Kulsoom off to London as nomination papers okayed on August 18, 2017LAHORE: The ruling PML-N’s candidate for NA-120 bye-election Kulsoom Nawaz left for London on Thursday hours before her nomination papers were approved by the returning officer while rejecting all objections raised on her candidature by the rival candidates from PTI, PPP, PAT and the Milli Muslim League (MML). The returning officer also approved the nomination […]
Qadri pledges to take Sharifs to task over Model Town tragedy on August 17, 2017LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday pledged to take the ruling Sharif family to task over the 2014 Model Town tragedy in which a number of innocent people, including women, lost their lives and dozens of others were injured. “Murderers of Model Town victims have lost their position in the […]
PPP, PAT challenge Kalsoom Nawazs nomination papers on August 16, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) have challenged nomination papers of Begum Kalsoom Nawaz on the vacant seat of her husband – disqualified premier Nawaz Sharif – in the by-elections before the Election Commission of Pakistan by raising 10 direct charges for her illegibility as a candidate in the constituency […]
RO requests to call army for NA-120 by-polls on August 16, 2017LAHORE: Believing the by-election in NA-120 to be more sensitive the returning officer of the constituency has made a formal request to call the Pakistan Army for security. The seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court. Now the former premier’s spouse has been named as a candidate for the […]
All political parties hold rallies on I-Day on August 15, 2017LAHORE: In a first, all main political parties in the city, including the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) celebrated 70th Independence Day of Pakistan by holding rallies in different parts of the city on Monday. All political parties also hoisted national flags […]
PML-N yet to start election campaign in NA-120 on August 14, 2017LAHORE: Though the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to field Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, in NA-120 by-poll, the party is yet to start the election campaign in the constituency as no poster, flex or banner is displayed anywhere in the constituency. According to sources, the major reason behind the delay […]
PML-N fields Kulsoom in NA-120 by-election on August 12, 2017LAHORE: The Sharif family has finally decided to field Kulsoom Nawaz in bye-election for the NA-120 seat, which fell vacant after the disqualification of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers case, as her two separate nomination papers were filed before the returning officer (RO) on Friday. The former prime minister had earlier announced […]
Opp wants Nawaz be tried under treason charges on August 12, 2017LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed Friday submitted a resolution in the Notice Branch of the assembly seeking trial of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif under Article 6 of the constitution for allegedly “provoking” masses – in his speeches during the GT Road rally – against the five-member SC verdict in […]
PPP terms Nawaz Sharifs rally illegal, unconstitutional on August 10, 2017LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has termed the rally of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif illegal and unconstitutional. Talking to Daily Times after addressing a press conference at the party’s provincial secretariat on Wednesday, PPP central Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira said that Nawaz Sharif’s act of leading a rally after his disqualification by […]
Qadri threatens another sit-in to seek justice in Model Town case on August 9, 2017LAHORE: Addressing a gathering at Nasir Bagh following his return to the country on Tuesday, Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri came down hard on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for his planned return to Lahore in the form of a rally via GT Road. In what was a veiled threat to the […]