Lahore [Pakistan], April 30 (ANI): Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday administered the oath to Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz even as Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema rejected Usman Buzdar's resignation, deeming it "not constitutionally valid".
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday announced the de-sealing of resignation letters tendered by 123 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers, reported local media.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Raja Pervez Ashraf took oath as the 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly on Saturday after he got elected to the post unopposed in the National Assembly session.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has been elected as the new National Assembly Speaker on Saturday, Samaa TV reported.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): The session of the Pakistan National Assembly, with the voting for the removal of Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri and the election of the new speaker on agenda, will be held at noon on Saturday, reported Radio Pakistan.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday was elected as the new speaker of the National Assembly unopposed as predicted before.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the National Assembly Speaker's slot.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): The newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to add 12 National Assembly members of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and seven members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to his federal cabinet, a local media reported citing source
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate has arrested MK Ashraf, a Popular Front of India (PFI) leader from Kerala, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 22 (ANI): Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called for a national dialogue in Afghanistan and in a veiled message to the ruling Taliban regime said that mistakes of the past shall not be repeated and people not excluded.
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], February 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf and Hasan Ali have been ruled out of the first Test against Australia due to injuries.
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 22 (ANI): A brother of a police commander in the former government led by Ashraf Ghani, claimed that he was detained and tortured by the Taliban in Khost province.