By Waseem Ahmad Shah in Dawn, December 27th, 2023PESHAWAR: In another legal victory for the PTI, the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended an order of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which had declared the former ruling party’s intra-party polls ‘void’ and revoked its electoral symbol last week. Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel pronounced a short order on a petition, jointly filed by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali and six other leaders, requesting the court…
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report in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: It appears that the PPP is amenable to forming electoral alliances and seat adjustment deals with all political parties in the upcoming general elections, except for the PTI, which has been in the eye of the storm since May 9 incidents. On Sunday, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zadari during a visit to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) capital forbade the PPP’s provincial leadership from entering into any electoral deal…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Sept 16th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court decision to strike down controversial amendments to accountability laws has re-empowered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to lay its hands on politicians and bigwigs involved in white-collar crime, involving less than Rs500 million, virtually reopening about 1,800 closed cases. It is believed that the apex court’s decision has bestowed powers on the anti-graft watchdog that had become toothless due to the amendments, though…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 20, 2023 at 11:25 PMFollowing the remarks of the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed about the recognition of the Islamic Emirate, now the UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric, in a press conference, said that “the topic of recognition is in the hands of the member states.” Earlier, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to arrange…