KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general elections to elect a new government in Pakistan will be held in January next year, the country’s top electoral body has announced. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a statement, said that the much-awaited polls will be held in the last week of January. It, however, did not […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s legal team has challenged the two crucial legislations regarding changes to laws on military and intelligence agencies in the country’s top court. “The Official Secrets Act, the Army Amendment Act have been challenged in the Supreme Court by Imran Khan. He has req...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani President Arif Alvi’s five-year term completed on Friday evening amid simmering political and economic crises. He is the fourth president to complete a full five-year term in office. Alvi, who was elected the 13th president of the South Asian country in September 2018 following the election victory of t...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) has defied the president’s call for an election date, insisting that it is its jurisdiction to fix the date. In a letter to President Arif Alvi, the ECP cited a recent amendment to the country’s Election Act by the outgoing government, empowering the commission to dec...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi has invited the country’s top electoral authority for a meeting to fix a date for the next general elections. In a letter posted on the presidential X (formerly known as Twitter) account, Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja for a meeting… to set...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistani President Arif Alvi said on Sunday that his staff messed up on two controversial bills passed by the Parliament earlier this month. The outgoing lower house or the National Assembly passed the Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 and Pakistan Army Amendment Bill 2023, aimed at expanding the role of the [&hell...
