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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top election body on Monday suspended 77 lawmakers who were elected on reserved seats amidst a legal and political row. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was forced to revoke its earlier orders to notify their success after the Supreme Court suspended its ruling in response to ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's lawmakers elected Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday as the country’s president for the second time.He is the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto and the father of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.Zardari secured 411 votes from national and provincial lawmakers. His opponent, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, ...

Pakistan's lawmakers elected Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday as the country’s president for the second time.  Issued on: 09/03/2024 - 15:06 1 min He is the widower of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto and the father of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Zardari secured 411 votes from national and provincial ...

Washington —  Thirty-one members of the U.S. Congress recently signed a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging them to not recognize a new government in Pakistan until an investigation into allegations of election interference has been conducted. Voters in Pakistan went to polls ...

Source link www.rferl.org Pakistan's newly elected lower chamber of parliament, the National Assembly, convened its first session on February 29 where newly elected lawmakers were sworn in, three weeks after an election marred by widespread allegations of rigging.  Source link Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. ...

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: The US state department on Thursday formally notified US Congress of its approval of the sale to India of 31 MQ-9B Drones and associated military equipment worth $3.99 billion, overcoming token resistance from some lawmakers who, according to reports, wanted New Delhi to carry out a “meaningful ...

Parliamentary Affairs Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Arjun Ram Meghwal address the media on the conclusion of Parliament Session in New Delhi on December 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Slamming the Opposition over disruptions during Winter Session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on December 22 said the government ...

WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections, local media reported. The lawmakers requested a legal ...

New Delhi, Nov 9: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court Thursday directed all high courts to set up a special bench and register a suo motu case to monitor criminal matters pending against MPs and MLAs to ensure their early disposal.A bench headed by ...

Senior Russian legislators will consider revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty after President Vladimir Putin suggested resuming nuclear weapons tests, the parliament’s speaker said Friday. Putin said Thursday it was “theoretically possible” to de-ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) since the United States had signed ...