Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tariq Butt
Islamabad While there is no ambiguity that Senator Ishaq Dar is the next finance minister, Nawaz Sharif, who will be shortly sworn in as the prime minister, has not so far even hinted to most other aspirants about their induction ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The constitutionally mandated strict anti-defection law will equally apply to around 80 independent winners if they join any political party within three days after they are notified. They will be formally treated as ...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) will charge a service fee of Rs10 for verification of every thumb impression on the ballot paper from the candidate on whose demand this process will be ordered. ...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: While there is no ambiguity that Senator Ishaq Dar is the next finance minister, Nawaz Sharif, who will be shortly sworn in as the prime minister, has not so far even hinted to most other aspirants about their induction in ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The performance of MQM in the much talked about National Assembly constituency, NA-250 Karachi, has not been highly impressive compared to its firm grip over other areas of the city, results of the previous general ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD The performance of MQM in the much talked about National Assembly constituency, NA-250 Karachi, has not been highly impressive compared to its firm grip over other areas of the city, results of the previous general ...

Monday, May 20, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: Some of PTI chief Imran Khan’s Aitchesonian contemporaries are his close confidants, while others are his leading rivals in the murky political field. The only National Assembly seat that the PTI chief lost was taken ...

Monday, May 20, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The PPP s unlikely to secure even a single reserved woman seat in the NA from Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan while it will get many special females inducted from Sindh. On the contrary, the PML-N will ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: While accepting dozens of independents, elected to the national and Punjab assemblies, in the party fold, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership has made no commitment with any one of them for accommodation in ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tariq Butt
Islamabad The vociferous demands of certain losing candidates for verification of ballots alleging rigging apart, only election tribunals and not the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), are empowered to order rechecking of any ...