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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President has summoned a session of the upper house of Parliament on April 9 for the election of Senate chairman and deputy chairman amid opposition by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party over voting for top slots in an “incomplete house”. According to an announcement by the ...

ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been nominated by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as its candidate for the coveted post of Senate chairman as part of the power-sharing agreement between his party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), according to a media report on Friday.A ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s main opposition party has condemned a decision by election authorities to delay a vote for seats in the upper house of parliament from a province the party holds, calling it a continuation of “mandate theft” conducted since February’s general election. The elections to fill half ...

Jailed ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party has submitted a resolution in the Senate calling for the release of the incarcerated leader, his wife Bushra, his close aide, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other leaders, saying “political vendetta” has destroyed the country’s economy and reputation. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder ...

ISLAMABAD: With barely 24 days left in Pakistan’s general elections, the country’s senate — the upper house of parliament — passed a third resolution on Sunday seeking postponement of the polls slated for February 8, citing terror threats and bad weather as reasons.The resolution, like the previous ones, was ...

Pakistan’s Senate, the upper house of parliament, passed a resolution on Friday (January 5) seeking to delay national elections that are slated to take place on February 8. Only 15 out of 100 lawmakers were present in the Senate during the session.Here is a look at the resolution and ...

islamabad —  Members of Pakistan’s senate passed a controversial resolution Friday calling for a delay in general elections just weeks before voters head to the polls. The non-binding resolution that quickly drew condemnation cited bad weather, a poor security situation and a rise in COVID-19 cases as reasons to ...

BREAKINGBREAKING, The caretaker government appointed to oversee the vote opposed the resolution moved by an independent senator.Pakistan’s senate has approved a resolution to delay national elections which had been scheduled to take place on February 8, local media reports said. The upper house of the country’s parliament passed the ...

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with Chairman of Pakistani Senate Sadiq Sanjrani in Beijing on Monday. Wang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, said that China and Pakistan are all-weather strategic cooperative partners and ironclad friends. China ...

NEW DELHI: At least 16 individuals from Pakistan, disguised as pilgrims, were prevented from boarding a flight bound for Saudi Arabia and subsequently apprehended for attempting to enter the Gulf Kingdom for the purpose of begging.Police officials took action by removing these beggars from the Saudi-bound flight in Multan, ...