Published 12 May, 2013 08:47pm

PTI’s protest over NA-250 rigging continues

Supporters of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) protest at Teen-Talwar Clifton against alleged rigging in NA-250 constituency in Karachi.

PTI leader and its candidate for NA-250 Arif Alvi is expected to deliver a speech at the protest soon.

Published 12 May, 2013 06:22pm

Singh invites Nawaz to India

Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has issued an invitation to Nawaz Sharif Sunday, who emerged victorious in the May 11 election, to come to India.

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Published 12 May, 2013 05:44pm

PPP sweeps Nawabshah

In Nawabshah, Pakistan Peoples Party won both national assembly seats and five provincial assembly seats. President Asif Ali Zardari's sister, Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, won on Nawabshah-I NA-213 for the third consecutive time, beating her MQM rival. In In NA-214 Nawabshah-II, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah of PPP also won the seat for the third consecutive time, beating his PML-N opponent.

At the same time, the deputy commissioner Shaheed Benazirabad has approached the Sindh home department seeking permission and assistance for deployment of the army in Nawabshah city after law and order took a downturn Saturday onwards - a clash took place between PPP and MQM, leading to three people losing their lives. This includes two MQM workers. More than 12 were injured in the clashes over the last 24 hours. Firing by different groups continued to take place in different parts of the city.

Published 12 May, 2013 04:43pm

Hoti secures first NA seat for ANP

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Amir Haider Khan Hoti of the Awami National Party (ANP), has secured a victory from the NA-9 Mardan-1 constituency with 44,704 votes, becoming the first candidate from the party to win a National Assembly seat in this year's general elections.

Published 12 May, 2013 04:27pm

Imran alleges rigging after accepting defeat

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Chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has reportedly alleged rigging in the elections after accepting defeat while also indicating that his party would sit in the opposition benches of the National Assembly.

Khan held the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) responsible for failing to stop the alleged rigging of polls in certain areas.

Moreover, PTI's spokesperson, Dr Shireen Mazari, told media personnel after meeting Imran Khan that he had authorised his party to issue a white paper on the alleged rigging of polls in some constituencies.

Khan has also said his party would form the next government in Khyber Paktunkhwa province after being elected into parliament, where his main opponent conceded defeat.

Published 12 May, 2013 04:20pm

Musharraf's party wins seats in Chitral despite boycott

Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) managed to win a seat each in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency, despite announcing a boycott of 2013 general elections.

APML  candidate Shehzada Iftikhar ud Din won the NA-32 seat with 19,938 votes against second-placed Abdul Latif belonging to the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, who had grabbed 16,638 votes.

Moreover Ghulam Mohammad, APML candidate from PK-90, won his seat securing 10,646 against Pakistan Peoples Party candidate who had received 10,524 votes.

Moreover PPP's Saleem Khan with 11,285 votes defeated APML's Shehzada Khalid in PK-89 constituency.

The APML had announced a boycott of the general elections 2013 after the rejection of Musharraf's nomination papers from all provinces and the imposition of a lifetime ban.

The party's candidate from Chitral, Shahzada Iftikhar ud Din, had  decided to stay in the field despite the boycott.

The former military ruler is under house arrest on judicial remand at his Chak Shehzad residence, which was declared as a sub-jail, after a bench of the Islamabad High Court rejected the extension of his bail in the judges detention case.

Pervez Musharraf returned to Pakistan on March 23 after more than four years in self-exile to participate in the upcoming elections.

Published 12 May, 2013 02:44pm

One killed, eight injured in a clash in Nawabshah

At least one person was killed and eight others injured in a clash between two groups near a District Returning Officer's (DRO) office in Nawabshah.

According to a report, firing took place after the clash due to which one person was killed and eight others were injured.

Following the incident, another clash occurred between police personnel and protesters. Moreover, police detained four of the demonstrators.

The wounded were shifted to People's Medical College in Nawabshah.

Published 12 May, 2013 01:55pm

Singh, Karzai congratulate Nawaz on winning elections

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif received a call from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulating him on his early victory in the historic May 11 polls.

Moreover, caretaker prime minister Mir Hazar Khan khoso also telephoned Sharif today to congratulate him.

Partial, unofficial results from Saturday's election showed a stunning comeback for Nawaz Sharif who was earlier deposed as prime minister in a 1999 military coup and spent years in jail and exile.

"We are going to form a national policy to counter terrorism by consulting every political party and different stakeholders to make Pakistan a safer place," said Pervez Rashid, the spokesman for PML-N, while speaking to media personnel in Lahore.

Moreover, he added that they respect every party's mandate in their province and will hold considerations with them.

Published 12 May, 2013 01:54pm

Re-polling to take place at 43 polling stations in NA-250

The ECP has officially announced that re-polling will take place at 43 polling stations in Karachi's NA-250 constituency. Earlier, on Election Day, voting started at several stations in the constituency extremely late, and in one polling station in DHA Phase IV, it did not take place at all.

Published 12 May, 2013 01:53pm

Shah Mehmood Qureshi loses Multan seat

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PTI Vice President Shah Mehmood Qureshi. — File Photo

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-president Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi lost the elections in NA-148 Multan I constituency to Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Abdul Ghaffar Dogar, who secured 80,666 votes.

Qureshi was runner-up with 59,731 votes.

To view Qureshi's profile, click here.

Published 12 May, 2013 01:28pm

ECP announces official results of Imran's NA-56 victory

The Election Commission of Pakistan officially announced the results of Rawalpindi's NA-56 constituency where Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief beat Pakistan Muslim league - Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Hanif Abbasi.

Imran had secured 79,949 votes followed by Hanif Abbasi at second place with 66,000 votes.

Hanif's other rival, Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, had also earlier forfeited his candidature from the constituency in favour of Imran.

Published 12 May, 2013 01:15pm

Shock defeat for Asfandyar Wali in Charsadda's NA-7 constituency

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ANP leader Asfandyar Wali Khan. — File Photo

Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan suffered an upset defeat in Charsadda's NA-7 constituency at the hands of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl candidate Maulana M Gohar Shah who won with 53,492 votes beating runners-up candidate of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Fazal Muhammad Khan.

Asfandyar managed to secure hardly 2,000 votes, moreover his party has yet to win any National Assembly seat in the elections.

To view a profile of Asfandyar, click here.

Published 12 May, 2013 12:49pm

Profile: Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif
A former two-time premier and chief minister of Punjab, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif heads Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan’s largest political party. Sharif's party is leading in the May 11 general elections. In the 2013 polls, he emerged victorious from Lahore's NA-120 and Sargodha's NA-68 and is likely to form a government at the centre. Click here to read more.

Published 12 May, 2013 12:06pm

JUI-F grabs NA seat in Mardan

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate Maulana Muhammad Qasim won the NA-10 Mardan-2 constituency securing 22,259 votes against Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) candidate Ali Muhammad who had received 21,149 votes.

Published 12 May, 2013 12:01pm

Clash between PML-N, ANP supporters kills one in Mardan

At least one person was killed and several others injured in a shoot-out during a clash between supporters of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) and Awami National Party (ANP) in Mardan's Par Hoti area.

Moreover, several homes of the opponents were burnt following the clash.

Later, a contingent of police personnel arrived at the site of the incident and brought the situation under control.

Published 12 May, 2013 11:19am

Nawaz Sharif calls meeting of party leaders in Raiwind

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Former premier Nawaz Sharif is flanked by his brother Shahbaz Sharif as he addresses supporters in Lahore after his party’s victory in the May 11 general election. — Photo by AFP

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has called a meeting of party leaders in Raiwind as unofficial officials reflected a PML-N majority in the country's historic general elections held on May 11.

The meeting is expected to discuss questions pertaining to government formation and the possibilities of striking alliances with other political parties.

Earlier on Saturday, the Sharif brothers claimed victory in the general elections, announcing that the elder Sharif would stake claim for prime ministership.

Speaking to his supporters in Lahore, Nawaz Sharif thanked the nation for reposing trust in him.

Nawaz Sharif has remained prime minister twice – in 1990 and 1997 – but both of his governments were prematurely dismissed, once by then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan and then in 1999 in a military coup by former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.

Published 12 May, 2013 10:50am

Khawaja Saad Rafique takes Lahore's NA-125

Khawaja Saad Rafique wins from NA-125 (Lahore-VIII) securing 1,20,857 votes. The election saw a contest among 19 candidates with Saad Rafique and Naveed Chaudhry as the main contenders. Saad Rafique also won the seat in 2008 when he defeated Humayun Akhtar. To read a profile of the PML-N leader, click here.