Friday, July 22nd, 2022
Kremlin lashes out at five EU countries already on unfriendly list
A group of five EU countries are now double-registered on Russia‘s list of unfriendly countries – a list that had already included all EU member states – as Russia announced on Friday plans to specifically degrade diplomatic relations with them. The status change for Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Slovakia and Slovenia largely focuses on the abilities of their embassies in Russia to hire native personnel. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov referred to it as a further step. The new rules mean Croatia and Slovenia are not no longer allowed to employ Russians at their embassies, while the other three are all subject to stiff upper limits.Read More
Hamza Shahbaz elected Punjab CM after deputy speaker rejects 10 PML-Q votes
LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Hamza Shahbaz has been elected as the Chief Minister of the Punjab province by securing majority of votes in the runoff election. Hamza Shahbaz secured 179 votes whereas Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi – the Joint Candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) – bagged 176 votes. Although 186 votes were cast in favor of Parvez Elahi. However, the Deputy Speaker refused to count the 10 votes cast by the Muslim League (Q) MPA citing Article 63 (1) (A) of the Constitution ofRead More
Legal experts say dy speaker ruling not legal
The legal experts believe that the parliamentary party leader is the one who decides to take part in a voting process or otherwise Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: The decision of the Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Dost Mazari has given birth to heated debate whether his ruling is legal or not. Most of the legal experts believe that the deputy speaker was not authorized to give such a ruling adding the Supreme Court may turn down the ruling of the deputy speaker. The legal experts believe that the parliamentary party leaderRead More
PTI-backed Elahi suffers shock defeat as Hamza retains Punjab CM position following deputy speaker’s ruling
In a shock result, PML-Q’s PTI-backed candidate Parvez Elahi has lost the Punjab chief minister’s election to PML-N’s Hamza Elahi, after Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari ruled that PML-Q members’ votes will not be counted in the election of Punjab chief minister in light of party head Chaudhry Shujaat’s letter. According to Mazari, Shehbaz received 179 votes whereas Elahi garnered 176 votes, but only after 10 votes of Elahi’s own party were ruled out from the counting process. His ruling was countered by PTI MPA Raja Basharat, whoRead More
Counting of votes for new Punjab CM begins
LAHORE, JUL 22: Counting of votes for the next chief minister of Punjab is underway in the provincial assembly. The crucial session is being presided by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari. While the voting was underway inside the House, unconfirmed reports were circulating outside that PML-Q Chairperson Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had written a letter distancing himself from Elahi’s candidacy. The development comes a day after PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari met Shujaat. Earlier, in response to reports that PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari had asked Shujaat to write a letter instructing PML-Q MPAs notRead More
Voting to elect new Punjab CM underway amid reports of Shujaat distancing himself from Elahi’s candidacy
Lawmakers in the Punjab Assembly (PA) are currently voting to elect the next chief minister of the province in a session that began after a three-hour delay. The crucial session is being presided by Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari. While the voting was underway inside the House, unconfirmed reports were circulating outside that PML-Q Chairperson Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had written a letter distancing himself from Elahi’s candidacy. The development comes a day after PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari met Shujaat. Geo News journalist Hamid Mir quoted PML-Q’s Moonis Elahi as saying that ShujaatRead More