ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday suspended the sentence of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana corruption case. A two-member bench of the high court headed by the chief justice ordered the release of the former prime minister and his wife. The couple was handed down 14 years\’ imprisonment on January 31 […]
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) seeking allotment of women and minorities\’ reserved seats in the provincial assembly to the party. A larger bench of the court headed by Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim heard the petition during which the five judges were pleaded by SIC\’s lawyer Barrister
PESHAWAR: The high court of Peshawar on Thursday extended its stay order on administering oath to newly-selected members of the KP assembly on reserved seats for women and minorities till March 13. After the Election Commission of Pakistan rejected a petition of Sunni Ittehad Council, seeking allocation of reserved seats on the basis of the
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the request of PTI filed under the banner of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) for reserved seats in the assemblies. The ECP had earlier reserved its judgement on the plea which it announced today, rejecting the request for the reserved seats. SIC, meanwhile, said it would challenge the
PESHAWAR: While Ali Amin Khan Ghandapur took oath as the chief minister of Khyber Pakthunkhwa today, a list of 15 MPAs has been prepared for inclusion in his cabinet. Sources told ChitralToday that this list would be presented to jailed PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan in Adiala jail. After his approval, the
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Suriya Bibi from Chitral was on Thursday elected as the deputy speaker of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa assembly. She bagged 87 votes. Talking to ChitralToday after assuming the charge, Suriya BiBi said speakership is a responsible position and she will try to steer this house in a better way. She stated that the
PESHAWAR: The name of MPA-elect from PK-1 Upper Chitral Suriya Bibi has been finalized for the post of deputy speaker of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa assembly. According to party sources, jailed PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has approved Suriya Bibi as the deputy speaker of the assembly. Suriya Bibi is the only woman
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued the numerical strength of political parties in the National Assembly after allocation of reserved seats while the case of Sunni Ittehad Council (PTI) is still pending with the commission. According to the ECP, the PML-N won a total of 75 seats in the elections and later nine
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Sarwar Kamal Amid political uncertainty when majority of political parities except the PML-N are protesting against theft of their mandate and possible manipulation of election results, the allegations made by the commissioner of Rawalpindi has come as a shocking and damaging dent to our democratic credentials and international prestige. This latest development has raised a
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Ikram Ullah Khan Amidst belated allegations of election rigging levelled by PTI, and a hard stance taken by its leadership as usual, the prospects of political stability on which the economic stability hinges, seem a remote possibility. With no single party securing a clear majority in the parliament, there seems no more than a snowball
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