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Nawaz not to participate in electoral campaigning
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said he won't be able to participate in the electoral campaign in the upcoming general elections due to the fragile medical condition of his wife Kulsoom Nawaz.
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Dawn circulation disruption: Jinnah's paper refuses to be cowed down
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): At a time when Pakistani newspaper Dawn is facing disruptions in its circulation in targeted cities and towns ahead of the general election scheduled next month, the news paper on Sunday responded by publishing a strong message on the first page.
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PML-N fields no candidate against Nisar
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): No candidate has been fielded against the former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the upcoming general elections.
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Imran Khan cleared to contest Pak polls from Karachi's NA-243 seat
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former cricketer Imran Khan will contest next month's general election in Pakistan from National Assembly Seat-243 in Karachi.
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Hafiz Saeed's son, son-in-law to contest Pak elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's son and son-in-law will be contesting from Punjab province in the July 25 general elections.
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Maryam Nawaz to contest from two seats in Pak elections
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 23 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz will be contesting from the National Assembly (NA)-127 in Lahore and from Punjab assembly constituency PP-173 respectively in the upcoming general elections in the country on July 25.
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Objections to Imran's candidacy baseless: Lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan's legal counsel Babar Awan on Monday termed the objections to former's candidacy for NA-53 constituency of Islamabad for the upcoming general elections as baseless.
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Pak SC takes cognizance of non-issuance of IDs to transgenders
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mardan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Sunday took suo-motu cognizance of non-issuance of computerised national identity cards to the transgender community, ahead of the upcoming general elections in Pakistan.
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Amnesty to Pakistan: End alarming poll-linked crackdown
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [United States], June 15 (ANI): New York-based human rights watchdog Amnesty International has appealed to authorities in Pakistan to end what it described as an alarming crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists and other civil society members in the run up to the
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Musharraf's valour under court cloud
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday asked former president general (retired) Pervez Musharraf to present himself in court by Thursday afternoon and questioned as to how an army commando can be so afraid that he refuses to return to his country.
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Iftars: Politicos woo India's heart through stomach
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): With Ramzan, the Islamic month of fasting, in its last phase, political leaders are scurrying up to organise Iftars- the evening meal with which Muslims break their fast at sunset during the holy month.
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Extended deadline in NAB cases hearing to hit party: Nawaz
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League's (PML-N) founder Nawaz Sharif claimed that the extended deadline by the Supreme Court for the completion of proceedings against him would badly affect his party performance in the July 25 general elections
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