LAHORE: A high-level delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will attend the All Parties Conference (APC) hosted by Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif decide not to attend meeting. Maulana Fazlur Rehman met PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif at his Jati Umra residence earlier today to convince him […]
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PTI’s Arif Alvi elected 13th President of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Arif Alvi has been elected as the 13th President of Pakistan, according to the unofficial and unconfirmed results. Arif Alvi was up against Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Aitzaz Ahsan and joint-opposition’s nominee Fazlur Rehman in the presidential run. The National Assembly, Senate, and all four provincial assemblies voted […]
PPP requests BNP to back Aitzaz for presidency
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) delegation consisting of senior party leaders met Balochistan National Party (Mengal) chief Akhtar Mengal on Saturday and requested him to support presidency candidate Aitzaz Ahsan. PPP delegation consisted of senior leaders including presidency candidate Aitzaz Ahsan, senator Sherry Rehman, secretary general Nayyar Bukhari and spokesperson Chaudhry Manzoor. Speaking to […]
Sindh’s 7-member interim cabinet takes oath
KARACHI: A seven-member cabinet of interim Sindh government on Friday sworn in at Governor House. The oath was administered by Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair. Sworn in interim cabinet members, included Khair Muhammad Junejo, Jameel Yousaf, Dr Junaid Shah, Colonel (r) Dost Muhammad Chandio, Dr Sadia Rizvi, Simon June Daniel and Mushtaq Ali Shah. Earlier, […]
JUI-F chief calls FATA-KP merger ‘collective suicide’
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said that the parliament showed “ill-intentions” regarding the FATA-KP merger, while he also called the move a “collective suicide”. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Fazl said that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Lt Gen (R) Abdul Qadir Baloch had […]
Fazlur Rehman calls for probe into Nawaz’s comments
LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman on Monday demanded investigation into former PM Nawaz Sharif’s recent comments on the 2008 Mumbai attacks. “Nawaz’s comments must be properly investigated. He has held the office thrice, so his statements must be taken seriously,” Fazlur Rehman said while speaking to media after visiting Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal to […]
Fazlur Rehman appointed Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal president
KARACHI: Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Fazlur Rehman was on Tuesday appointed as the president of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). Speaking to the media after an all-parties meeting in Karachi, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary Liaquat Baloch announced that the JUI-F was selected to lead the defunct MMA. Baloch himself was appointed as the General Secretary of the political alliance. […]
Imran demands immediate FATA-KP merger
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday demanded that Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) should immediately be merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Speaking to the media after PTI central executive committee meeting at Bani Gala, Khan said that there is a void in the tribal areas after the old system has been done […]