PTI leader and former foreign minister’s daughter Meher Bano Qureshi has said she would go to the Supreme Court for justice if the Election Commission of Pakistan fails to investigate alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections.
Speaking to supporters in Multan, she said: “We will not spare those who stole your mandate. God willing, the sanctity of your vote will be restored and justice will prevail.”
The PML-N has issued lists of party lawmakers on women reserved seats in the national and Punjab assemblies.
It must be noted that the Election Commission of Pakistan directed the PML-N, PPP and other parliamentary parties submit additional lists for women and minority reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies after rejecting the Sunni Ittehad Council’s petition for allocation of the same.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on his election as the president for the second term.
In a message, Shehbaz Sharif said that the Senate, National Assembly and elected members of all the four provincial assemblies have expressed their confidence in Zardari, state-run Radio Pakistanreports.
The PM further stated that the president-elect will be a symbol of strength of the federation.
He added that the coalition parties will work together for the development and prosperity of Pakistan.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on his election as the president for the second term.
In a message, Shehbaz Sharif said that the Senate, National Assembly and elected members of all the four provincial assemblies have expressed their confidence in Zardari, state-run Radio Pakistanreports.
The PM further stated that the president-elect will be a symbol of strength of the federation.
He added that the coalition parties will work together for the development and prosperity of Pakistan.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said a committee comprising representatives of PPP, PML-N and other parties was holding consultation for the formation of provincial cabinet, which will be finalised within the next two weeks.
He said the PPP was grateful to allies, including the National Party and independent candidates, in Balochistan for supporting PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election. He said PPP, particularly Zardari, had always kept Balochistan close to their hearts.
“The way they provided jobs to youth in the province through the 18th Amendment, allocated funds for its uplift and initiated the movement to ensure the provision of rights to the people of Balochistan integrated the province’s youth into the mainstream,” he added.
“We hope the PPP will once again unite all the federating units and make Pakistan even stronger.”
He was the country’s first civilian president to complete his tenure; now, Asif Ali Zardari’s election as president will make him the first Pakistani to hold that office twice.
It is evident that his style of politics has kept currency in the corridors of power despite the many sociopolitical changes this country has seen since the last time he occupied the presidency. It is, undoubtedly, a remarkable comeback orchestrated by a sharp political mind.
According to the public opinion polls conducted in the run-up to the general election and publicised through national media, the PPP was always a distant laggard compared to the PML-N and PTI. With the fortunes of Messrs Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari looking modest outside their traditional bastion, most attention had remained on their bigger rivals.
Yet, it was the PPP which somehow emerged as the strongest party after the ECP announced its results of the general election, which ensured a split mandate.
Latif Khosa (L) and Salman Akram Raja (R). PHOTO: FILE
Punjab Police on Sunday apprehended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Latif Khosa and Salman Akram Raja amid the party's demonstrations in Lahore, Express News reported.
Confirming the arrest of his father, Balakh Sher Khosa, son of Latif Khosa, expressed concern over the incident.
"It has come to our attention that Sardar Latif Khosa has been taken into custody, an act that is utterly deplorable and wholly intolerable," stated party leader Sher Afzal Marwat on his official X handle.
Former President Dr Arif Alvi said he tried his best to fix the estranged relationship between the establishment and PTI founder Imran Khan.
“I have tried it in every meeting, some meetings were public while others were not. I had tried my level best, I used all of my years of education […] but I was unsuccessful,” he said while speaking to the media in Karachi.
He said that if his opponents had any complaints regarding his time at the presidential elections, then they should approach courts with their complaints.
“If they want to file a case under Article 6 then they are welcome,” he said, adding that he adhered to the constitution and took decisions according to his knowledge.
“I am not a constitutional expert, I made decisions using the best advice I received,” says Alvi.
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