LAHORE: The lines are drawn and the internal divide within the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz camp is crystal clear. According to party sources, the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif had somewhat managed to clear the dust for the time being by instructing party Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal to issue show cause … Read more
The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerged victorious in the cantonment board elections across the country, but it has failed to make a dent in arch-rival PML-N’s fortress Punjab. As per the unofficial results of Punjab’s 113 wards, PML-N had emerged as the largest party by winning 51 seats, followed by PTI with 28 seats and … Read more
LAHORE: Former Sindh governor Mohammad Zubair warned that the falling rupee is causing havoc in the economy as it is leading to inflation and increasing the national debt. “The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has pumped in $1.2 billion in the open market since June this year to stabilise the falling value of rupee. Even … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday asked to prepare an analytical report on the outcome of the cantonment board elections in the country, stated sources. According to the sources, PM Imran has required the details of election results in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan, and Peshawar. The analytical report is intended to disinterring the details for the … Read more
Hassan Naqvi LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi claimed on Saturday that the PTI government’s desperation to bring about electronic voting machines, despite ECP objections, indicates that they want to use the technology to rig the next elections. “PTI does not want to accept that the decision of using EVMs rests with the Election … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab which has the largest cantonment areas in the country is going to see a major political battle between the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Sunday’s Local Government elections, to be held in all the 42 cantonment boards of the country. All preparations for the polls have been completed … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is divided on the idea of moving a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan at the centre and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in Punjab. The Shehbaz Sharif camp is in favour of moving a no-confidence motion against PM Imran and CM Buzdar but the Nawaz Sharif camp, led by … Read more
LAHORE: The internal rift between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is causing a lot of problems within the party and has turned it into a divided house, BOL News learnt on Thursday Party insiders say fissures within the party have become clear after PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz statement on the party’s prime minister candidate. Maryam … Read more
LAHORE: PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has expressed grave concern and alarm over Pakistan’s expulsion from the list of emerging markets (EM) on the Morgan Stanley Capital International’s indexes. In a statement, Shehbaz said this exclusion from the MSCI’s list was “deeply disturbing and worrying”. He said that this is indicative of the rapidly deteriorating economic … Read more
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has advised Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar and Punjab Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed to meet Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and keep them on board regarding the upcoming local bodies elections. “Both of you should meet the PML-Q Leader Chaudhry … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to approach other opposition parties to form a joint committee to stop the PTI government from establishing the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The decision was taken by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif while chairing an important consultative meeting of his party over the PMDA. The party decided … Read more
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were opposing the election reforms and Pakistan Media Development Authority without reading a word of the draft proposals. In a tweet on Tuesday, the minister said that the two leaders do not even know what … Read more
LAHORE. Heads have been continually rolling at key government departments during the three-year rule of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, a situation that has put the provincial bureaucracy in disarray. In the last three years, the Punjab government has replaced four chief secretaries, six inspector generals of police (IGPs), five principal secretaries to CM, four … Read more
LAHORE. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif – who is on a three-day visit to Karachi – paid on Saturday condolence visits to the families of a number of deceased politicians including former president and PML-N stalwart Mamnoon Hussain and Sindh former governor Mumtaz Bhutto. Meeting Hussain’s sons at their residence, Shehbaz noted that the former president … Read more
LAHORE. President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif will be reaching Karachi today [Friday] to attend a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership which is scheduled for Saturday. He will also represent the PML-N at PDM’s rally, scheduled for Sunday. During his stay, Shahbaz will also meet key political figures and businessmen in … Read more
The spokesperson of PML-N Punjab expressed concern over the increasing incidents of harassment of women and demanded the resignation of the Punjab Chief Minister. According to details, PML-N Punjab spokesperson Uzma Bukhari while expressing concern over the increasing incidents of harassment and molestation of women in Lahore said that the Chief Minister and Punjab Law … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is consistently lying to the people of the country and trying to convince them that they are the real founders of Pakistan, a senior Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader said. Addressing a press conference, PML-N secretary-general Ahsan Iqbal said that Shaukat Tarin must read his party’s Vision 2025 and learn … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar’s decision to remove his principal secretary, Tahir Khurshid has set the rumour mills abuzz since Tahir was regarded as a “star bureaucrat” on whom the chief minister relied completely. Rumors are rife that Tahir was removed due to his decision to appoint the notorious Umer Sheikh as Lahore’s capital … Read more
Irfan Siddiqui, a PML-N senator and a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Information, announced his full opposition to the Media Authority Bill inside and outside Parliament. In a statement, Irfan Siddiqui said that the government’s proposal to set up a Media Development Authority was tantamount to further intimidating the already pressured media and … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called on the international community to hold India accountable for the usurpation of the rights of Kashmiris. In a statement on Youm-e-Istehsal, the PML-N president expressed solidarity with the people of occupied Kashmir on the second anniversary of India’s illegal unilateral revocation of the … Read more
LAHORE: PML-N Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has called the new inquiry against Shehbaz Sharif another episode of the hooliganism by NAB-Niazi alliance mob. In a statement, Marriyum said this inquiry is yet another attempt to harass Shehbaz Sharif. “This unholy alliance had been exposed in front of the courts and the people alike, yet it … Read more
LAHORE: The treasury and the opposition members of the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Tuesday exhibited rare show of unanimity for the joint cause of their privileges, which is occasionally breached by the powerful bureaucracy in the province. The assembly also snubbed the governor as it passed the ‘Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges (Amendment) Bill … Read more
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that efforts to break down between PML-N and other parties will not succeed. He expressed his views through several tweets. He also mentioned that PML-N’s goal is not to struggle to win or lose the east but to be freed from … Read more
Lahore: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Hina Pervez Butt submitted on Monday a resolution in Punjab Assembly (PA) seeking apology and resignation from Federal Minister Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur for his remarks against party vice president Maryam Nawaz. The resolution stated that Gandapur’s use of obscene words about PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif has made up his mind that his daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz will lead the party in the future instead of his brother and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, a source confirmed to BOL News on Saturday. It is no more … Read more
Lahore: Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has given a strong message to the people in the PP-38 by-polls about the importance of honesty and corruption-free politics. Talking to newsmen in Sialkot on Thursday, Firdous said the PML-N called its leaders, thugs and … Read more
According to the unofficial results, PTI candidate Ahsan Saleem Baryar has won the PP-38 by-election on Wednesday, beating PML-N’s Tariq Subhani by 7,117 votes. The seat was left unoccupied after PML-N’s Akhtar Subhani passed away. The polling started at 8 am and remained unrelentingly till 5 pm, however, rain altered the polling process in some … Read more
KARACHI: The Tax authorities, in a move to give relief to the masses, on Monday notified a significant reduction in the sales tax rate on petrol to 10.77 per cent. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued an SRO 937 (I)/2021 to reduce the sales tax rate on petrol to 10.77 per cent ad valorem … Read more
