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
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate Sarfraz Bugti was elected as Balochistan Chief Minister on Saturday, bagging 41 votes in his favour, reported The News International.
The cases encompassed charges related to the attack on police near Zaman Park, the murder of PTI activist Zille Shah, the torching of a PML-N office in Model Town, and the burning of a container at Kalma Chowk.
At a time when the political parties in the country are fighting a neck-to-neck battle to rise to supreme power, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has been elected as the 22nd speaker of the National Assembly (NA), according to ARY News.
The inaugural session of the National Assembly was adjourned till tomorrow amid verbal exchanges between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the house, as reported by The Nation.
Pakistan Peoples Party Provincial President and member of the assembly, Amjad Hussain, accused the Gilgit Baltistan government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) of neglecting the party's concerns and gave a 10-day ultimatum for their concerns to be resolved.
The newly elected members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Balochistan reached a consensus on February 25 appointing Sheikh Jaffar Mandokhail as the governor and Rahila Hameed Durrani as the speaker of the provincial assembly.
She secured 220 votes in the election, triumphing over her opponent, Rana Aftab Ahmad of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), who received zero votes due to a boycott by SIC members.