India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that on certain issues, says Goyal India … Read more
Pashtunknwa National Awami Party (PKNAP) members remove roadblocks to protest against the alleged rigging in Pakistan’s national election results, set near the provincial legislature of Pakistan’s Balochistan Assembly during an oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected members in Quetta on February 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi’s refusal to summon the newly-elected … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday said that his party is willing to talk to all political parties except with the Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P), as reported by Dawn. This comes at a time when the PPP and the PML-N to enter into an … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif will become the prime minister for a record fourth time. “I had said that Nawaz Sharif would become prime minister for the fourth time. And I maintain today that he is going to be the PM for the … Read more
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday claimed that President Arif Alvi would invite his party to form the government as they had secured a majority in the National Assembly, according to a media report. To form a government, a party must win 133 seats out of 265 in the National Assembly. Election … Read more
In a surprising turn of events, independent candidates with ties to the jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan are surprisingly doing well in the recent elections, outshining established political parties led by former PM Nawaz Sharif. Despite earlier projections, the delayed release of official results has sparked concerns regarding possible electoral manipulation, adding to … Read more
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan started announcing the 2024 poll results as parties expressed concern over a delay of more than 10 hours, but there was no clear picture till early hours of Friday on which party was leading the chart. Among the first unofficial results, the ECP announced that PTI-backed candidates have won … Read more
Workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), celebrate an early polling result on February 08, 2024 in Lahore, Pakistan. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced first results of the 2024 polls in the early hours of Friday, more than 10 hours after voting ended amid allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and … Read more
Security officers escort Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistani court on January 3 indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a contempt case for allegedly insulting election officials, his defense lawyer said. The indictment is another blow for Khan, who is serving time on a corruption conviction … Read more
Lahore: In a major blow to former prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s top poll body on Saturday rejected his nomination papers for two national assembly seats in Punjab province ahead of the February 8 general elections. “The returning officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan‘s nomination … Read more