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Pak: Sindh High Court expresses displeasure, seeks reasons for suspension
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A countrywide suspension of cellular services was witnessed on February 8, the day millions of Pakistanis voted. While the caretaker government cited security threats for the decision, the disruption was strongly criticised both locally and internationally.
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Pak electoral body formed committee records statements of DROs, ROs amid r
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the report, the committee led by a senior member of ECP recorded statements of DROs and RO of 13 National Assembly constituencies and 26 provincial assembly constituencies of Rawalpindi division.
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Pakistan's opposition leader decries election rigging, demands electoral b
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The money wasted in the name of elections should be returned and a case should be lodged against CEC Raja, the JI senator said, demanding the formation of an autonomous judicial commission at the Supreme Court's level.
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Pakistan electoral body delays notifying results of majority of PTI-backed
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Even as Pakistan political parties are deliberating to form their government, the Pakistan electoral body is yet to notify the victory of most of the independent candidates who won the National Assembly (NA) seats in general elections, Dawn reported on Sunday.
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Pak: Nawaz, Bilawal eye split PM-ship, deliberate on sharing office for 3
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As part of a plan to form a new alliance to run the federal government, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) have deliberated on the possibility of appointing prime ministers from either party for three and two-year terms at the helm, Geo News rep
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Pak: PTI-backed Independents move courts alleging rigged poll counts
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the upheavel in Pakistan over delayed election results, with some reports putting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidates in the lead or winning, many moved courts alleging that their defeat was a result of 'rigging,' ARY news reported on Saturday.
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As PTI-backed candidates lead in most seats, could Pak get its first Indep
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
While the general elections in Pakistan threw up a fractured mandate, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Independents were shown to be in the lead, leaving many to wonder if the country, which has been battling myriad challenges in the recent past, primarily on the economic front,
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"London Plan failed": Imran Khan claims victory in Pak general elections i
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid the Election Commission of Pakistan drawing flak over the delay in declaration of the results of the general elections, former PM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Saturday released a 'victory speech' in his AI-enabled voice, saying that the 'London Plan' of Pa
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UK Foreign Secy urges Pakistan to uphold fundamental human rights amid pol
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, urged Pakistan authorities on Friday to uphold fundamental human rights, including a free and fair trial through the independent judicial system and also expressed concern over restrictions imposed on internet access on polling d
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Amid rigging allegations, Pak caretaker PM hails successful conduct of gen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid allegations of rigging and the shutdown of cellular and internet services during the Pakistan general elections, caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar on Thursday said the high voter turnout was a clear indication of "public commitment to shaping the future of our country", The
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Pakistan: Security forces raid Imran Khan's party's central secretariat in
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that the officials raided the premises just before a PTI's general body meeting and stopped members from entering the premises, warning them that they would have to face consequences.
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Imran Khan party asks election commission to suspend Sindh Governor
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As per the Pakistan-based news daily, PTI Karachi president Khurrum Sher Zaman, who is also contesting the February 8 elections from NA-241, accused the mayor and Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori of indulging in activities tantamount to a violation of the ECP's code of conduct.
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