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Pak opposition asks PM Imran Khan to resign
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): An upbeat opposition on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the government's candidate Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh at the hands of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gila
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Imran Khan secures 18 seats in Pakistan Senate, loses Islamabad to Opposit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has secured 18 seats in the Senate elections but the victory was bittersweet as Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Yousuf Raza Gillani defeated PTI's Hafeez Shaikh from the Islamabad general seat by securing 169 votes.
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PDM greets ex-PM Gilani's win in Pakistan Senate polls, Imran Khan's PTI c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement - the 11-party opposition alliance - on Wednesday celebrated former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's victory in the Senate polls, while the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has cried foul said
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Pak Senate polls: Big blow to Imran Khan's PTI as former PM Gilani wins ke
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): The 11-party opposition alliance - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) scored a major victory over Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Senate polls as former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani won the hotly-contested general seat from Is
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Counting of votes for Pakistan Senate polls underway
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Polling for 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate came to a close on Wednesday and counting of votes is currently underway in the elections in which a total of 78 candidates contested from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad.
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Imran Khan's PTI members are as angry with 'puppet' govt as public, says B
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said that members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were as angry with the government as the public.
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After weeks of acrimony, polling for 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate underwa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Polling for the 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate is underway via secret ballot as a total of 78 candidates are contesting from the federal capital and three provinces - Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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White House budget chief nominee Neera Tanden withdraws nomination
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 3 (ANI): Indian-American Neera Tanden on Tuesday withdrew her nomination as Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget after the Democrats failed to secure enough votes in the Senate to secure her confirmation.
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US Senate confirms Gina Raimondo as commerce secretary
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI): The US Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Gina Raimondo as new US commerce secretary in President Joe Biden's administration.
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Pak Senate polls: Imran Khan's PTI may face setback as 6 MPAs unlikely to
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) might suffer a setback in the upcoming Senate elections tomorrow as at least six lawmakers of the party are unlikely to cast votes for its candidates in the Upper House polls.
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New low for Pakistan as lawmakers of Imran Khan's party thrash 'rebel' mem
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): In a new low for Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers on Tuesday physically thrashed 'rebel' party members during a session in the Sindh Assembly after they refused to vote for party candidates in the Senate elect
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US Senate confirms Biden's pick for education secretary
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): The US Senate on Monday (local time) voted to confirm President Joe Biden's pick Miguel Cardona to lead the Department of Education.
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