Democracy in Pakistan is both illusive and elusive. Pakistan's institutional imbalance is due to civil and military bureaucracies, non-democratic parties, and weak political institutions like the version of "Game of Thrones."
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.
During the hearing, Salman Akram Raja said that the prosecution had levelled a single allegation and did not give any explanation to back their demand.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the former prime minister of Pakistan, has declared he will not run in the elections that are slated to take place in February next year, ARY News reported.
The business community in Pakistan as a whole does not support the notion of prolonging the duration of the caretakers' governance, even if they acknowledge that Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has improved the economic situation of the country, an opinion piece in Dawn read.
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.
Amir Muqam on Saturday suggested that the upcoming general elections should be delayed by two to four weeks due to the prevalent security threat and the weather conditions in the tribal belt.
In his petition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan stated that ECP did not have jurisdiction to start contempt proceedings. He called the secret trial in prison a violation of Article 4 of the Constitution.
In a seven-page letter, Imran Khan requested the Supreme Court to protect his party's "right to liberty, to associate, assemble and speak", as per the Constitution.
A local Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Ayaz Khan, was killed in a firing incident in Pakistan's Mardan district on Thursday, ARY News reported citing the police.