Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Mufti Kifayatullah injured, son and daughter killed in firing

Mufti Kifayatullah

MALAKAND: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) central leader Mufti Kifayatullah and his wife were injured, while two people lost their lives in a firing incident in Batkhela, Malakand. According to Levies officials, the incident occurred at the residence of JUI’s district chief, Mufti Kifayatullah, when unidentified assailants opened fire. According to Levies officials, Mufti Kafayatullah’s son and … Read more

PPP emerged as largest party with 26 seats

PPP emerged as largest party with 26 seats

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR/LAHORE: The ruling coalition in Pakistan has solidified its majority in the Senate following extensive elections held across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab assemblies, marking a significant shift in the legislative landscape. In the upper house, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerged as the largest party with 26 seats, followed by the Pakistan Muslim League … Read more

Khalid Magsi wins NA-254 Jhal Magsi

Khalid Magsi NA-254

The Election Commission has received the results of NA-254 Jhal Magsi, according to which Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Chief Khalid Magsi has won. According to the unofficial and non-final result, Khalid Magsi of BAP has been declared successful with 79304 votes. Added to that, NA 254 candidate Nizamuddin of JUI could only get 44763 votes. … Read more

General Election 2024: Latest party position  

Election

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the results of the National and Provincial Assemblies seats.

Latest party position is being updated with regular intervals

Party National Assembly Punjab Assembly Sindh Assembly Balochistan Assembly KP Assembly
PTI-backed Independents 95 117 11 0 80
 PML-N 74 136 0 10 5
PPP 54 10 83 11 4
MQM-P 17 0 27 0 0
Independents 9 22 3 5 8
JUI-F 3 0 1 9 8
PML 3 7 0 0 0
IPP 2 1 0 0 0
BNP 2 1 0 2 0
PML-Z 1 1 0 0 0
MWM 1 0 0 0 0
PNAP 1 6 0 0 0
BAP 1 0 0 4 0
PkMAP 1 0 0 1 0
NP 1 0 0 3 0
TLP 0 1 0 0 0
ANP 0 0 0 2 1
Haq Do Tehreek Balochistan 0 0 0 1 0
PNAP 0 0 0 0 0
GDA 0 0 3 0 0
JIP 0 0 2 1 3
Pakistan Rah-E-Haq Party 0 0 0 1 0
BNP-A 0 0 0 1 0
PTI-P 0 0 0 0 2
NDM 0 0 0 0 0

At least 17,816 independent and party-affiliated candidates contested 265 National Assembly, 296 Punjab Assembly, 130 Sindh Assembly, 113 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and 51 Balochistan seats — a total of 855.

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CTD arrests terrorists planning to attack JUI, ANP chiefs 

CTD

PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Peshawar arrested two suicide bombers belonging to the ISIS-K from the Matani area on Friday.

The terrorists were planning to attack the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and the Awami National Party (ANP) president Aimal Wali.

Speaking to the media, Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP) Operations Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Najam Husnain Liaquat said that there was a report of the presence of a suicide bomber in Matani, on which the suicide bomber was arrested.

SSP CTD said that the arrested suicide bomber was identified as Adil Khan, while on the identification of the arrested terrorist, another accomplice Tahir was arrested.

Najam Al-Hussain also said that the terrorists had planned to target Maulana Fazal ur Rehman and Amil Wali Khan, the terrorists belonging to the Daesh Khorasan group.

The CTD officials said that the terrorists had also completed the reiki of the Mufti Mehmood Center as part of the plan.

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No Coalition with PTI in general polls: Asif Zardari

Asif Zardari general polls

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has directed the party leaders not to coalition with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the elections. According to the details, the inside story of former President Asif Ali Zardari’s meeting with the party leaders at the Governor’s House has come out. In this regard, party sources said that … Read more

KPK governor visits Swat along with relatives on government helicopter

KPK governor helicopter

A video of the governor has gone viral on social media. The KPK governor took his grandson and business leader on a helicopter. The governor also refused to sign the bill for the illegal use of government helicopters. Peshawar: The video of Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KPK) Ghulam Ali’s visit to Swat went viral on Sunday. … Read more

ECP starts consultations with political parties

ECP
  • PTI and JUI invited for consultation by ECP .
  • PTI insisted on ensuring  elections within 90 days.
  • PTI should be allowed to hold political rallies.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission(ECP) held its first meeting on Thursday to consult political parties regarding the election roadmap.

In the first phase, Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam(JUI-F) were invited for consultation by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The meeting was presided over by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja. The meeting was also attended by the members of the Election Commission, the Secretary Election Commission, and other senior officers. The feedback of both parties was to be taken on the road map.

The Election Commission spokesperson said that PTI has insisted on ensuring that elections are held within 90 days as per the constitution. The PTI delegation believes that there is no need for new constituencies at this time.
Babar Awan, Ali Zafar, Umair Niazi, and Ali Muhammad Khan from PTI attended the meeting. Abdul Ghafoor Hydari, Jalaluddin, and others attended the meeting on behalf of JUI.

The PTI delegation demanded that the immediate release of various arrested leaders and workers should be ensured. The party should be allowed to hold political rallies and the party should be given equal opportunities in politics like other parties.

The JUI(F) delegation said that there is no doubt that holding the election is a requirement of the constitution. The results of the census have been officially published, the Election Commission should complete the process of constituencies first.

JUI members said that according to the new census, there is a need for correct registration of voters, and the lists of polling stations should also be corrected. The appointment of impartial and honest ROs, and DROs should also be ensured.

The spokesperson of the Election Commission said that the ECP is trying to hold the election as soon as possible, so all the parties will have equal opportunities in the elections.

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Terrorism is happening in Pakistan from Afghanistan : JUI chief

Pakistan
  • A Grand Tribal Jirga was held at a local hotel.
  • political and tribal elders of Pashtun belt participated.
  • Tribal jirga expressed grief over loss of life in Bajaur blast.

PESHAWAR: The Head of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazal ur Rehman has said that terrorism is happening in Pakistan from Afghanistan, so the Afghan government should be asked to take action.

A Grand Tribal Jirga was held at a local hotel under JUI in Peshawar in which political and tribal elders of the Pashtun belt participated.

Amir Jamaat e Islami Siraj-ul-Haq, General Secretary of PPP Nayar Bukhari, Faisal Karim Kundi, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, and Mian Iftikhar Hussain of Awami National Party were present.

Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, while holding a press conference after the tribal jirga in Peshawar, said that the tribal jirga expressed grief over the loss of life in the Bajaur blast and condoled with the families of the deceased.

He said that the Jirga expressed concern over the incidents of terrorism in various districts and termed these incidents as a threat against the state of Pakistan.

Maulana Fazal ur Rehman said that the Jirga emphasized the need to make Pak-Afghan relations effective and to fulfill the promises of providing basic facilities to the tribal people and demanded that the announced funds for the tribal areas be released immediately.

He said that the Jirga proposed to convene an all-party conference and hoped that the political parties would continue to show unity.

The head of PDM said that it was suggested that a committee should be established to contact the province and the center, Pakistan should make a joint strategy to prevent terrorism in Afghanistan, and sabotaging peace in Pakistan in exchange for dollars is an international agenda, outside forces conspired, our people got involved, our efforts were sabotaged but the war will continue.

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Revving up the growth engine

power prices

ISLAMABAD: The much-hyped efforts of the opposition parties to topple the government received a severe blow after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a reduction in the prices of petroleum products and electricity tariff to curb the inflation. Experts believed that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s timely decision to reduce the prices of the utilities would take … Read more

JUI (F) takes Disciplinary action against four members

JUI

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has canceled the membership of four members over violation of party discipline. According to the details, the Disciplinary Committee of JUI-F expelled Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan and Shujaul Mulk. The decision was unanimously taken by the committee members Agha Ayub Shah, Maulana Abdul Wasay, and … Read more

Mutual Legal Assistance Amendment Bill 2020 passed in NA

Mutual Legal Assistance Amendment Bill 2020 passed in NA

The Joint Session of Parliament has approved the Mutual Legal Assistance Amendment Bill 2020. According to details, the joint sitting of the parliament approved the Mutual Legal Assistance Amendment Bill 2020 while the bill was approved by a majority vote. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”chairman-senate-telephones-speaker-grand-national-assembly-of-turkey`”] Thirteen of the 26 clauses of the Mutual Legal Assistance Bill were … Read more

Dr Firdous bashes Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s motives to lockdown ISB

Dr Firdous

Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said the cat, of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s march, is out of bag now after yesterday’s media talk of Nawaz Sharif. In a series of tweets, She said march of JUI (F) Chief is not for the freedom of Kashmiris but to get freed the plunderers of … Read more