Union Minister of State Meenakashi Lekhi emphasised on Saturday that despite Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed being on the international list of terrorists, Pakistan has never reacted to it.
Former provincial Forest Minister and senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Imran Wakil accused the Gilgit Baltistan gobvernment in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) of being involved in corruption on a large scale, Pakistan vernacular media Daily K2 reported.
The RO, Asghar Joya, completed the scrutiny of the papers and allowed the PML-N chief to contest from the constituency in the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8 and no objections were against Nawaz's nomination papers.
After the extended deadline for submitting nomination papers for national and provincial constituencies ended on Sunday evening, the 2024 general elections entered the next phase in Pakistan, according to Dawn.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former interior minister Rana Sanaullah's car on Sunday crashed into a tractor-trolley on Saddhar Bypass near Faisalabad, ARY News reported.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter and senior Vice President of the party, Maryam Nawaz filed nomination papers for the upcoming general elections, Geo News reported.
The absconding former senator and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Azam Khan Swati has announced to contest the election against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, Pak-vernacular media, Geo News reported on Saturday.
PPP chief will contest from Lahore's NA-138 constituency, which has traditionally been the stronghold of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with the party securing a majority of seats from the provincial capital in the last many elections.
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The decision of PML-N comes a day after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) request to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), seeking an extension in the deadline for filing nomination papers by three days.