LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) disgruntled member Ayesha Gulalai has on Friday claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s victory in NA-154 by-polls was due to her efforts in the constituency. Talking to the media outside Parliament House in Islamabad, Gulalai said that Imran-led party lost in the constituency because she campaigned for the ruling party and […]
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Abid Sher Ali rejects Imran’s ‘bribery’ claim in Lodhran by-election
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Power Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali has on Thursday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s claim that the opponents had used ‘bribery’ for winning the by-election in Lodhran’s NA-154. Talking to media at Judicial Complex, Abid Sher Ali said that the people had only displayed their anger towards the chaos […]
Jahangir Tareen’s son to contest for NA-154 seat
LAHORE: Ali Tareen, the son of disqualified legislator Jahangir Tareen submitted his nomination papers to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday to contest for NA-154 seat in the by-poll. The seat was left vacant following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former general secretary Jahangir Tareen’s disqualification by the Supreme Court (SC). Tareen was disqualified on the […]
ECP schedules NA-154 by-poll for February
LAHORE: According to the schedule released by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the election for NA-154 will be held on February 12. ECP will start accepting the nomination papers from December 26-28 and will release the list of selected candidates on January 16, 2018. The elections symbols will be allotted on January 18. The seat […]
Imran defends Jahangir Tareen following disqualification
LAHORE: Following Jahangir Tareen’s disqualification in a Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict on Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that SC did not find Tareen guilty of financial wrongdoings. Imran said that unlike Nawaz Sharif who is guilty of money laundering, corruption, tax evasion and concealment of assets, no financial wrongdoings were found in […]
SC set to announce verdict in Imran, Tareen disqualification case
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) will announce its verdict on the petitions filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Cheif Imran Khan and Secretary General Jehangir Khan Tareen on Friday. “The decision will be announced at 2:00 pm tomorrow,” said the apex court’s registrar office on Thursday. The three-member […]
“Imran Khan’s request to change stance amounts to contempt,” says PML-N lawyer to SC
The Supreme Court on Monday took up Imran Khan’s revised statement, which seeks amendments to his earlier pleadings. As the process is underway, the counsel representing PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi once again objected to the submission of the statement, arguing that the hearings of the case had been closed by the court. Advocate Akram Sheikh […]