Tag: Punjab polls
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Chief Justice asks govt and PTI to sit together again on elections matter
While hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea to revisit its April 4 order on Punjab polls, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Umar Ata Bandial, said on Monday that both government and Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) should resume talks. Justice Bandial said that the constitution guaranteed political rights. “We don’t want to get into political…
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Parliament rejects the verdict of Supreme Court
The National Assembly (NA) has passed a resolution rejecting the verdict of the three-member bench of the Supreme Court about holding polls in Punjab on May 14. The resolution was moved by Balochistan Awami Party lawmaker Khalid Magsi and approved by a majority of the lawmakers. Previously, the govt demanded a full bench for the…
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Ap ko tab jazbaati hona chahiye tha jab Nawaz Sharif ko nikala gaya, Maryam tells Chief Justice
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, speaking at a lawyers’ convention, criticised Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial after the Supreme Court (SC) verdict of holding of Punjab polls on May 14. “I saw tickers on TV attributed to the CJP, that said that the chief justice got emotional during…