KARACHI: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday announced to organize the upcoming Local Government elections in Karachi under the supervision of army, saying the polls will be organized on December 5 at all costs.
Addressing a press conference, Secretary ECP Babar Yaqoob Fateh pointed out that out of the total of 4141 polling stations, just 234 are normal while the rest of them either fall under the category of 'sensitive' or ‘extremely sensitive’.
He said in case it is decided to place Rangers personnel inside polling stations, it will be ensured that they are granted powers of a magistrate.
Babar Yaqoob Fateh said the District Returning Officers will have the powers to register cases against anyone found violating the ECP code of conduct during the polls.
He complained that some provincial institutions including Steel Mill and Port Qasim were not extending cooperation.
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday handed over four workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to Rangers custody on 90-day remand.
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) ended its protest rally against raids on its campaign offices and arrests of its workers ahead of the local government elections in Karachi.
Hours after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gave the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clearance for a Pakistan-India cricket series in Sri Lanka, Indian media reported that the country's government has also given a green signal to its cricket board for the proposed series next month.
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Sunday demanded of the government to first undertake building of routes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
DUBAI: The deadlock over a proposed series between arch-rivals India and Pakistan continued despite a meeting between the heads of the two boards in Dubai on Sunday, described as “fruitful” but without a breakthrough.
KARACHI: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passed away at a private hospital in Karachi on Saturday. He will be laid to rest this afternoon.
Fahim had been ailing for some time and had returned to Pakistan late last month to spend some time family and friends. He had been brought to Karachi via an air ambulance on the 26th of October.
Prior to his return, the senior leader and veteran politician had been receiving treatment in Germany, England and the UAE and in light of his deteriorating health he wished to return home to Pakistan for a few days, his spokesman Aslam Pirzada told Geo News upon his return last month.
DUBAI: The Pakistan-India cricket series may be back on the cards again after Giles Clark the President of the English Cricket Board has put his efforts behind making it possible.
It is expected the chairmen of the PCB and the BCCI are expected to meet tomorrow in Dubai where it could be decided that the series will be played in Bangladesh or Sri Lanka.
WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif visited the White House in Washington DC on Thursday where he met US Vice President Joe Biden.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday said those responsible for the Paris tragedy were enemies of Islam and humanity.
LONDON/BAMAKO: Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali´s capital Friday, holding170 guests and staff hostage in a suspected Islamist attack that has left at least three people dead.
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob has said that the environment has so far remained largely peaceful in the second phase of the local government elections currently underway in Punjab and Sindh provinces.
ANTALYA: Turkey warned France almost a year ago over a suspected Islamic State (IS) militant who blew himself up in the bloody Paris attacks but the French authorities did not respond, a senior Turkish official said on Monday.
ISLAMABAD: The pilot in command of a Shaheen Air International plane that skidded off the runway in Lahore earlier this month has denied that he was intoxicated during the flight, rejecting a medical report claiming he had an unacceptable level of blood alcohol.
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had declared 960 out of a total 11,869 polling stations highly sensitive for the upcoming second phase of local government elections in 12 districts of Punjab province.
KARACHI: One policeman was martyred while another sustained injuries when terrorists attacked a check-post near the Super Highway on Saturday.
KARACHI: Taking notice of recent statements issued by various Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders about Army Chief’s criticism at governance issues, party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday barred all from issuing anymore such statements.
LAHORE: Rescue operations continue even on the sixth day, at the Sundar Industrial Estate where a factory producing shopping bags collapsed killing dozens and injuring many more.
LAHORE: The nation is celebrating the 138th birth anniversary of great poet and philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal today (Monday).