Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won tightly-contested presidential polls, the election authority said Monday, extending his 15-year grip on power as the opposition complained bitterly about the conduct of the vote count. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap elections, with Erdogan looking for […]
Elections
The upcoming elections 2018: thoughts multiplied
Come forward, share your opinion. It is to establish an idea (though models and narratives are state-owned ). Get slammed for the presentation preferred, and surely whittle down living in a bubble. Mao Zedong emphasises, “You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs “. Surely, freedom of speech is a flamboyant chant until individually optimised. Media, […]
Jawad Ahmad to contest upcoming elections against Imran, Shehbaz and Bilawal
Renowned pop singer, Jawad Ahmad has announced to contest upcoming general elections in July against Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The singer is the chairperson of a newly formed political party named Barabri (Equality) Party Pakistan. At a press conference in Lahore on Thursday Ahmed said that 90% of the Pakistani population belongs to the […]
Bureau nothing to do with elections: NAB chairman
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday said the bureau upholds the policy of “accountability across the board” and it has nothing to do with elections. While addressing a ceremony, the NAB chairman said that the bureau’s first priority was to recover money from those involved in bank frauds and land […]
Zardari is key
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sahib is in trouble. This is the understatement of the year. But he has no one except himself to blame. Mian Sahib is notorious for putting people under the bus when his chips are up and gets burned for this folly when push comes to shove. This has happened far too […]
Trump berates Oprah over 60 Minutes episode on CBS
US President Donald Trump blasted media mogul Oprah Winfrey on Twitter on Sunday night over a segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes programme and again said he hoped she would face him as an opponent in the 2020 presidential race. Actress and television host Winfrey, now a contributor to the CBS programme, led a panel of […]
Ishaq Dar challenges rejection of his nomination papers for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar challenged the rejection of his nomination papers for Senate seat on Thursday. The appeal was filed in the Lahore High Court’s appellate tribunal, according to details. Dar has questioned the returning officer’s call to reject nomination papers contrary to the facts. To this, Dar has contested his stance that all legal requirements […]
Rafique blasts Imran, Zardari in press conference
LAHORE: Railways Minister Saad Rafique lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday during a press conference. Taking a jibe at Khan, Saad said that the PTI chief is regularly paid his salaries by the parliament, but still continues to utter abusive remarks […]
Election will neither be held before time, not after: Kaira
FAISALABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira on Thursday lashed out at the government, saying that those who had been toeing the establishment’s policy throughout their political careers were targeting PPP now, reported Daily Times. Talking to a press conference in Faisalabad where the senior PPP leader had come to supervise the […]
Govt will complete its tenure, says PM Abbasi
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has denied the perceptions about the possibility of holding early elections saying “the government will complete its tenure”. “The elections will be held on time,” said PM Abbasi on Thursday. The statement came a day after National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said he did not feel that the National […]