Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is 'likely' to suspend flight operations along the Karachi to Mumbai route, airline sources told Dawn...
PIA Spokesperson Danyal Gillani, when contacted, said PIA is considering suspending flight operations along the Karachi-Mumbai route, but a final decision is yet to be made on the matter...
The election tribunal has ordered a re-election in the NA-125 constituency after de-seating Saad Rafique...
“As far as irregularities are concerned on the basis of which the tribunal has given its judgment, they happened in all democracies,” he said, particularly referring to the elections in India...
ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique knocked the doors of the Supreme Court on Thursday for reversal of the May 4 ruling of an election tribunal de-seating him...
The de-seating of Mr Rafique has also set off a debate whether the PML-N leadership will look for a substitute for the office of the railways ministry or wait till the matter is finalised...
In his appeal, Mr Rafique had argued that the tribunal’s order was manifestly illegal and without lawful authority because it was based on gross misconception of law and principles warranting interferences in the election matters and de-seating of an elected representative of the people...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi dismissed a petition on Wednesday which sought de-seating of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) legislators from the National Assembly, Sindh Assembly and Senate...
The court upheld the objection raised by the IHC registrar office, which stated that the petitioner was not an aggrieved party and therefore did not have any locus standi (right to speak)...
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed has said the rulers cannot cow down the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf by hurling threats of de-seating its parliamentarians...
Yesterday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged JUI-F and MQM legislators to withdraw de-seating motions against PTI lawmakers...
ISLAMABAD: As the JUI-F and MQM refused to demonstrate flexibility and vowed to go ahead with their motions seeking de-seating of PTI legislators, the PPP announced on Thursday that it would vote against if the motions were put for a vote in the National Assembly...
Know more: PPP throws weight behind beleaguered PTI over de-seating uproarHe also advised the PML-N to vote in favour of keeping the PTI in the house to end the ongoing...
PESHAWAR: PTI leader Dr Fauzia Kasuri on Thursday said the de-seating of three PML-N MNAs over irregularities in the May 2013 elections had vindicated her party’s stand that the current federal government had come into being as a result of fraudulent elections and therefore, it lacked public mandate to stay in power...
ISLAMABAD: Political rivals of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) have decided to raise the issue of de-seating of PTI members ‘vigorously’ in the coming session of the National Assembly which will begin after Eidul Fitr...
Leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) have told Dawn that they will forcefully pursue the issue in the lower house of parliament where the two parties have already filed...
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N’s Punjab Assembly member Rashida Yaqoob Sheikh from Jhang stands de-seated after the Supreme Court dismissed her appeals against the Jan 14 order of the Lahore Election Tribunal for holding fresh elections in her constituency, PP-78...
“We find no merits in these appeals
ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of rising number of legislators testing positive for Covid-19 and two days before presentation of the federal budget, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Tuesday inspected the main Assembly Hall to review seating and other arrangements to ensure principle of social distancing implemented...
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser visited National Assembly Hall to examine the seating arrangements in the hall...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided against de-seating 20 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Members of National Assembly (MNAs), dismissing references against them sent by the party...
Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has revealed that India planned to launch air strikes on Pakistani soil following the 2008 Mumbai attacks in order to target the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), India Today reported...
Talking to host Karan Thapar on India Today television, Kasuri said that a United States (US) delegation led by Senator John McCain had met him after the terror attacks...
Air China, China's national flag carrier, has decided to increase flights on the Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi route from four a week to seven starting October 29...
Air China had launched the route between China and Pakistan in October 2016, starting with three flights per week...