NA-246 Bilawal all set to contest first-ever election on July 25 on June 8, 2018Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday submitted his nomination papers for NA-246 to contest the upcoming general elections. The PPP chairman reached the city courts along with party leaders and workers where he submitted the nomination papers to the returning officer. The constituency is located in the PPP stronghold of Lyari. While talking […]
Bilawal submits nomination papers for NA-246 on June 7, 2018KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday submitted his nomination papers for NA-246 to contest the upcoming general elections. The PPP chairman reached the city court where he submitted the nomination papers to the returning officer. He was accompanied by PPP leaders Nabil Gabol, Nadia Gabol and other workers of the party. The […]
PPP supporters protest in Lyari over tickets allocation on June 7, 2018KARACHI: After MQM Pakistan and PTI, PPP is facing problems over tickets distribution for forthcoming general election 2018. PPP workers in Lyari protested when they came to know that Javeed Nagoori from PS-107 and Abdul Majeed from PS-108 being given tickets. During the protest, workers said that if tickets were awarded to both of them so […]
Activist Jibran Nasir to contest elections 2018 from Karachi on June 5, 2018KARACHI: Prominent human rights activist and lawyer Muhammad Jibran Nasir on Tuesday announced that he would be contesting the general elections 2018 from three different Karachi constituencies. Speaking to Daily Times, Jibran said that he would be contesting elections from Karachi since it is his birthplace and that he is willing to do something for […]
Gulf between MQM-P factions widens on June 4, 2018KARACHI: Divergences between the two factions of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) became more apparent after senior leader Farooq Sattar informed the media on Saturday that he was not invited to an Iftar dinner organized by the Bahadurabad Group on Friday. Farooq Sattar informed the media on Saturday that he had not been invited to […]
MQM-P being compelled to launch south Sindh province campaign on May 31, 2018KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-Pakistan) senior leader Farooq Sattar said on Tuesday that his party was being compelled to announce a campaign for a south Sindh province. The MQM-P leader was addressing a press conference at PIB Colony. Sattar said that the chronic shortfall of water in the port city needed to addressed, adding that […]
Lawmakers sing praises of assembly, condemn govt on May 29, 2018KARACHI: Lawmakers were all praises for the Sindh Assembly as they criticised the government for what they held was its highhanded approach on Monday, while speaking at the concluding day of the last assembly session. The session was chaired by Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. MQM-Pakistan parliamentary leader Syed Sardar Ahmed said that tolerance and passion […]
Govt takes flak over plight of public transport on May 22, 2018KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) lawmaker and opposition leader in the Sindh assembly Khawaja Izharul Hassan Monday lashed out at the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) over “poor performance of the provincial government in the Transport Department. During the budget session at the Sindh Assembly, the opposition leader said that the Transport Department had done […]
If PPP keeps ignoring Karachi, we’ll raise separate province demand, MQM-P lawmaker on May 20, 2018Karachi: Opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Saturday continued its criticism of the PPP government’s lack of attention to social issues, with MQM-P lawmakers going as far as suggesting that if until the next assembly session the PPP’s attitude towards Karachi remained the same, they would demand that the city be made a separate administrative […]
Opposition takes broadsides at govt during budget session on May 18, 2018KARACHI: During a discussion on the provincial budget on Thursday, several opposition lawmakers protested against the government for what they held was the latter’s failure to deliver on its commitments. Nusrat Seher Abbasi, a PML-F lawmaker, fired a broadside at Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, saying that he had promised to provide 50,000 jobs when […]