From bullet to ballotNA-271 KECH NA-271 constituency is spread over the entire Kech district where 222,631 voters will choose a victor amongst 15 candidates on July 25. Elections in Kech are important because it was among...
NA-243 hopefuls step up campaign ahead of knife-edge electionsKARACHI KARACHI: As election draws nearer, aspiring candidates in Karachi's newly formed NA-243 are stepping up their election campaigns. Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, which falls under NA 243, is covered wit...
N’s two-time winner faces tough contestNA-123 LAHORE I Lahore: Despite being elected as Member National Assembly (MNA) from the constituency for two consecutive terms in 2008 and 2013, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Malik R...
Appeasement of the far right: mainstream parties cosying up to religious extremist groups for votesCandidates for the upcoming elections are trying hard to ensure victory by entering into alliances and seat adjustments, even if it means reaching out to extremist individuals. All three mainstream po...
Girls found dead in Cholistan were sexually assaulted, committee toldISLAMABAD: A legislative body of the Upper House of parliament on Friday summoned top provincial government officials after medical tests on bodies of three girls found in Cholistan desert confirmed t...
‘NAB vows indiscriminate action against all the corrupt’ISLAMABAD: NAB was established in 1999 to eradicate corruption and to recover looted money from corrupt and deposit it in national exchequer. NAB has its Headquarters in Islamabad and eight regional b...
ATC exempts Imran from appearanceISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's plea seeking exemption from appearance in PTV and parliament attack cases. The PTI chie...
Four injured in Chaman explosionCHAMAN: At least four people including a child were injured in an explosion at Chaman's Mall Road on Friday afternoon. Five to six kilograms of explosives fitted in a parked motorcycle were detonated...
Imran rules out coalition govt with PPP, PML-NISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that his party will not form coalition government with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) or the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML...
One dead as heavy rains trigger flash flood in TorkhamKHYBER: Torrential rains triggered flash flood in Torkham, claiming the life of an Afghan national on Friday The Torkham administration official said that three cement-loaded trucks -stationed at Tork...
Two pro-govt volunteers killed in cross-border firingKHYBER: Two volunteers of a pro-government organisation, Tawheed-ul-Islam (TI), were killed in firing from across the border here at Sukh area of Bara, Tirah Valley, on Friday Official sources said th...
SC defers hearing against three candidates until after electionsThe Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday postponed the proceedings on three separate petitions against the candidacy of politicians contesting polls from different constituencies of Punjab. A three-jud...
SC again rejects Hanif Abbasi’s appealThe Supreme Court on Friday dismissed another appeal of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi challenging a Lahore High Court ruling to conduct trial proceedings in the ephedrine ca...
PPP, PML-N have broken all records of corruption: Shireen MazariSADIQABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari said on Thursday that huge foreign debit has been inflicted on the nation by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim Leagu...
Customs seizes smuggled Iranian diesel in LarkanaLARKANA: The Anti-Smuggling Squad of Pakistan Customs posted in Larkana Division and customs check post, Jacobabad, on Friday seized 50,000 liters of smuggled Iranian diesel on a tip of worth approxim...