Pakistan's former federal minister, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, announced that he will contest the upcoming general elections as an independent candidate, saying that the country's dignity has been lost due to political leaders and rulers, The Express Tribune reported on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan halted the Lahore High Court (LHC) order that suspended the appointment of ROs and DROs from bureaucracy and directed the electoral watchdog to issue the election schedule by tonight.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of trying to delay general elections.
While speaking at PML-N's parliamentary board meeting in Lahore, Nawaz asserted that he has no interest in seeking revenge but highlighted the need for those responsible for his ouster to be held accountable.
The two political parties also agreed on seat adjustments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan. The political forces agreed to field candidates for national and provincial seats after 'mutual consensus', they added.
n yet another major victory for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia case on Tuesday, Geo News reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) which is struggling amid multiple cases on its top brass including former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is slowly changing its tone realising that it may have to sit down with other political stakeholders, including the arch-rivals Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (P
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif is seeking a fourth term via "selection", Geo News reported.
Nawaz said that PML-N always performed well but was always ousted from power. "I want to know why my governments were overthrown in 1993 and 1999. Was it because we opposed the Kargil war," he questioned.