Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
MNAs card mandatory for Senate elections: Suri
ISLAMABAD, Mar 02 : National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri Tuesday informed the House that cards of Members National Assembly (MNAs) are mandatory to poll vote for Senate elections. He made this announcement during the session of the House and urged all the MNAs to approach the National Assembly Secretariat to get their cards if they don’t possess it. Qasim Suri said the timing of the Senate elections would be announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the Rule 111 of the Elections Rule 2017, theRead More
China-Pakistan ties force for regional, world peace: Amb. Munir Akram
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 : Commemorating the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Pakistan and China, Ambassador Munir Akram has said that the relationship was a force for peace and stability in the region and beyond. “This relationship has withstood the vicissitudes of time and enjoys the full support of our peoples at all levels,” the Pakistani envoy to the UN said in a message to the community members. “It (relationship) is marked by warmth, mutual respect and win-win cooperation,” Ambassador Akram said. “It is a force for peace, stabilityRead More
SC orders demolition of illegally constructed chambers of lawyers in F-8, Islamabad
Islamabad, 02 March 2021 : The Supreme Court has ordered demolition of illegally constructed chambers of lawyers in F-8 area Islamabad. A three-member apex court bench, headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, announced the decision on Tuesday. Dismissing the Islamabad Bar’s plea, the court upheld the Islamabad High Court’s judgment. The Supreme Court also rejected the lawyers’ request for time until they get alternative place for chambers. The Court declared that all the lawyers’ chambers set up at football ground are illegal, and no illegal activity can be justified.
Ch Fawad expresses astonishment over ECP decision to delay reforms
ISLAMABAD, Mar 02 : Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday expressed astonishment over Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to delay reforms until the next elections. In a series of tweets, Chaudhry Fawad said ECP has acknowledged the importance of using technology to prevent vote buying and selling and corruption in Senate elections. But it is astonishing that the ECP was delaying these reforms until the next elections, he said. The decision of Supreme Court of Pakistan gives a different opinion, but both the institutionsRead More
Senate elections to be held tomorrow
Islamabad : The Senate elections will be held at Parliament House Islamabad and the respective provincial assemblies on Wednesday to elect new members of the Upper House. Polling will start at the Parliament House Islamabad and the provincial assemblies of Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 09:00 am and will continue till 5:00 pm without any break. All Senate candidates from Punjab have been elected unopposed. According to the Election Commission, sixty candidates are contesting on general seats, thirty-one on women, twenty on Technocrat/Ulema seats while ten candidates are inRead More
Shehbaz, Asif get court nod to vote in Senate polls
LAHORE : An accountability court on Tuesday permitted incarcerated PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and MNA Khawaja Asif to take part in the Senate elections slated for tomorrow. The jail authorities approached the court seeking its permission to take Shehbaz Sharif to Islamabad to enable him to cast his ballot in the elections for the upper house of Parliament. They said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has called for bringing him to the National Assembly for the purpose. After an initial hearing, the court permitted the opposition leader to beRead More