PTI holds six, PML (N) two rallies as electioneering gains momentum in Punjab
Posted by: Hafsasikander
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-02 14:17:00 -0700 | political-news
Electioneering is in full swing in Punjab as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will hold election rallies in six cities on Monday while Pakistan Muslim League (N) will show its strength in two cities, SAMAA reports. PTI Chief Imran Khan will address rallies...
Shahbaz Sharif welcomed warmly in his electoral constituency PP-161, Lahore
Posted by: Hafsasikander
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-02 12:14:04 -0700 | political-news
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif was welcomed waarmly during a rapid tour of his electoral constituency PP-161 in Lahore, reports.Shahbaz Sharif visited rapidly all areas included in his constituency on Sunday, where people welcomed him warmly during the...
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-28 07:48:55 -0700 | political-news
At one point, he also became known for switching allegiances from one party to another. Rasheed was born on November 6, 1950 in Rawalpindi and obtained his early education in his hometown. He later graduated from the famous Gordon College...
Khawaja Saad Rafique
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-28 03:09:00 -0700 | political-news
He became a member of the Punjab Assembly after winning the provincial election of 1997 on a Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) ticket. In the 2002 election, Saad won from NA-119 (Lahore-II) and joined the opposition against General (retd) Pervez...
Why mother tongues are unique
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-27 20:59:11 -0700 | political-news
The writer explores the world of mother tongues, and why the form in which stories are told are just as important as the story itself...It is said that the most important is the story and the way it is told...Most,...
Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh attacked in Lahore jail, rushed to hospital
Source: Time of India
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-26 17:42:45 -0700 | political-news
Indian national Sarabjit Singh , currently on death row in a jail here in Pakistan, on Friday suffered head injury and was admitted to a hospital after he was attacked by a fellow prisoner. Sarabjit was admitted to the state-run...
Article 62, 63: LHC orders action against 14 can ...
Source: Pak Tribune
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 23:57:36 -0700 | political-news
The Lahore High Court has ordered action against 14 election candidates in articles 62, 63 implementation case. The full bench of the Lahore High Court resumed hearing of articles 62, 63 implementation case and ordered action against the 14 candidates....
Sharifs hope to ride transit scheme to victory
Source: The Globe & Mail
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 19:54:32 -0700 | political-news
When Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, inaugurated its new rapid bus transit system in February with free service to the city's transit-starved 10 million residents, the idea backfired. Several generations of Lahori families packed the red 18-metre-long articulated buses and...
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 14:15:17 -0700 | political-news
heavyweight, he recently served as opposition leader in the National Assembly as well as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Although he currently has no party post, Nisar is known for his assertiveness in the party's affairs and has had...
Ahsan Iqbal
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 14:15:05 -0700 | political-news
He has been elected as an MNA three times in 1993, 1997 and 2008 and lost in 2002 to Riffat Javed Kahloon. His 2008 win was from NA-117 (Narowal III), the same seat that he lost in 2002. Iqbal has...
Imran urges business class to play political rol ...
Source: Pak Tribune
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 09:15:53 -0700 | political-news
The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, said on Wednesday it was time the business community played its effective role in politics as the crises facing the country could not be overcome without its participation in politics...Addressing the participants,...
National approach to resolve power crisis: Sethi
Source: Pak Tribune
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-25 01:11:09 -0700 | political-news
Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi on Wednesday said that loadshedding was a national issue and the entire nation, including the government, would get rid of this problem by adopting a national approach. Sarmad Ali who called on him at Chief...
Musharraf cannot become national hero: Aitzaz
Source: Pak Tribune
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-24 13:06:56 -0700 | political-news
Senior advocate Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the former president Pervez Musharraf has the right to defend himself against his cases but he can no longer become national hero. This he expressed while talking to media persons outside the...
‘N' won't contest against Balochs
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-23 19:24:56 -0700 | political-news
In a bid to woo Baloch nationalists back to mainstream politics, the Pakistan Muslim League-N has decided to sacrifice even whatever the seats it may bag in Balochistan. PML-N information secretary Mushahidullah Khan confirms that his party is in contact...
Agri income tax: Defaulters allowed to contest polls
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-23 19:24:52 -0700 | political-news
A Lahore High Court full bench on Tuesday conditionally allowed all such candidates to contest the upcoming general election who were earlier disqualified for being agricultural income tax defaulters. The bench passed this order hearing a writ petition filed by...
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