The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the Senate elections for 19 seats while the polling was postponed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a dispute in the swearing-in of Opposition members elected to reserved seats, Dawn reported.
In anticipation of the forthcoming demonstrations, Qaiser revealed that the core committee plans to convene once more on April 12 to iron out logistical details and finalize arrangements for nationwide protests.
The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is expected to maintain its status as the largest party in the Senate, albeit unable to impede the government's legislative agenda.
Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), senior leader Irfan Siddiqui, has expressed astonishment regarding what he termed an "unprecedented agreement" between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and the Adiala Jail administration, allowing his meetings with party leaders.
Ishaq Dar, who is currently serving as Pakistan's Foreign Minister, is likely to get the finance ministry -- which he held during the last PDM government -- again, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Muhammad Zubair said, ARY News reported.
Expressing doubts over the future of the Shehbaz Sharif-led ruling coalition in Pakistan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the new government will not be able to deliver and collapse if people take to the streets, Geo News reported.
Geo News reported that, according to a spokesperson of the former ruling party, PTI Karachi chapter Vice President Tehmas Ali has submitted an application to the Sir Syed police station for lodging an FIR against Sanaullah for allegedly giving "death threats" to the PTI founder during a T
In a recent turn of results, ex-minister of state for interior Abdul Rehman Kanju, who was defeated by PTI-backed independent candidate Rana Faraz Noon, somehow stunned Noon with victory in the recount in NA-154 (Lodhran).
Opposition members alleged that the government wanted to deprive the women and minority members, elected on reserved seats and notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan, of voting in the Senate polls scheduled to be held in April.