Opposition boycotts PA session in protest on September 23, 2017LAHORE: Three main opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly on Friday boycotted the session, protesting against the government for hiding Justice Baqir Najfi Commission’s report on Model Town killings, demanding to table it in the House first and then make it public. Legislators of the opposition parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and […]
PA speaker refuses to entertain opposition leaders resolution on September 22, 2017LAHORE: Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan during Thursday’s session stopped the opposition leader from tabling a resolution against the recent wave of inflation and heavy increase in electricity tariff. On a point of order, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly strongly criticised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government […]
12,000 votes shifted from other constituencies on September 18, 2017LAHORE: In what seems to be a strange development, more than 12,000 “irrelevant” votes were found in the voters’ list issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to contesters. According to a list of male voters at the Polling Station 157 of Union Council 64, which falls in PP-140 Prem Nagar, around 600 votes […]
Nawaz wins on September 18, 2017LAHORE: Former first lady Begum Kulsoom Nawaz carried the day in NA-120 on Sunday by defeating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Dr Yasmin Rashid with a clear margin of 14,188 votes. According to unofficial results, Kulsoom Nawaz received 61,254 votes against Dr Yasmin’s 47,066. The turnout remained 35 percent – far lower than the 2013 general election. […]
Neck-and-neck on September 17, 2017LAHORE: By-elections in NA-120 Lahore-III are being held today (Sunday). Pakistan Army and Rangers have been deployed for maintenance of law and order in the constituency. Polling will start at 8am and continue till 5pm. The National Identity Card is compulsory for casting votes. A total of 321,786 voters are registered in the constituency. A […]
Election campaigns in NA-120 wrap up on September 16, 2017LAHORE: The time to persuade voters in NA-120 Lahore for the upcoming by-election ended at midnight on Friday. All the political parties and candidates including the ones contesting independently have wrapped up their election campaigns. Polling for by-election in NA-120 will be held on Sunday and the Pakistan Army and Punjab Rangers will also deploy […]
SCs dismissal of Sharifs pleas an example of justice: Imran on September 16, 2017LAHORE: Referring to the dismissal of review petitions filed by the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the aftermath of the Panama Papers case by the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan called it the first example of justice served against an influential and corrupt family. Imran Khan, […]
PPP hopes to win NA-120 seat on September 15, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) took out a public meeting on Temple Road on Thursday. PPP Central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira delivered the key speech. He said that his party has re-emerged in the province and the Bhuttos candidate Faisal Mir would win NA-120 by-election. He showed reservations over the role of Election […]
Opp demands reversing resolution passed by PA to support convict on September 15, 2017LAHORE: Opposition lawmakers on Thursday jointly urged the Punjab Assembly (PA) speaker to reverse a resolution that was passed the other day to support disqualified premier Nawaz Sharif, saying that the rules of this highest forum of the province did not allow giving any favour to a person convicted by Pakistani courts. The Punjab Assembly […]
PPP, PTI all set to flex political muscles today on September 14, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan will lead his workers’ rally from The Mall to Data Darbar, while the Pakistan People’s Party will also hold a public meeting at 8pm at Mozang Chungi today (Thursday) to garner support for their respective candidates for the NA-120 by-election. According to sources, the PTI’s rally will start […]