Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Fawad Chaudhry Says ECP Has No Rights to Raise Questions About the Parliament

Fawad Chaudhry

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is an administrative body that is bound to implement the laws imposed by the Parliament. Briefing the media about the decisions taken in the federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said that ECP is not bound … Read more

PPP and PML-N want to keep Overseas Pakistanis out of voting process: Fawad Chaudhry

Fawad Chaudhry criticizes opposition

Federal Information for Minister, Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that the “PPP and PML-N are fearful of overseas Pakistanis”. The minister, while addressing a news conference, said that overseas Pakistanis did not have faith in PPP and the PML-N leadership. Chaudhry spoke in a press conference after a cabinet meeting about the overseas Pakistanis and the … Read more

Hyderabad and several parts of Sindh run out of vaccine supply

Several parts of the province, including Hyderabad, are facing a shortage of vaccine supply, amidst the Sindh government’s escalated vaccination campaign in the province. According to the Sindh Health Department, 40% of the inoculation centers in Hyderabad and parts of lower Sindh have been momentarily closed due to the unattainability of vaccines. Meanwhile, the remaining … Read more

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman says Parliament is under attack in unparalleled ways

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  “Make no mistake, nor is democracy. Telling truth to power has always been a challenge but today it is under threat in dangerous ways,” Sherry Rehman said on Twitter. Speaking at a convention on the occurrences on judiciary and media in Pakistan, she warned that a “storm is coming”. “The first and last blow … Read more

Pervez Khattak Says the Opposition and Government Reached an Agreement

Pervez Khattak Says the Oppostion and Government Reached an Agreement

Pervez Khattak, Defense Minister of Pakistan, announced that the government and Opposition have reached an agreement to run the National Assembly (NA) in an orderly manner. The announcement was made after the days of the fight and general disorder in the Parliament House as Treasury and Opposition benches created a ruckus over the federal budget … Read more

Sindh Budget: Govt allocates Rs329 billion for development expenditures

Sindh: Murad Ali Shah To Present Budget Of Over Rs14 Trillion Today

KARACHI: The Sindh government has allocated development expenditures of Rs329.03 billion in the Sindh budget for the fiscal year 2021/22. The amount includes Rs222.5 billion for the Annual Development Plan (ADP) and Rs30 billion for the districts ADP, foreign project assistance of Rs71.16 billion, and Rs5.4 billion from the federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) … Read more

PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif accused government for revealing “fake” numbers in the budget. 

Shahbaz Sharif

PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif criticized the government, accusing it of misleading commonalities by revealing “fake” numbers in the budget. The leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly was speaking on the federal budget issued by the government a few days ago, plaintive that the poor were anguish from poverty while the government appealed it … Read more

No promotion for govt employees refusing vaccination: Sindh Information Minister

Sindh Govnerment decides to announce lockdown measures

Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has warned that the salaries of those government employees who are not getting themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus would be stopped’. The information minister said that the government employees will not get promotions unless they are vaccinated against COVID-19 while talking to journalists. He further urged people to … Read more

‘We should not play politics with the poor’, Shaukat Tarin

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Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin addressing the post-budget press conference in Islamabad today, stated that the government had presented an aggregate growth budget, and their challenge is to alleviate the GDP. The finance minister said that the poor and deprived in Pakistan had not conventional loans and training for the last 70 years. He said loans … Read more

10% increase in salary ‘worst joke’, Ahsan Iqbal

Ahsan-Iqbal

PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal criticized the government’s suggestion to increase the income of salaried individuals by 10% and called the move the “worst joke”, taking to Twitter. “A 10% increase in the salaries after record inflation is the worst joke made by the government with them,” tweeted Iqbal. “We reject this. At least a 20% … Read more

Opposition leaders decides to give govt ‘tough time’, insists on not letting budget pass

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Opposition leaders, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday stated that the Opposition would join hands to work together and give a hard time to the current government, declaring to not let the budget navigate through in the National Assembly. Bilawal alongside Shahbaz, speaking to the media after the parliament’s … Read more

NAB opposes Zardari’s transfer plea

Asif Zardari Seeks Interim Bail From Islamabad High Court On NAB Inquiry

NAB opposes former president Asif Ali Zardari’s request for the transfer of his trials from accountability courts in Islamabad to a court in Karachi keeping in view of his illness. One of the NAB’s directors-general has acquiesced a 13-page statement in the Supreme Court in response to Zardari’s plea. The statement stated that the accountability courts … Read more

Bilawal strongly criticized PTI-led government

Bilawal Terms PTI Regime As Worst Period In History Of Country

In a press release by the PPP media cell on Wednesday, The PPP chairman Bilawal strongly criticized the PTI-led government’s decision of the National Economic Council. “Imran Khan has made the future of the nation a joke,” quoted Bilawal. The PPP chairman said that the “mafia” working under Imran Khan “claims to focus on development … Read more

Bilawal ‘rejects’ upcoming Budget 2021-22

Bilawal Criticizes 'Poor Economic Policies' Of PTI Government

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday “rejected” the upcoming budget for 2021-22, saying that the “selected prime minister made a selected budget which will not be accepted in any way”. The PPP chairman strongly criticized the decision of the National Economic Council to allocate a “meager” fund for the health and education sector in … Read more

Asad Umar slights Sindh CM letter, affirms commitment to Sindh’s development

Pakistan vaccinates 5 crore people with at least one jab: Asad Umar

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar slights Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah over his letter complaining about supposed partiality in Sindh’s development and declared the federal government’s commitment to expansion projects in Sindh. The chief minister had urged Prime Minister Imran Khan in a harshly worded letter on Saturday to reassess the … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry criticizes opposition Parties

Fawad Chaudhry criticizes opposition

Fawad Chaudhry Minister for Information and Broadcasting criticizes the opposition and stated that the PPP and PML-N should review their vision once again. Fawad Chaudhry Minister for Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday stated that there was indeed a need to bring improvements in Pakistan Railways a day after the Gotki train accident that took the … Read more

‘Raiwand’s prime minister’ sent abroad despite conviction: Bilawal

Our Allies Don't Want To Oust Imran Khan And Buzdar: Bilawal

“Raiwand’s prime minister” Nawaz Sharif went abroad despite being sentenced, stated Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday. “If the president is from Nawabshah (Asif Ali Zardari), he remains on medical bail despite trumped-up charges,” chairman PPP said during a press conference in Islamabad. Whereas Bilawal said Zardari remains in Pakistan moving from one doctor to … Read more

Sindh decides to reopen the schools

Saeed Ghani

The provincial education minister on Thursday said that the Sindh government will decide on June 4 whether to reopen schools in the province. Ghani stated that the provincial officials will meet to review the coronavirus situation in the province on Friday. It is to notice that the daily cases of coronavirus infections had sparked up … Read more

Shehbaz Sharif will appear in PDM meeting for the first time tomorrow

For the first time Shehbaz Sharif will appear in PDM meeting

Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) President will be going to appear in the meeting held by PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) tomorrow (Saturday).

According to the reports, Shehbaz left Lahore for Islamabad, for the meeting with Maulana Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F ‘Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’ chief and PDM head) which will be going too held at the latter’s residence.

Sources told that it’s the first time ever that Shehbaz is going to attend a meeting held by an opposition party. They further said, “Fazlur Rehman invited Shehbaz Sharif to a reception”.

Earlier, a meeting of PDM with Shehbaz was scheduled before eid but it was postponed by Shehbaz. Before this Shehbaz met Maulana so that the PDM platform can be revived again by seeing its success in the past.

Shehbaz told Maulana to bring back PPP (Pakistan Peoples Party) and ANP (Awami National Party) in the PDM to ensure their success, they both believe that PDM could be effective only if all the opposition parties stand united, keeping their differences aside. They all wanted to be together before the budget session.

Meanwhile, Maulana refused to stand with PPP and ANP and even refused to invite them to the PDM session.

Maulana said, “The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership is not mature enough to follow the protocols used to be followed by the politicians”, he further said that, “The JUI will present its proposals in the May 29 PDM session and a joint line of action will be decided in consultation with other parties”.

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PDM Chief expresses discontentment over PPP’s political behavior

PDM Chief expresses discontentment over PPP’s political behavior

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday expressed displeasure over Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) political behavior and said that they ‘must admit their mistake.’ According to the details, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shahbaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman met in Islamabad today. According to sources, the two leaders discussed issues related … Read more

PPP is working to restore constitutional rule in the country: Qamar Zaman

Kaira backs Mazari's decision

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that PPP is working to restore constitutional rule in the country. While speaking on the BOL News program “Bus Bohat Ho Gaya” PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira has expressed how Shahid Khaqan deviated from his authority. “PPP demanded that Shahid Khaqan apologizes to us.” PPP … Read more

PPP’s Candidate Dada Muhammad Halepoto Wins PS-70 Matli By-Election

Dada Muhammad Halepoto

According to the unconfirmed and unofficial results, Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) candidate Dada Muhammad Halepoto has won the PS-70 Matli by-election in Badin.

According to unconfirmed results, PPP candidate Dada Muhammad Halepoto won with 46,354 votes, while Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam candidate Maulana Gul Hassan Zaur secured 6,435 votes.

According to the Election Commission, 123 polling stations were set up for polling in PS-70, 41 polling stations have been declared sensitive and 12 highly sensitive.

Six candidates have contested in the by-poll including PPP’s Ahmad Abdullah Halepoto, JUI-F’s Maulana Gul Hassan, GDA’s Shahid Virk, MWM’s Asad Leghari, and banned TLP’s Pir Muhammad Ali Sarhandi.

The seat became vacant following the death of the PPP’s Bashir Ahmed Halepoto. Ahmad Abdullah Halepoto has been given a party ticket for the by-election by the People’s Party.

In the wake of escalating COVID-19 instances, the ECP has urged the local government to appoint healthcare staff for the Matli by-election in order to adequately execute COVID SOPs throughout the polling process

On the other hand, hidden cameras were installed inside and outside each polling station to check the voting process, while Rangers and police were also deployed to maintain law and order.

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Bilawal Bhutto mocks Federal Government over rising inflation

Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that in the current crisis, Sindh has launched Benazir Mazdoor Card under which workers would be able to avail all necessary benefits and facilities such as education, health, marriage grants, financial assistance, scholarships, and pensions. According to the details, in a recent statement, PPP … Read more

PM Imran, Senate Chairman discuss parliamentary matters

PM Imran, Senate Chairman discuss parliamentary matters

Chairman of the Senate Sadiq Sanjrani called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at his office on Wednesday (today).

According to the details, parliamentary issues and matters related to legislation in Senate came under discussion in the meeting.

In March this year, the Senate chairman election concluded with government-backed candidates Sadiq Sanjrani and Mirza Mohammad Afridi emerging as the victors.

In the race for chairman, Sanjrani defeated Opposition candidate Yousaf Raza Gillani with 48 votes, while Gillani received 42 votes.

On the other hand, government candidate Afridi won the election for the deputy chairman of the Senate with 54 votes, defeating Opposition’s Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who grabbed 44 votes.

Senator Syed Muzafar Hussain Shah of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional, who was the presiding officer, administered the oath of chairman to Sanjrani.

During counting, seven votes cast for Gillani were rejected. According to the presiding officer, the stamps were not placed correctly on the ballot paper which rendered them null and void.

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PPP Has Become A Champion Of Rigging: Rana Tanveer Hussain

PPP Has Become A Champion Of Rigging: Rana Tanveer Hussain

Chairman Public Accounts Committee Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that PPP has become a champion of rigging. According to details, Chairman Public Accounts Committee Rana Tanveer Hussain while talking on the BOL News program “Bus Bohat Ho Gaya” said that the circumstances and environment of the constituency also show which party is winning. Rana Tanveer … Read more

PML-N’s Demand To Hand Over Polling Box To Army Was Beyond Comprehension: Bilawal

PML-N's Demand To Hand Over Polling Box To Army Was Beyond Comprehension: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the main task for electoral reforms is to end the role of the Establishment in the elections. Talking to media in Karachi, Bilawal Bhutto said that if the role of the establishment will not be ended, no matter how much legislation is enacted, elections will … Read more

‘PML-N has no right to raise a hue and cry about NA-249 election results,’ Saeed Ghani

Saeed Ghani

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Saeed Ghani on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) for accusing the former of rigging in NA-249 by-election. According to the details, while addressing a news conference today, Saeed Ghani said that the PML-N lost the NA-249 by-election owing to its mismanagement and overconfidence. He said that … Read more