Top Pakistani poll official resigns over 'wrongdoing' in elections

Feb 18, 2024, at 04:54 am

Islamabad: A top Pakistani official resigned from his post taking responsibility for all the ‘wrongdoings’ that occurred in the recent general elections with the involvement of the chief election commissioner and the chief justice of the country, media reports said.

Pakistan elections: A split verdict despite accusations of mass rigging has made the military establishment more vulnerable

Feb 17, 2024, at 11:55 pm

Pakistan’s delayed general elections that were held on 8 February have thrown up more questions than they have answered, and alarmingly for the country’s all-powerful military, most of the difficult questions are yet again directed pointedly towards it.

The timing of the dissolution of Pakistan’s parliament hours after Imran Khan’s 3-year jail term leaves little to the imagination

Aug 13, 2023, at 12:43 am

Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi, on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on 9 August approved dissolution of Pakistan’s parliament, thereby paving the way for the holding of fresh general elections in November. 

Prasar Bharati threatens to cancel PTI's subscription over Chinese envoy interview: Report

Jun 27, 2020, at 06:17 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Close on the heels of a PTI interview of the Chinese ambassador in India where he squarely blamed India for the deadly Galwan Valley face-off,  state broadcaster Prasar Bharati has threatened to cancel the subscription of Press Trust of India (PTI) accusing the news agency of reporting "not in national interest".

India avenges Pulwama terror attack striking inside Pakistan, destroys Jaish camp

Feb 26, 2019, at 05:46 pm

New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 26 (IBNS): Paying back Pakistan days after the Pulwama terror attack which left over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel dead, the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a pre-dawn surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) destroying what it called the biggest camp of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).

Huge honour for me: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Imran Khan's swearing-in ceremony invitation

Aug 02, 2018, at 12:44 pm

New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that he feels honoured to have received a personal invitation from Pakistan's Prime Minister-elect Imran Khan for the latter's swearing-in ceremony in Islamabad.