‘A pro-people campaign’ in the age of big moneyPARTY PROFILE [caption id="attachment_265381" align="alignnone" width="800"] AWP's candidate for NA-53, Ammar Rashid, with his campaign team[/caption] ‘Jab tak janta tang rahege, jang rahege, jang rah...
PTI the only party with viable candidatesKHYBER TRIBAL DISTRICT KHYBER: The July 25 election in Khyber tribal district will be a contest between independents with years of experience in politics and statecraft. These heavy weights have been...
Irked by ‘PML-N trolls’, Marvi Memon spends a busy day on TwitterFormer chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Marvi Memon spent a busy day on Twitter as she posted several tweets, defending her moves from one party to another throughout her po...
Candidates profileAmar Rashid, an Islamabad-based researcher and an academic, has been a member of the AWP since the party was found in 2012-13. He was involved with the party's struggle for the right to shelter and af...
ECP disqualifies PTI candidate, using CJP, army chief’s pictures in his campaign postersThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday disqualified a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate who used the pictures of the chief justice of Pakistan and the Army chief in his campaign ad...
NAB summons Musharraf and his family in corruption caseISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf and his family in connection with a case involving corruption and assets beyond means. The forme...
Court extends remand of PML-N’s Qamarul Islam by 14 daysLAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended the remand by 14 days of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Qamarul Islam into custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Saaf Pa...
Seminar focuses on role of universities in achieving SDGsISLAMABAD: Highlighting the 2030 United Nations agenda with its universal dimensions pertaining to economy, society and environment as well as global cooperation efforts in this regard, speakers at a...
22.6 million children are out of school in Pakistan: reportISLAMABAD: At the launch of Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child's (SPARC) Annual Report, the State of Pakistan's Children - 2017, it was reported that 22.6 million children of Pakist...
Pakistan faces decline in violence-related fatalities this yearISLAMABAD: In the second quarter of 2018, Pakistan witnessed a 51 percent decrease in violence-related fatalities when compared against the average number of 511.5 fatalities per quarter in 2017. Ever...
Pakistan needs dams, not motorways, says Onaza EhsanFormer federal parliamentary secretary Onaza Ehsan has said that the nation needs to make bold decision to avert the impending water crisis in the country. Pakistan needs to build water reservoirs, an...
Sanjrani donates Rs 1.5m for Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams’ constructionISLAMABAD: Acting President Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday donated Rs 1.5 million for the construction of Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams from his personal account, and lauded the efforts of the Chi...
Sindh chief secretary vows to implement electoral code of conductLARKANA: The Sindh Chief Secretary Major (Rtd) Azam Suleman Khan on Monday issued strict directives to the divisional administration to ensure full implementation of the electoral code of conduct issu...
Cane growers halt cultivation due to outstanding debt of Rs 8.63 billionHYDERABAD: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) president Abdul Majeed Mizamani on Monday expressed concerns over arrears of cane growers that mounted to Rs 8.63 billion as only 6 out of the total 31 mill ow...
Independent quits race to support PPP’s Murad Ali Shah in SehwanDADU: An independent candidate Meer Hassan Panhiar on Monday announced to withdraw from contesting election in favour of former Sindh chief minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for provincial assembly seat PS...
Two girls slip into Chenab River while taking selfiesGUJRANWALA: Two teenage girls 'accidently' slipped into deep water while taking selfies on the riverbank of Chenab. According to sources, the passersby rushed to the spot and managed to rescue one of...
Anti-corruption arrests education officer for taking bribe in SialkotGUJRANWALA: An anti-corruption team on Monday detained an assistant director of Sialkot's education department for taking a bribe of Rs 5000 for favouring a retired teacher. Reportedly, a citizen Muha...
Police charge 14 local bodies’ representatives for violating ECP’s rulesGUJRANWALA: The Gujranwala Police on Monday lodged cases against 14 local bodies' representatives for participating in election campaigns of various candidates. According to police sources, many chair...