by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin, a key figure in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, announced on Friday that he had decided to quit the PTI and politics for good, marking another setback for the Imran Khan-led party ahead of the general election. Mr Tarin, who was one of the heads of PTI’s manifesto committees, said he has also decided to resign as a member of the Senate. In a…
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report in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar said Wednesday that the nation should not have any doubts about the general elections to be held on February 8, 2024. “I have no doubt about it… The concerns are often associated with our political system. We have a history of our own,” he remarked in an interview with Independent Urdu. The prime minister expressed the hope that the elections would…
Report in Prothom Alo, Dec 05, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced another spell of 48-hour blockade from 6:00 am Wednesday to 6:00 am Friday. The party has also announced a human chain on 10 December. BNP assistant secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement in a virtual meeting today, Monday. The BNP has been holding blockade and hartal (strike) in a regular-basis demanding the resignation of the government, elections under a neutral…
Report in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Saturday received a sharp criticism from its opponents over its intra-party elections as a party dissident and one of the founding members, Akbar S. Babar, announced that he would challenge the whole process in a court of law. The leaders of the country’s mainstream parties, including the PML-N and PPP, also put question mark on the legitimacy of the intra-party elections conducted by the PTI on…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has intensified its election groundwork nationwide, opting to entrust election campaigning responsibilities to the youth and minority communities, as announced by the party’s leadership. PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has directed the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) and Minority Wing of her party to intensify the campaign nationwide for the upcoming general elections scheduled for Feb 8 next year.…
By Zebunnisa Burki in The News, November 29, 2023KARACHI: PTI senior leader and lawyer Barrister Ali Zafar has said that in a meeting with Imran Khan one person has been agreed on as someone who can contest the PTI’s intra-party polls in Imran’s place. The name of the person will be announced as soon as all legal compulsions are finalized, and the party could hold the intra-party election on Saturday or Sunday. Speaking to host…
By Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Nov 09, 2023Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners are set to meet with President Mohammed Shahabuddin today to discuss whether the election schedule can be announced on November 14 or 15. The EC will make the final decision about when to announce the election schedule after today’s meeting at the Bangabhaban, The Daily Star has learnt from people informed with the proceedings. It is…
report in Daily Times, Oct 12, 2023 Kakar says govt won’t be responsible if someone legally barred from political processRuling out the possibility of any delay in general elections, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday said that the polls would be announced and conducted on time. The PM’s statement comes amid growing demand from various quarters for immediate announcement of the poll date. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had announced last month…
Report in Dawn, Oct 3rd, 2023KARACHI: Former PPP senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has hinted that the formation of a new political party can be announced as early as this month. The former PPP senator, who parted ways with his party Khokhar last year, had been on a speaking tour of the country alongside former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail. The trio has long been hinting at introducing a new force into…
By Murtaza Ali Shah in The News, August 20, 2023LONDON: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been rocked by a fundraising scandal after a London-based PTI group announced a £1 million legal fundraising campaign while PTI’s Pakistan legal team denounced the UK team for minting money in the name of Imran Khan’s release effort. On Friday, solicitor Rashad Yaqoob told Geo News that from his prison cell, Imran Khan had…