Stage set for coalition govt: No party secures majority in NA
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The country on Friday seemed headed for a coalition government as no political party won a majority in the National Assembly after Thursday’s low-turnout election that produced four...
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PML(Q) foresees its rule in Punjab
LAHORE, Oct 11: The PML(Q) firmly believes that being the single largest party in Punjab, it will be able to form its government in the province with Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as...
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PPP may need ally to run Sindh
KARACHI, Oct 11: Despite a clean sweep in Sindh, the People’s Party Parliamentarians do not seem to be in a position as yet to form government on its own in the...
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KSE loses 62 points
KARACHI, Oct 11: Fear of political instability, as initial elections result shows, forced investors to resort to panic selling making the KSE index fall by 62 points at 2,037....
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PML(N) rejects results
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) rejected on Friday the results of Thursday’s elections, charging that they were engineered....
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India-Pakistan conflict to affect US interests: envoy
NEW DELHI, Oct 11: The US ambassador in India, Robert Blackwill, said on Friday that the war in Afghanistan was fought by an international coalition against terrorism, and it could not...
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MMA emerges as major force in Balochistan
QUETTA, Oct 11: The Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA), has emerged a dominating political force and strong parliamentary group in Balochistan after bagging maximum number of seats in Thursday polls....
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10 cops killed in accident
HYDERABAD, Oct 11: Ten policemen and a civilian were killed on National Highway when the vehicles carrying them overturned, near Matiari, some 25km from here, on Friday night....
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Top ANP leaders quit party posts
PESHAWAR, Oct 11: Awami National Party chief, Asfandyar Wali Khan and provincial president, Begum Nasim Wali Khan, have resigned from the party offices accepting the election results....
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Qazi pledges to eliminate social, economic injustice
PESHAWAR, Oct 11: Vice President of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and chief of Jamat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the alliance would work for the removal of social and economic injustice...
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Candidate’s supporters burn phone exchange
QUETTA, Oct 11: An unruly mob burnt the digital exchange of Kohlu township suspending communication link of the area, on Friday....
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JUI(F) may seek top offices in NWFP and Balochistan
PESHAWAR, Oct 11: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl-ur-Rehman group) may stake its claim to the top executive slots in the NWFP and Balochistan after it won the largest number of seats within...
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8 women win on general NA seats
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The results of 192 National Assembly seats announced by the Election Commission till Friday evening showed that eight women have made it to parliament on general seats....
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EC clarifies delay in announcement of results
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The Election Commission of Pakistan clarified on Friday that delay in the announcement of results by the commission was due to heavy load of work....
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C’wealth declares poll transparent
ISLAMABAD, Oct 11: The Commonwealth observers on Friday declared Pakistan’s polls, “for the most part, transparent”, but said there were doubts over whether there was a “truly level-playing field”....
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EU wants end to ‘incursions’
COPENHAGEN, Oct 11: The European Union will put pressure on Pakistan to end alleged incursions into occupied Kashmir in a bid to promote dialogue with India, the Danish EU presidency said...
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