Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), and Omar Ayub, the nominee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council, have both filed nomination papers for the position of Prime Minister of the co
Following the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protests on Saturday, the party announced that its "peaceful protestors" in Lahore are being arrested as they staged protests against alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections, as reported by Dawn.
According to details, the PTI delegation comprising its nominees for Pakistan Prime Minister Omar Ayub and National Assembly speaker Amir Dogar and others visited JUI-F chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman's house in Islamabad.
While addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, PTI leaders Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Omar Ayub, Meher Bano Qureshi, and Muzammil Aslam have revealed details regarding PTI's letter to IMF.
PML-N senior vice president and Punjab chief minister candidate Maryam Nawaz will preside and address the meeting at Jati Umra in Lahore at 2 pm (local time).
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) committee on Monday requested a transcript of ex-Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chatha's news conference on election rigging allegations, ARY News reported, citing sources.
Former National Assembly opposition leader Raja Riaz, who is also the leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), claimed that Pakistan People's Party's co-chair Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif have settled the parameters of government formation, according to AR
The ECP's decision comes after the Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta on Saturday resigned from his post in protest against electoral irregularities, particularly rigging.
A political stalemate in Pakistan continued as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) failed to reach an agreement on government formation following a split mandate in national elections, Pakistan-based The Express Tribune reported.