KARACHI: Siraj-ul-Haq stepped down as Jamaat-e-Islami Amir on Monday following the defeat and worst performance of JI in the Elections 2024. JI secured no seats in the National Assembly and got only two seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly. Who is Sirajul Haq?In 2014, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s senior minister and leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Sirajul Haq, was elected as the new ameer of the party. Sirajul Haq replaced the then-outgoing chief Syed Munawar Hassan. The elections were at JI Headquarters Mansoora. Out of 31,311 office-bearers of the party, 25,533Read More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 12: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party Patron-in-Chief Jahangir Khan Tareen has decided to quit politics and also step down from the party office. Tareen announced his decision in a post on X while thanking everyone for their support during the recent election and felicitating his opponents. “I have immense respect for the will of the people of Pakistan. Therefore, I have decided to resign from my position as Chairman IPP and step away from politics altogether,” Tareen posted. He expressed his gratitude to all the members of the party and wishedRead More

ISLAMABAD, FEB 12: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaa-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday warned against creating anarchy in the country as several political parties staged protests in different parts of the country over alleged rigging in the polls. “Despite challenges, the continuation of democratic process is welcome development. The elections were held peacefully despite security challenges,” he said while addressing a press conference in connection with the February 8 polls. He said security agencies played a key role in maintaining law and order in the country. “We will not let anyone to spreadRead More

Karachi: Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Monday forfeited a Sindh Assembly seat he had won after the February 8 elections over alleged rigging. According to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the February 8 general elections, Naeem had won from the PS-129 constituency (Karachi Central VIII) with 26,296 votes. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Muaz Muqaddam was the runner-up with 20,296 votes. The development comes a day after the party staged sit-ins at eight different key points in Karachi against alleged rigging in theRead More