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Pakistan bye-elections: 239 candidates to contest 23 vacant seats
A total of 239 candidates will contest in the by elections, with 50 of them competing for vacant National Assembly seats.
Amid ruckus, polling underway to elect new Pakistan PM
3 March 2024 9:26 AMTo become the prime minister, a candidate will have to secure 169 votes in the 336 member House.
Pak Parliament convenes to elect new PM; Shehbaz Sharif poised to win
3 March 2024 7:38 AMThe PTI-backed candidates, who contested as independents after the party lost its election symbol - the cricket bat- just before the February 8 polls,...
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq elected as Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly
1 March 2024 2:30 PMThe Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Sardar Ayaz Sadiq secured 199 votes over his rival candiate Aamir Dogar of the Sunni Ittehad...
French Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right
29 Feb 2024 4:00 PMWednesday’s vote came after the lower house, the National Assembly, overwhelmingly approved the proposal in January.
Imran Khan’s party petitions Supreme Court against alleged rigging in...
23 Feb 2024 3:15 PMSher Afzal Marwat, a senior PTI leader, told media persons that he moved the apex court against poll fraud.
Fresh crackdown launched against Imran Khan’s party leaders in...
16 Feb 2024 2:12 PMThe confrontation between Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the military establishment comes after the party won the lion’s share in the...
Jailed Imran's party forms special committees to strategise government...
13 Feb 2024 7:13 AMThe PTI-backed candidates ran as independents due to the party losing the election symbol of ‘bat’ following controversy surrounding its intra-party...