report in The Express Tribune, Dec 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Surprising as it may sound, several prominent figures from the previous National Assembly have chosen not to participate in the upcoming elections, creating space for new entrants. Former prime ministers Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, along with former ministers and party chiefs, including Miftah Ismail, Ayesha Ghaus Pasha, Shireen Mazari, Khusro Bakhtiar, and ANP President Asfandyar Wali Khan, are among approximately six dozen politicians stepping…
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By Ali Raza in The News, Dec 11, 2023LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) has prepared a list of constituencies of National and Punjab Assembly where they want to field their candidates under a possible seat adjustment with the PMLN. Sources claimed the IPP’s committee consisting of Ishaq Khakwani, Aun Chaudhry and Nauman Langriyal has prepared the list of candidates, which will be given to the PMLN’s committee on Monday (today). According to different media reports, IPP…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 5, 2023LAHORE: As the party ramps up its electoral preparations for the general election, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif took charge on Monday, presiding over the party’s second parliamentary board meeting to allocate tickets on both national and provincial assembly. The session, helmed by Nawaz, conducted interviews for prospective candidates vying to contest the 2024 general elections from Rawalpindi, Attock, and Chakwal. Interviews slated for candidates eyeing two National Assembly…
Report in Pakistan Today, Nov 21, 2023PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Central General Council meeting on Monday decided to actively participate in general elections 2024 and directed its district organizations to forward final recommendations of candidates on National and Provincial Assembly constituencies till 27th of current month. Chaired by Central Ameer JUI-F, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the two-day meeting of the Central General Council concluded at Mufti Mahmood Markaz. Besides, central secretary general Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri,…
report in Tolo News online, Sept 20, 2023 at 8:47 PMThe leaders of Qatar, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkey discussed Afghanistan among other issues at the 78th session General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly. In this discussion, Turkey and Iran emphasized the necessity of forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan. “Regardless of political motives the transport transformation of the interim government into an inclusive administration in which all segments of society are fairly represented…
report in ToloNews, Sept 18, 2023 at 7:59 PMHeads of state and national representatives gather in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, which is September 18-19, and a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate said that they expect the summit to lift sanctions from the interim government. The deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, Bilal Karimi, said that the summit should also consider the achievements of the Islamic Emirate. “The realities of Afghanistan, the…
by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, Sept 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: With the apex court having dismissed the Elections Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) review petition against its April 4 order to hold polls for the Punjab Assembly on May 14, pressure is mounting on the ECP either to hold the general elections within 90 days or to approach the court to seek guidance on the question of conducting new delimitation based on the 7th Population Census.…
by Umer Burney in Dawn, August 23rd, 2023An Islamabad court on Tuesday granted a post-arrest bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir while it sent former lawmaker Ali Wazir on a 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to rioting and unlawul assembly. Wazir was arrested on Saturday, while Imaan was picked up from her home in the early hours of Sunday. A pair of first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 5th, 2023Coalition politics has greatly benefitted Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the incumbent prime minister and chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre), a party that has been in continuous decline after it emerged victorious in the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections. The Maoist party’s growing challenges in parliamentary democracy and Dahal’s need to constantly manoeuvre to stay relevant in national politics run parallel. While his party was placed third in…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 22, 2022.Two new regional forces have emerged in parliamentary politics from the recently concluded polls. The Janamat Party established itself in the Madhesh region while the Nagarik Unmukti Party made it to the federal parliament and provincial assembly from the western and far-western Tarai. Both the parties are keen on joining the government, but they have some preconditions. The Janamat Party has asked for several ministries in…