Tag: pakistan
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Artful Dodger Returns: Asif Ali Zardari voted Pakistan President for second term
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's late first female Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whose life was equal parts tragedy and farce, was on Saturday elected president for the second time. Initially a background character as Bhutto's wife, Zardari was tainted by corruption and other allegations, including absurd kidnapping plots and bribery over trinkets. Despite…
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Shahbaz Sharif became the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the second time
Sharif, 72, first served as prime minister in 2022 at the head of a similar coalition that ousted former cricket star Khan. Like his first term, Sharif will have to face an overlapping trio of crises plaguing the country of more than 240 million. During his first term, Pakistan came to the brink of economic…
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Exciting demand for T20 World Cup tickets in USA: India vs Pakistan match subscribes 200 times more!
“We are saying that we want to reward our cricket fans and cricket lovers in the US, which is a huge market. “Then we want to drive curiosity and hopefully start a bigger conversation at a community level about sport and its benefits,” he added. Along with the host nation, Ireland, Sri Lanka, South Africa,…
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Key players in Pakistan’s upcoming coalition government
Bhutto, who is descended from former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has agreed that her Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will be the junior coalition partner with several smaller parties. In return they have secured the largely ceremonial role of president for Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir’s widow and former president nicknamed “Mr 10 percent” – given the…
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Senior official says he helped rig Pakistan elections
Far from a majority, the army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has announced a partnership with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and some smaller parties to form the next government. Chattha said that before stepping down from his post, he had personally monitored vote rigging in Rawalpindi. “We turned losers into winners by overturning a difference…
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Pakistan’s elections cannot be compared with Bangladesh’s.
The Chief Election Commissioner did not stop here. He praised the elections held in Pakistan. He said that there has been excellent participation in Pakistan elections. In fact, he can be thanked for admitting that the election he conducted lacked legitimacy and acceptability. However, it must also be reiterated that he cannot escape the responsibility…
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PPP will support PML-N on PM votes: Post-poll alliance in Pakistan
Speaking at Adiala jail – where he has spent most of his time since his arrest in August – Khan accused both the PML-N and the PPP of corruption. “We will neither sit with the PML-N nor with the PPP,” he told a handful of journalists covering a procedural hearing in a prison outside the…
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Pakistani politician rejects seat due to alleged rigging. political uncertainty ahead
“As a conscientious person, I declare that the PTI-backed candidate has won and I will not take advantage of that seat,” Rehman said at a press conference on Monday. “I will not accept any additional votes given to me.” PTI praised the move on social media. “This will give strength to many others who were…
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Imran Khan refuses alliance with rivals after election defeat. pakistan politics updates
Independent candidates loyal to Khan still secured about 90 of the 266 elected seats in Pakistan’s Parliament, but the PTI says its returns would have been much higher without the rigging. PTI’s focus is mainly on challenging the validity of the vote rather than talking to other parties. Meanwhile, PML-N and PPP are locked in…
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America is in favor of freedom of assembly in view of Pakistan elections
The United States called on Monday for respect for freedom of assembly as Pakistani authorities warned they would ban protests by supporters of jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan following his bloc’s surprise election victory. Asked about Pakistani police’s use of the colonial-era law against public gatherings, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, “We want…
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Uncertainty in Pakistan after inconclusive elections
Pakistan will face weeks of political uncertainty after an inconclusive election, with results from dozens of constituencies facing court challenges and rival parties negotiating possible alliances, analysts said on Monday. Independent candidates loyal to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan won a majority of seats in Thursday’s elections, reducing the chances of the military-backed Pakistan…
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Pakistan election deadlock: tussle between parties over premiership, allegations of rigging rejected
“Both sides are interested in forming an alliance, but there has been no breakthrough yet. Both parties want the post of prime minister,” a senior PML-N leader close to the Sharif family told Reuters on condition of anonymity. PML-N has not named its prime ministerial candidate. However, the PML-N source said it was ‘very likely’…
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Pakistan Police threatens action on Imran Khan’s party’s call for election protest
Pakistan police warned on Sunday that they would crack down heavily on illegal gatherings after jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party urged supporters to protest alleged rigging in last week’s election. Independent candidates – most of whom are associated with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party – secured the most seats in the election, increasing…
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ECP announces final results of Pakistan general election 2024
ECP announces final results of Pakistan general election 2024
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Imran Khan’s party aims to form government
Despite Khan’s ban and conviction on charges ranging from leaking state secrets to corruption to illegal marriage, lakhs of the former cricketer’s supporters came out to vote for him, regardless of whether he served any time during his stay in jail. Cannot become part of the government. However, under Pakistan’s electoral laws, independent candidates are…