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has submitted a written...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am

Pakistan

PB-50 Qilla Abdullah: SC orders re-poll

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered for re-poll in PB-50 Qilla Abdullah, Balochistan as all the parties including...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

World

India’s SC asks SBI for data to link political fund donors, recipients

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday to submit all the details of...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Pakistan

Senate polls: scrutiny of nomination papers scheduled for tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The scrutiny of nomination papers for the forthcoming Senate elections, encompassing 48 vacant seats is...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Pakistan

Hearing on bilateral relations by US Congress panel: FO expresses its optimism about outcome

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday expressed the optimism that the US Congress subcommittee’s forthcoming...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

Pakistan

Adiala jail ban: IK terms threat alert ‘a lie’

RAWALPINDI: The incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, on Wednesday, termed the threat ...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Pakistan

Turkish Ambassador pays courtesy call on PM

ISLAMABAD: Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Mehmet Pacaci, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif,...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Dysfunctional Senate goes to by-polls tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, the dysfunctional Upper House of the Parliament goes to by-elections on ...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Senate polls: PPP, JUI-F decide to join hands

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal (JUI-F), Tuesday, decided to join hands in...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

Opinion

A tangled web indeed

As could be anticipated, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf’s (PTI’s) protests on March 10, 2024 against alleged...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:09am

Pakistan

Gandapur for judicial commission on cipher, vote rigging allegations

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has demanded constitution of a judicial commission to...