As the much-anticipated general elections threw up a fractured mandate, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former President Asif Ali Zardari reached Lahore for a 'crucial post-election meeting,' ARY News reported on Friday.
"The light will return, unemployment will be eradicated, and the poor will be able to. The country's situation will improve. And we want our relations to remain good with the world as well as with our neighbours. We will improve our relations with them and resolve our differences," he add
The unofficial results called by Geo News for 204 seats have shown the independent candidates, mostly backed by former PM Imran Khan, leading with 87 seats, followed by PML-N at 60 seats and PPP at 45 seats.
According to the results received from all polling stations, Shehbaz Sharif secured victory in NA-123 seat by garnering 63,953 votes while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Afzal Azeem received 48,486 votes.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of the reports of alleged buying of votes in Lahore's NA-127 constituency and directed relevant officials to form a committee to probe the matter, Dawn reported.
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) approached the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) alleging that a First Information Report (FIR) was not filed regarding an alleged "attack" on the party's NA-127 Lahore election headquarters, ARY News reported on Sunday.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the seven-year sentence in the "un-Islamic" marriage or the 'Iddat' case as "politically motivated," which is meant to "humiliate" him, Dawn reported.
An unidentified assailant opened fire during the PML-N rally on Tuesday, injuring five individuals, including the brother of the political candidate from constituency PP-154.
For several months now, the people of GB have been protesting against the local and central regime, holding them responsible for grievances like massive price hikes of wheat, the Finance Act 2022 and the illegal occupation of land in Gilgit Baltistan.