ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has nominated Asad Qaiser for the post of National Assembly Speaker and Senator Ch Mohammad Sarwar as Governor Punjab. This was announced by PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi while addressing media outside chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Banigala after a meeting of the parties’ top leadership. He said that Qaiser was fully aware of parliamentary procedures as he was the Speaker of Khyber Pakthunkhwa Assembly since last five years. He said that Asad Qaiser had a cordial relationship with the opposition in KP Assembly, andRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan accepted the apology of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan for violating the rules regarding secrecy of vote casting. A written unconditional apology and an affidavit were submitted by the incoming prime minister during the hearing held by a four-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza. The commission members took back the notice with a 3-1 majority. Chief Election Commissioner, Sardar Raza Khan remarked that the violations regarding the sanctity of vote should be on the record. After the ECPRead More

RAWALPINDI, (DNA) -: Lieutenant General Javed Mahmood Bukhari has been appointed Commander Bahawalpur Corps, said a statement issued here on Friday by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan Army.

The politician is bringing hope to the country’s marginalized Sidi community. The Sidi community, is a small ethnic group of African descent concentrated in the mountainous regions of Pakistan. The group has been largely overlooked in social, political and economic life in the country. There are, however, small advancements being made towards representation, and 39-year-old Sidi politicial Tanzeela Qambrani is at the forefront of these changes. Qambrani, whose ancestors came from Tanzania, has been nominated by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to a women’s reserved seat in the regional parliament of southernRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Making no secret of support to its ‘decades-long’ partner, Pakistan has said that it backs Saudi Arabia in its row with Canada, and that it stands by the Saudi Kingdom in protecting its sovereignty. Foreign Ministry spokesman Dr. Mohammed Faisal has said that Pakistan was following with immense concern the “crisis” in relations between Saudi Arabia and Canada, and also that Pakistan, “places on record its solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” “We fully agree with the statement of the OIC secretary-general that Saudi Arabia enjoysRead More

PESHAWAR, (DNA) – The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Zafar Iqbal Jhagra on Thursday has summoned the session of KP Provincial Assembly on August 13. The newly-elected members of the provincial assembly would take oath during the session. The governor will administer oath to the newly-elected members. The election for the assembly’s speaker and deputy speaker will also be held during the session after which the house will elect the new chief minister of the province. Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate for KP chief minister Mahmood Khan has said that heRead More