Tag: Imran Khan
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A fresh swarm of locusts?
As you read this, the results of a pre-cooked breakfast will have been reheated for your consumption. Eat it slowly. You have the next five years to digest it. Some of you may not have the stomach to swallow something that has been masticated already. Others may not share those qualms. To them, even political …
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July 27, 2018 -
If they take one step towards us, we will take two: Imran Khan on India
In his first address after his party emerged as the single largest party, Imran Khan said dialogue with India is the only way forward to ensure peace
July 26, 2018 -
India watches with anxiety at developments in Pakistan
The key issue from the Indian perspective is how the change of power in Pakistan will impact ties between the two neighbours given the generally hostile position Imran Khan has taken towards India
July 26, 2018 -
Imran Khan’s PTI marches ahead amid ‘glitches’ in Pakistan election
A single party will need to bag at least 137 of the directly elected seats to be able to form the government on its own and reports say PTI may bag 119
July 26, 2018 -
Pak EC rejects rigging allegations; PML-N warns of protests
The results were expected by this morning, but the CEC only announced what he called was the “first non-official, preliminary result”.
July 26, 2018 -
Pakistan Elections 2018: PTI celebrates as Pakistan heads towards hung assembly
The country seemed to head for a hung National Assembly late on Wednesday, as the leads from counting centres showed no party getting a clear-cut majority.
July 26, 2018 -
Pakistan Elections 2018: Imran Khan’s party leading on 64 seats; PML-N on 46
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of former president Asif Ali Zardari was leading on 28 seats, indicating that he could play a 'kingmaker' in case of a hung parliament, according to media reports.
July 25, 2018 -
IN PICS | Pakistan Elections 2018
July 25, 2018 -
Pakistan elections: Poll body may act against Imran Khan, Shehbaz for post-vote comments
The poll body also took notice of PML-N leader and former Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif's press talk after casting his vote in Sialkot.
July 25, 2018 -
Pakistan elections | 30 killed in bombing near polling station in Quetta
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi district, supporters of 2 rival parties exchanged fire outside a polling station, Killing a worker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
July 25, 2018 -
Voting under way as Pakistan goes to historic general elections
Amid accusations of manipulation by the army and concerns over the participation of Islamic hardliners, Pakistanis are voting to elect a new prime minister in the second democratic transition of power.
July 25, 2018 -
The tangled skein of Pakistan’s election
A change of track from idealism to expediency helped Imran Khan come closer to his goal and cultivate the Establishment. The times are further in his favor with the decapitation of the main opponent i.e PML(N).
July 25, 2018 -
The Soldier’s Election
Quite the most astonishing feature of this Wednesday’s elections in Pakistan must be that it will be conducted under the shadow of the soldier’s gun as happened in Bangladesh in 2013. But whereas Dhaka then had a military interregnum with a civilian facade, Pakistan still claims a civilian dispensation, helmed by an interim Prime Minister. …
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July 24, 2018 -
Jailed Nawaz Sharif ‘protecting India’s interests’, says Imran Khan
Meanwhile, Sharif who has fallen ill and was suffering from heart and kidney ailments, has been asked to be shifted to a hospital by a medical team.
July 23, 2018 -
Pakistan | Candidate of Imran Khan’s party killed in suicide attack
Sardar Ikramullah Gandapur died after a suicide bomber targetted his vehicle in DI Khan's Kulachi Tehsil, officials said.
July 23, 2018 -
Pakistan elections 2018: Imran Khan barred from using ‘inappropriate language’
The cricketer-turned-politician's counsel initially seemed to defend the practice but eventually relented, assuring the poll body that his client would abide by its instructions.
July 19, 2018 -
Imran Khan summoned for ‘misusing’ government copters
Khan had claimed at a party meeting that he had not used official helicopters of the province for personal use.
July 12, 2018