Internecine feud fuels electoral politicsNA-135 LAHORE XIII Like NA-136, electoral politics in the bulk of NA-135 also revolves around biradari loyalties. Here too, it is the Khokhars who rule the roost. Votes and polling scheme Three provin...
Electoral arena remains in firm grip of traditional eliteBAJAUR Because of their families' traditional hold of natural resources, most importantly land, the Khans of Bajaurs have dominated the electoral politics of Bajaur for decades. Though the region has...
The battle for MQM-P’s nerve centreCURTAIN RAISER The constituencies of National Assembly (NA-253 to NA-256) and Sindh Assembly seats (PS-123 to PS-130) in Karachi's District Central boast a literacy rate of over 92 per cent - one of t...
Violence mars election campaignJuly 3 North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. NA 48 Blast in PTI's Aurangzeb Khan rally, at least 10 injured Early July North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. NA 48 Blast reported from Takhtikhel July 1...
Rampant violations of ECP codeThere have been several instances of violations of the ECP's code of conduct in Bajaur. In NA-40, Haji Bismillah Khan, father of an influential independent candidate Shaukat Ullah Khan, distributed so...
Judicial commission irked at use of substandard material in CETPSHIKARPUR: Justice (rtd) Amir Hani Muslim, appointed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) to head the judicial commission on sanitation and clean water in Sindh, on Saturday inspected the constructi...
Commissioner inspects restoration work of Derawar Fort in Cholistan desertBAHAWALPUR: The Bahawalpur Commissioner Nayyar Iqbal on Saturday inspected the ongoing restoration work of Derawar Fort, a standout attraction in the Cholistan desert, and urged to zealously preserve...
UCP team recognised for winning seven consecutive HEC sports trophiesUniversity of Central Punjab organized aceremony for paying honour to the UCP players for winning the All Pakistan HEC intervarsity Sports Trophy for the 7th time in a row. In acknowledgment of their...
Police investigate murder of youth in Ghahnwar Dahani villageSHIKARPUR: A 20-year-old youth's body was recovered under mysterious circumstances on Saturday from Ghahnwar Dahani village, near Madeji town of Shikarpur district. Reportedly, the Madeji police offic...
PML-N workers voice solidarity with Nawaz Sharif, criticise policeGUJRANWALA: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khurram Dastgir Khan on Saturday publicly voiced solidarity with Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in a joint press conference and vowed to join...
Khuhro condemns recent bomb blasts, demands security for politiciansLARKANA: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh Chief Nisar Khuhro on Saturday strongly condemned the recent 'suicide' bomb blasts in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and termed the plan as 'a...
Agani community abandons PPP, joins PTI ahead of electionsNAUNDERO: The Agani community on Saturday parted ways with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), and announced to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during a corner meeting held in Agani village. "I hereby a...
Man opens fire on wife over domestic issueGUJRANWALA: A woman on Saturday narrowly escaped death when her husband opened fire on her over a trivial issue at Zahid Colony in Gujranwala. Reportedly, Ali quarreled with his wife Nusrat and in a f...
Fears of more violence in Pakistan election after bomber kills 130A week of bombings on political rallies has shattered the relative peace of Pakistan's general election campaign, culminating in a devastating suicide attack that killed at least 130 people at a rally...