Tag: Senate elections
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PPP’s Yousaf Raza Gillani elected Senate chairman ‘unopposed’
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Saidal Nasir Khan were elected as Senate chairman and deputy chairman respectively on Tuesday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senators continuously protested throughout the oath taking session. No other senator submitted his nomination papers against Gillani and Saidal Nasir Khan for the important…
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Senate elections delayed in KPK
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after opposition members filed a plea for postponement because of an issue with the provincial government over oath-taking of MPAs on reserved seats. Interestingly, polling is underway in the National Assembly, Punjab and Sindh assemblies. KP speaker Babar Saleem Swati did…
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PPP’s Gilani says he couldn’t reach Islamabad in time so had to miss important senate session
Leader of the Opposition in Senate Yusuf Raza Gilani, while speaking on Geo News programme, ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, said that he had not received the agenda of the Senate till 1 AM of the night between January 27 to January 28. Speaking about his absence from the Senate on Friday as the State…
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Tehreek-i-Labbaik, Generals and leaked audios: Pakistani politics in 2021
The current political state of affairs of Pakistan is in desperate demand of significant alterations. The conquest to achieving a fundamentally strong democratic sovereign country seems more like a dream. From its beginning in 1947, the country has had a turbulent life with political instability and ethnic disputes characterising its existence. 2021 was no exception.…
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VIDEO: PM admits flouting COVID-19 SOPs, which led to him getting infected
Disclosing how he got infected during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has admitted flouting SOPs during the recently-held Senate elections. Saying that the third wave of COVID-19 was more severe than any previous ones, the premier, in a televised message, urged people to strictly follow government-issued…
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Mustafa Khokhar, Musadik Malik to be billed for Senate wiring: Fawad
Minister for Science Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Dr Musadik Malik will be sent a bill of Rs 54,000 for tearing out the wiring in the Senate Hall in their quest for ‘spy cams’. The minister made these comments in a press conference as well as Geo’s show…
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Sadiq Sanjrani defeats PDM’s Yousaf Raza Gilani, re-elected as Senate Chairman
The ruling party’s candidate, Sadiq Sanjrani, was on Friday elected as the Senate chairman, defeating joint opposition’s candidate Yousaf Raza Gilani by reportedly three votes. According to reports, Sanjrani received 48 votes against Gilani’s 42 whereas seven of the latter’s votes were rejected during count. Earlier, polling for the Senate chairman’s post started at 3…
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Race for Deputy Chairman Senate
Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated Mirza Mohammad Afridi as the PTI government’s candidate for the post of Deputy Chairman Senate, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has announced. “Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated Senator Mirza Mohammad Afridi for Deputy Chairman Slot giving representation to ex-FATA PTI member,” wrote the Minister. Earlier, Defence…
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Imran wins crucial vote as parliamentarians express confidence
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Saturday won the crucial confidence vote in the National Assembly, hanging on to power after his finance adviser Abdul Hafeez Sheikh lost the high-stakes Senate seat election earlier in the week. Needing the support of 172 MPs in the 342-seat House to retain its confidence, the prime minister secured…
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‘With you Captain’: Celebs extend support to PM Imran Khan
After Pakistan Democratic Movement’s candidate Yousuf Raza Gilani emerged victorious against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh in the Senate Elections, Prime Minister Imran Khan in an address to the nation announced that he is going to seek a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday. The premier said the…