Tag: MQM-P
-
Voting in progress on six senate seats
Polling for six vacant senate seats from Sindh, Balochistan, and Islamabad is underway on Thursday, scheduled to continue till 4:00 pm. Lawmakers can’t hold dual membership, so these six seats became vacant under Article 223 of the Constitution. Sub-section 4 of article states: “Subject to clause (2), if a member of either House or of…
-
Tayyip Erdogan congratulates Asif Zardari on becoming president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called newly-elected president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday to congratulate him on becoming the head of state. The President’s Secretariat said in a statement that both leaders talked about important issues and agreed to work together for the betterment of the countries. President Zardari also thanked Erdogan for his phone…
-
‘PPP pressurising PML-N to sideline MQM,’ alleged MQM’s Kamran Tessori audio leak sparks new debate
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) is facing challenges in talks with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as another alleged audio of Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori goes viral on social media. Earlier, an audio clip went viral in which MQM-P leader Mustafa Kamal revealed to the party’s Rabita Committee that PML-N “doesn’t want to talk to us”. He…
-
PPP’s Murad Ali Shah elected as CM Sindh for third time
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Murad Ali Shah has been elected as the chief minister of Sindh for the third consecutive time on Monday afternoon. Shah previously served as the chief executive of Sindh from 2016 to 2018 and then again from 2018 to 2023. Today, the election for the province’s chief executive began after…
-
PTI-backed candidate claims ‘being forced to join PPP or MQM-P’.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed candidate Shanawaz Jadoon has claimed that he was declared the loser in Karachi’s PS-115 (Keamari) constituency when he refused to join the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) or the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). The politician said in a video statement that he was threatened by unknown persons that he would lose his provincial…
-
‘PTI can talk to all parties to solve country’s problems’; Ali Muhammad Khan offers olive branch
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-supported independent candidates are currently leading in numbers after the recent general elections. However, the party’s leadership seems unsure about their stance on discussions with other political parties in the context of forming a government in Islamabad. A day earlier, former Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his party will not talk to…
-
Bilawal urges people to vote for “arrow” if they want to stop lion
Just days before the February 8 general elections, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari launched criticism at all opposing political parties as election campaigning reached its peak. While addressing an election rally in Hyderabad, Bilawal asked his audience to vote for arrow, the symbol of the PPP, if they want to block the lion,…
-
Man killed in MQM-PPP workers clash in Karachi
In an unfortunate turn of events, one person was killed and another injured in a clash between the workers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in Karachi’s Nazimabad area, MQM-P has claimed. The incident took place in the Nazimabad No 2 area late Sunday as political parties are busy campaigning, holding…
-
PPP and PMLN want timely elections
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has emphasized the importance of conducting the scheduled general elections on February 8 next year. Speaking to reporters after his appearance before an accountability court in Lahore regarding the Ramzan Sugar Mills reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Shehbaz said, “[Holding the elections on time] is…
-
Rana Sanaullah thinks MQM-P will help PLM-N get up to four seats in Karachi
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah has stated that his party’s alliance with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) could result in three to four candidates securing seats in Karachi in the general elections, The News has reported. Sanaullah passed the opinion after a joint announcement by PML-N and MQM-P that they intend…