N’s megaprojects compete against PTI’s tsunamiSWAT The electoral race in Swat district has gained prominence because of the PML-N's decision to field its president Shehbaz Sharif from NA 3 (Old NA29) against former MNA from the area, PTI's Saleem...
Among top three parties, only PPP vows curricula reform for inter-religious harmonyMANIFESTOS - III While there are several similarities in the education manifestos of the three major parties, the documents also highlight salient priority areas. Among the top three national parties,...
Swat: past results and upcoming electoral contestsFrom NA 2 (old 30), Saleem-ur-Rehman of PTI secured 49,887 votes in 2013, while the runnerup was Amir Muqam who secured 32,853 votes. For 2018 election, Amir Muqam from the PMLN will contest against f...
SBP outlines policyto promote low-cost housing financeKARACHI: In a bid to resolve issues faced by the mortgage industry in Pakistan, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has formulated a policy on low-cost housing in order to increase housing finance portfo...
Plea against conviction of Sharif family in Avenfield case referred to LHC CJLAHORE: Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the Lahore High Court on Thursday referred to the chief justice for constitution of a larger bench an application challenging conviction of former prime minister N...
Commonwealth Observer Group urges peaceful and credible elections in PakistanISLAMABAD: Led by Nigeria's former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, the 14-member Commonwealth Observer Group, supported by eight-member staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat, would...
Two minors die due to gastro disease, judge takes notice in ShikarpurSHIKARPUR: The Shikarpur District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) Suhail Muhammad Laghari on Thursday took notice of the death of two minors who died on late Wednesday due to gastro-intestinal illness in Qad...
DC imposes Rs 60,000 fine on violators of electoral code of conductGUJRANWALA: The Gujranwala deputy commissioner (DC) Dr Shoaib Tariq Warriach on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on three violators of the electoral code of conduct including two local bodies' mem...
Law minister assures EU delegates to conduct free and fair electionsISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Law and Justice Syed Ali Zafar said on Thursday that the highest priority of the caretaker government was to conduct peaceful, transparent, free and fair elections....
PPP established vote markets, says ‘disgruntled’ PPP-W leader Naheed KhanHYDERABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party Workers (PPP-W) leaders, a breakaway faction of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), on Thursday alleged that PPP has established markets where votes were being bought a...
PTI withdraws candidate in favour of Rashid Soomro in NA-200LARKANA: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Dr Arif Alvi said on Thursday that his party favoured the candidate of Larkana Awami Ittehad (LAI) for NA-200, constituency of Larkana-I, Ra...
PPP Khuhro decries politics of dividing SindhLARKANA: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Thursday denounced political rivals when a huge crowd of staunch loyalists of PPP gathered in Larkana to hold a grand po...
SHC disposes of PPP Khuhro’s petition against disqualificationLARKANA: The Sindh High Court's (SHC) Larkana circuit bench on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh Chief Nisar Ahmed Khuhro to reconsider his disqualification b...
Pakistan’s tallest woman, Zainab Bibi passes awayFAISALABAD: The Pakistan's tallest woman, Zainab Bibi, passed away on Thursday after suffering from osteoporosis and diabetes, at the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad. Reportedly, aged 46, Zainab was 7 f...