Tag: disqualified
PM Abbasi asks for a national dialogue on civil-military relations
News Analysis | The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has successfully completed its tenure of five years despite all political and economic challenges the party had...
PM Abbasi Echoes ‘Aliens’ Syndrome, Gets Reprimanded By ECP
News Analysis | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, recently repeated the claims once made by the embattled Sharif family. These claims confirmed...
Captain Safdar is not the only one who wants Dr. Abdus...
News Analysis | The National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution to rename the Physics department of Quaid e Azam University after Abu al Fatah Abdul...
Faizabad Dharna Discredits Army
News Analysis | The sit-in staged by scores of religious groups in September last year, in the Faizabad area of Islamabad, is denting the credibility...
Nawaz Sharif advises PML-N leaders to stay firm on “vote ko...
News Analysis | Ousted Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has advised the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) not to compromise on their ideology of 'honoring the...
Senior PML-N leader Khawaja Asif disqualified for life by IHC
News Analysis | In a remarkable turn of events, Islamabad High Court (IHC) has disqualified PML-N’s outspoken stalwart Khawaja Asif as a member of the...
Nawaz’ contemptuous remarks make sense and so does superior Judiciary’s hesitation
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is continuing with his anti-judiciary campaign, despite a ban by the Lahore High Court...
Nawaz Sharif may create the perception of winning public front, but...
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, seem to be wading through one of the toughest patches of his political career,...
Nawaz Sharif disqualified for life
News Analysis| Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Jahangir Khan Tareen have been disqualified for life. The Supreme Court of Pakistan...
“Corruption case against me and my family is a fraud”, says...
News Analysis | The head of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) Wajid Zia appeared before the accountability court yet again. He was supposed to be cross...
Musharraf Vs Sharif Clan: Double Standards of Ahsan Iqbal & Interior...
Shiffa Yousafzai | While Ahsan Iqbal, the Interior Minister of Pakistan threatened to cancel Musharraf’s National Identity Card and Passport, on the other hand he...
SC dismisses contempt petition against Sharif: mercy or caution ?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has dismissed yet another contempt of court petition against the former premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday,...
PML-N cannot remain in the name of a disqualified person: PAT...
News Analysis | An application submitted by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Advocate Makhdoom Muhammad Niaz Inqilabi to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has...
PPP’s guarded approach to Nawaz’s confrontation with judiciary
News Analysis | Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of creating deliberate confrontation between judiciary and...
Nawaz Sharif disqualified once again!
News Desk | A three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has disqualified Nawaz Sharif as the...
Voting underway in Lodhran by-elections
News Analysis | Voting is underway in the NA-154 by-elections in Lodhran. The seat fell vacant after Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen was disqualified last...
The real difference between PTI and PML-N
Muhammad Talha | With the next general elections around the corner, all political parties of Pakistan are girding up their loins to enter the political...
Nawaz not to be Party to case on Petition which Challenges...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Tuesday resumed the hearing of the petition which challenged the Elections Act 2017. The Act...
Talal Chaudhry given one week to respond to contempt of Supreme...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court served a show-cause to the Minister of State for Interior Affairs Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday, ordering him to file...
Saudis ban botox lips for Camels at beauty pageant
AFP | Huddled together on a dusty racetrack, Saudi judges scrutinise pouty lips and shapely humps in a high-stakes camel beauty pageant mired in scandal after botox and cosmetic...
Accountability court allows NAB to record witness statements via video link
News Analysis | The accountability court hearing three corruption cases against Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Capt(Retd) Safdar on Friday, allowed National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
SC issues notice to Nawaz Sharif after adjourning Article 62(1)(f) hearing
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday started the hearing of the case pertaining to Article 62(1)(f) of the constitution. The disqualification period...
Is PML-N trying to drive a wedge between PPP and PTI?
News Analysis | Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif blasted Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the National Assembly (NA) today for what he described as...
Sharif appears before the accountability court amid tight security
News Analysis | Former premier Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (Retd.) Safdar appeared before the accountability court today amid tight security...
Chief Justice defends Hudaibiya Paper Mills decision
News Analysis | On Saturday afternoon in Lahore, Chief Justice Saqib Nasir, held a press conference to clarify the role of the Supreme Court has...
IHC reserves the decision on NAB’s petition seeking to quash Safdar’s...
News Analysis | On Thursday, a two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved the judgment on the petition filed by the National Accountability...
Supreme Court declares verdict on Imran Khan and Jahangir Tareen
News Analysis | PML-N’s attempts to have Imran Khan disqualified have been dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon. Jahangir Tareen on the other...
Will Imran Khan get disqualified today?
News Analysis | The apex court of Pakistan will declare the much-awaited reserved-judgment in the disqualification case pitted against the Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan...
More PML-N lawmakers leaving the party piles the pressure on Sharif...
News Analysis | On Tuesday, five PML-N lawmakers submitted resignations to their respective assembly secretariats in protest over government inaction against Punjab Law Minister Rana...
Anti-graft Court rejects Nawaz’s lawyer’s objections
News Analysis | Anti-graft court in Islamabad has dismissed the protests raised by the counsel for ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against a prosecution...
