Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated President-elect Asif Ali Zardari on his success in Pakistan's 14th presidential election, stating that elected members of all provincial and national legislative bodies had expressed confidence in the ruling coalition's candidate during the poll, a
Zardari, the joint candidate of the ruling alliance, secured a remarkable 255 electoral votes in the parliamentary election, beating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council candidate, Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeks a third term in office, Union Minister Rajnath Singh asserted on Saturday that the BJP government, if elected to power, will not let even a single person in the country stay below the poverty line.
Devendra Jhajharia, who was recently elected as the president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), outlined his ambitious vision for Indian para sports.
The 42-year-old javelin thrower, who has secured three medals at the Paralympics, including two golds and a silver, was elected to the top post of the organisation and has taken over the post from Deepa Malik, a Paralympics silver medalist athlete.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari will be the candidate of the allied parties in the presidential election on March 9, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
Twenty-four retired Indian Administrative Services, Indian Police Services, Indian Foreign Services and Indian Revenue Services officers wrote a letter on Wednesday to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar to hold the Oath till the completion of judicial proceedings of newly elected Rajya Sabha
The spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, on Tuesday urged the newly elected Pakistan government to investigate the electoral irregularities and challenges by the political parties.
"The nefarious designs and an evil attempt by the BJP to topple the democratically elected government through unethical means show their hunger for power and they will never succeed in their motive to unseat the elected Congress government by their malicious intentions," stated the Chief Min
This comes after Pakistan electoral body's decision against the allocation of reserved seats to the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)- wherein elected PTI lawmakers have taken refuge after being disallowed to contest the general elections on the party's electoral symbol.