Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan.... The courts had returned these references to the NAB chairman in

, Muhammad Sibtain Khan.... The petition requested the court to issue directions to the ECP and CEC

ISLAMABAD: The membership of 150 legislators from across the country, including some cabinet members and veteran politicians, has been suspended by the Election Commission of Pakistan( ECP) for not filing their statements of assets.... The ECP on Monday released a list of MNAs, senators and MPAs of the four provincial assemblies who failed to file their statements of assets and liabilities, as well as those of their spouses and dependents, for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2021.... Th

Join our Whatsapp channel LAHORE: Finalising inquiry proceedings under the Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability( Peeda) Act 2006, the Lahore Development Authority( LDA) has dismissed from service its director housing( BPS-19), who retired last week, and took action against some other officers in the scam of plots worth Rs875m.“ Since the inquiry proceedings against the officers continued for around five months, the inquiry officer( additional director general-urban planning

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court( SC) on Wednesday dropped hints of determining the constitutionality of two distinct decisions made by different high courts about Section 20 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes( Amended) Ordinance( PECA) that criminalised defamation. Headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a two-judge Supreme Court( SC) bench, also stayed until the next hearing a defamation trial against singer Meera Shafi, popularly known as Meesha Shafi, who is embroiled in a dispute with another cele

ISLAMABAD: PTI dissenter and ex-MPA from Punjab Zahara Batool on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court the May 20 Election Commission of Pakistan’s( ECP) decision to de-seat 25 dissidents who had voted for PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz in the election for the Punjab chief minister.In her petition, moved through counsel Abdul Shakoor Paracha, Ms Batool requested the apex court to set aside the ECP decision which dubbed them defectors under Article 63-A of the Constitution. The ECP through chief election

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan( ECP) on Monday issued notices to 46 dissident members of the National and Punjab assemblies, asking them to appear before it on April 28 and May 6, respectively. The decision was taken at an ECP meeting during which a letter written to the commission by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf( PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was deliberated upon. The ECP in its meeting, which was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner( CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and attended, among other

The party also met the PML-Q leaders to devise their own joint strategy to oust Hamza. Read more: SC on defections PPP lawmakers — led by Hasan Murtaza — met the chief minister and discussed the situation arising after the SC verdict.... In the current situation, the PPP is eying at least four ministries and some advisory positions in Punjab after being apparently ditched by the PML-N for the Punjab governor and assembly speaker’s slots.... At present, the status of Hamza in the chief minister

The Election Commission of Pakistan( ECP) will announce today( Thursday) its decision on notifying new MPAs on five seats of the Punjab Assembly reserved for women and minorities after they became vacant following the de-seating of 25 dissident PTI lawmakers.... They were officially de-notified by the ECP on May 23. The PTI filed a petition in the LHC on May 28 requesting it to direct the ECP to notify the five new MPAs and" summon[ them] personally".... Subsequently, the high court had given

It was supported by members from both sides of the aisle and then referred to the standing committee on school education in December 2020.... Some three dozen members participated in the budget ‘debate’.... Since the chief minister did not grace the house, most of the members also did not bother to show up....