report in The News, Nov 13, 2023LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PMLQ) Punjab General Secretary Chaudhry Shafay Hussain said in a statement on Sunday that his party was not merging with any other political party. He said there would be only seat adjustments with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) in some constituencies. The PMLQ would maintain its individual status and its candidates would participate in elections on tractor symbol, he added.https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1128534-pmlq-to-adjust-seats-with-pmln
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By Azeem Samar in The News, November 09, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said that his party parted ways with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) after the former ruling party compromised on the sanctity of vote. “As long as PMLN’s narrative remained vote ko izzat do, we kept along but when this narrative changed, staying together became difficult,” the former foreign minister said while speaking to the media in Karachi’s…
By Ikram Junaidi | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 9th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday presented a 24-point Charter of Demands (CoD) to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) asking the watchdog to ensure free, fair and transparent general elections and provide level playing field to it so that the party can freely run its campaign in the run-up to the Feb 8 polls. The PTI’s legal team comprising Barrister Ali Zafar,…
AL’s election preparations: Initiatives to bring BNP leaders in election individually, not the party
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Nov 8, 2023Dhaka: Governing Bangladesh Awami League has intensified its initiatives to encourage a certain section of the leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to break away from the party and contest in the upcoming 12th parliamentary elections individually. They have already targeted 60-70 leaders of the party and started communicating with them in different ways. The concerned sources of the ruling party said they hope some 40-50 leaders…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Oct 30, 2023The way the events unfolded on Saturday has given the Awami League rank and file a confidence boost, claim leaders of the ruling party. They said the kind of momentum BNP tried to gather with its grand rally did not come to pass, and it has “hurt the morale of the party activists”. The violence that took place that day was mostly between BNP and…
report in Daily Times, Oct 30, 2023Two leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Wajiha Qamar and Chaudhry Sajid Mehmood, officially tendered their resignations on Sunday, marking their departure from the former ruling party. During a press conference convened at the Rawalpindi Press Club, Sajid articulated his reasons for parting ways with PTI. He expressed deep concerns about the party’s anti-establishment stance, asserting that it had adversely impacted the nation and had detrimental effects on the country’s…
by Atika Rehman IN Dawn, Oct 23, 2023The room for a new political party in Pakistan certainly exists, but proponents of any new association will need an aggressive governance reform agenda, that can be sold well to people in order to capture their imagination. A move towards that end has already been made; however, its patrons appear unsure of whether the launch date should be before or after the January elections. It is no secret…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 28, 2023Police yesterday raided houses of BNP activists to arrest them as the party was preparing to hold a rally in the capital today. Mirpur police detained more than 100 BNP men from a building in Shenpara last night, said local sources. Imran, a sub-inspector of Mirpur Police Station, said the raid was going on as of 11:00pm. Over 200 people arrested in the capital on Thursday were sent…
By Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee & Mohammad Jamil Khan in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023The Awami League is fully prepared to prevent the BNP from resorting to violence centring the October 28 rally, ruling party leaders said. The leaders and activists of the AL’s Dhaka city, district and thana units have been instructed to take position on the streets and entrances to the capital from early Saturday, said AL insiders. Meanwhile, police are considering granting…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman has said the Election Commission has nothing to do if any political party does not take part in elections. “Political parties know it very well what is mentioned in the manual [a book prepared for officials and candidates with all electoral laws and regulations and the code of conduct]. It is up to the political parties whether they will participate in polls. The…
By Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, October 26th, 2023LAHORE: The PML-N and the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) have called for action against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his party’s then Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government for allegedly misusing Rs870 million state fund for hiring ‘trolls’ and ‘influencers’ for social media campaigns. On the other hand, the PTI has termed it a “malicious propaganda campaign” against the party by the vested interest, demanding investigation against then chief minister…