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SRINAGAR, Apr 3: People's Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said a case against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and others for their role in the alleged rigging of the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls will be the biggest confidence-building measure towards Kashmiris.“As far as 1987 is ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, requesting the formation of a judicial commission to "inquire, audit and examine" the manner and process of the February 8 general elections held in the country, Geo News reported. The politician, who remains incarcerated at the ...

There were allegations of large-scale rigging in last month’s vote, which the PTI blames on authorities to stop it from coming to power.Islamabad, Pakistan – The police in Pakistan have been accused of launching a brutal attack on the supporters of the main opposition party and arresting more than ...

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. ...

Islamabad: In a volte-face, a former senior bureaucrat who alleged that 13 candidates from Pakistan’s garrison city of Rawalpindi were forcefully declared winners in the elections, on Thursday withdrew his allegations and said he made the rigging charges at the behest of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s party which offered ...

Islamabad:Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed as a “publicity stunt” a petition seeking new elections over alleged irregularities in the February 8 polls, clearing the way for the formation of a coalition government to end the political uncertainty in the country. The apex court also imposed a fine on ...

Islamabad, Pakistan: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan after internet watchdog groups started to report outages on Saturday. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, On February 17 confirmed that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X ...

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's party Sunday demanded a judicial probe into allegations of vote rigging even as two major political parties failed to reach a power-sharing formula to form a coalition govt.Though independent candidates backed by Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the maximum number of seats ...

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Sunday demanded a judicial probe into growing allegations of vote rigging even as two major political parties failed to reach a power-sharing formula to form a coalition government.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the maximum number of seats in Parliament, the ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan has formed a high-level committee to investigate allegations of poll rigging in the country’s recent national election, reported PTI on Sunday. The committee will submit its report to the poll regulator within three days.A Pakistani bureaucrat on Saturday had alleged that the chief election ...