Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The victorious members of powerful political families and groups, who stubbornly, but rightly, refused to contest the elections on the PML-N ticket and won as independents, have hurriedly joined it as it would form the ...

Friday, May 17, 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 ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain is apparently on the back foot and under pressure simply because of his own doings, flip-flops and unguarded lethal language he used during the last five days. Certain ...

Friday, May 17, 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 ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The smaller provinces are likely to clinch the top elected offices of the President of Pakistan and Speaker of the National Assembly with the position of the prime minister obviously going to Punjab. “Since this time we ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have gone in a tailspin after their dismal collapse in Saturday’s general elections. Instead of engaging in unending brainstorming sessions to identify ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: Former Federal Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, who lost from his native area against PML-N candidate in Saturday’s general elections, urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to verify nearly 35,000 bogus ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected National Assembly will elect the new prime minister before the end of the current month. The national and provincial assemblies have to meet on or before June 1 under the Constitution. The president ...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: As the first-ever third-time prime minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif will be required to meticulously watch out for his relations with the Pakistan Army, generally known as the establishment, apart from facing a host of other ...

Monday, May 13, 2013
Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: To be elected president of Pakistan a candidate will need at least 354 votes from the 706-member electoral college comprising the Senate, National Assembly and four provincial assemblies in a one-on-one contest, a figure ...