KPK: PTI wins clear majority in KP to form govt, official results show

Imran Khan-led party wins 66 general seats out of 99 KPK: PTI wins clear majority in KP to form govt, official results show ISLAMABAD > Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will continue to rule the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the first consecutive time as it has bagged clear majority in the General Elections. According to official results shared by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Imran Khan-led party has won 66 seats out of total 99...

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PUNJAB: PTI, PMLN in cut throat tiff to form government as ECP reveals official results

PUNJAB: PTI, PMLN in cut throat tiff to form government as ECP reveals official results LAHORE > The party position for the Punjab Assembly has become clear, two days after  Pakistan concluded its 11th General Elections, with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf clearly in a position to form a government but with a little effort. According to the statistics released by the Election Commission of Pakistan, the results for as many as 294 seats of...

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BALOCHISTAN: BAP-led coalition government expected in Balochistan as ECP uncovers poll results

BALOCHISTAN: BAP-led coalition government expected in Balochistan as ECP uncovers poll results BAP wins 13 general seats out of 51 while PTI bags 4 seats Islamabad >  A new political party, comprising disgruntled leaders of PML-N and PML-Q, named Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) is likely to form a coalition government in Balochistan as it has bagged more seats in the 11th General Elections. According to official results released by the...

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SINDH: PPP outshines Sindh as ECP unveils official results for provincial assembly

SINDH: PPP outshines Sindh as ECP unveils official results for provincial assembly Karachi > Pakistan Peoples Party is now in a comfortable position to reform the government in the Sindh province as it has secured majority in the 11th General Elections. According to the official results revealed by the Election Commission of Pakistan for 128 seats of Sindh Assembly, PPP has secured 74 seats, paving way for the party to rule the province for...

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China vows to continue work with new govt

BEIJING > Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang said after the election process in Pakistan, China would continue to work with the new government to enhance cooperation in different fields. China vows to continue work with new govt Replying to question at the regular press conference here on Tuesday, he said, “We are willing to work with the new Pakistani government to continue to consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic...

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Around 53,000 observers to monitor July 25 elections

ISLAMABAD > As many as 53,000 international, national, local and media observers will monitor the upcoming general election scheduled to be held on July 25. Around 53,000 observers to monitor July 25 elections A European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) comprising around 100 observers is scheduled to monitor the election process. The mandate of the EUEOM is to observe all aspects of the electoral process and assess the extent...

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Sarfraz Ahmad appealed whloe Nation for Vote 2018 Election

Sarfraz Ahmad appealed whloe Nation for Vote 2018 Election KARACHI > Sarfraz Ahmed, captain of the national cricket team, has appealed to the whole nation to take part in the election and cast their votes. According to details, the Pakistan team returned home after Zimbabwe, captain Sarfraz Ahmed reached Karachi and other players will return home today through different flights. Talking to the media on the airport, Sarfraz Ahmed said that...

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FIA directed to take action against ‘exploiters’ on social media

ISLAMABAD > Senate Standing Committee on Interior has directed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against those who exploit social media for wrong propaganda, mislead nation and use abusive language against the opponents. FIA directed to take action against ‘exploiters’ on social media Chairing a meeting here, Senator Rehman Malik said social media has become a necessity of time and gained importance worldwide. The meeting...

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Pakistani engineering student designs world’s first voice controlled wheelchair

GOBEE can connect to any smartphone via Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi allowing its user to control it even if they are 100 feet away from the wheelchair Pakistani engineering student designs world’s first voice controlled wheelchair LAHORE > A Pakistani engineering student has designed an automated wheelchair – the first of its kind in the world – which is controlled by smartphone and voice command. Faaiz Arbab, a student of MS electrical engineering...

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‘All is well’ – Pims doctors on Nawaz Sharif’s condition

‘All is well’ – Pims doctors on Nawaz Sharif’s condition RAWALPINDI> A medical board of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) examined former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s health for the second straight day on Tuesday and declared his medical reports satisfactory.  The medical board, comprising doctors from the Pims, conducted his echocardiography, ultrasound, and echo tests. His blood pressure and sugar level were also...

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Chaudhry Nisar confident ‘none can stop jeep’

TAXILA> Disgruntled PML-N leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said that he is confident none can stop the “jeep on its path to victory”, ARY News reported. Chaudhry Nisar confident ‘none can stop jeep’ Addressing an election rally in Taxila, the former interior minister urged people to persuade more and more people to vote for jeep (his electoral symbol) to assure his victory as an independent candidate. “We...

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Nawaz Sharif meets Punjab, KP governors in Adiala prison: sources

RAWALPINDI > Governor Punjab Rafique Rajwana and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Zafar Iqbal Jhagra have met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Mian Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail, sources told ARY News on Monday. Nawaz Sharif meets Punjab, KP governors in Adiala prison: sources According to ARY News correspondent, the two governors have used their influence to met the former premier in prison and the meetings have been kept...

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Qatar wins ICJ case against UAE as UN rules blockade violated citizens’ rights

New York > A provisional ruling by the United Nations’ top court has found that measures put in place by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of its boycott against Qatar amount to racial discrimination. In June 2017, the UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, imposed a land, air and sea blockade against Qatar and severed ties with it, in one of the worst diplomatic disputes in the Gulf in decades. Last month, Qatar filed a case...

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Another woman lynched in India after WhatsApp rumours

NEW DELHI > A mob lynched a woman in India after rumours circulated on WhatsApp about child kidnappers, police said Monday, days after the messaging firm said it was curbing the forwarding of messages. More than 20 people have been killed in similar incidents in the past two months, leaving both the Indian authorities and Facebook-owned WhatsApp scrambling to find a solution in its biggest market. Police said nine people have been arrested...

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Elections 2018: Will Pakistan witness a historic turnout on July 25?

ISLAMABAD > Amid all hustle bustles in general elections that Pakistan witnessed since 1970, one point has been in the national debates over the period of time and that is ‘low turnout of voters’. The voting turnout has been declining after the first direct general elections of 1970 when the country observed the biggest 63 percent turnout of voters and this time it is a test case for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and all other...

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ECP website goes down days before general elections

Lahore > Users are unable to get election data from the official website of the Election Commission of Pakistan as it ran into to snag on Monday two days before the general election in the South Asian country. When users attempt to access the website it stuck on loading page with an ECP’s logo. A maintenance work is likely to be carried out. General elections are set to be held on July 25, marking the second consecutive democratic transition...

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Who is Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui ?

The senior puisne judge of the Islamabad High Court has contested the polls from Rawalpindi on Jamaat-e-Islami ticket in the past ISLAMABAD > The senior puisne judge of the Islamabad High Court, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, once again made headlines on Saturday by criticising the alleged meddling by Pakistan’s premier spy agency – the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) – in judicial affairs. Accusing the secret agency of ‘manipulating’...

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Leaked screenshots of Saba Qamar are filling up our newsfeed for all the wrong reasons

Is this how we treat women in our industry and society? Social Media > is a platform for us to not only check news but also to spread news, thoughts and opinions too however everything has its drawbacks such was the realization I got when a recent case of defamation started to surf the Internet. Superstar of our film industry and Hindi Medium actress is caught in a whirlpool of drama and controversy. It all started as Saba posed for the...

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Mahesh Bhatt responds to Mallika Sherawat’s comments on ‘sexual harassment’ in Bollywood

Mumbai > Mahesh Bhatt gave Mallika Sherawat one of the biggest hits of her career with Murder. The actress, who shot to fame with this romantic thriller, continues to share a great bond with the filmmaker whom she considers as one of her mentors. However, when the actress went on to recall her past incidents on how she faced sexual harassment and casting couch incidents in Bollywood, it left Bhatt shell-shocked as she never confessed or revealed...

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IHC allows ECP to proceed against Imran Khan for violating code of conduct

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday allowed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to proceed against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for the alleged violation of a code of conduct. The electoral body has issued the show cause notice to the PTI chief for holding rallies in Lahore, Sahiwal and Lodhran during by-polls despite holding a public office. The PTI, later, challenged the notice in IHC. A single bench comprising,...

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NAB requests remand’s extension of accused in Saaf Pani scam

LAHORE > National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday requested an accountability court of Lahore to extend the physical remand of accused in Saaf Pani company scam. During the hearing of the corruption case, the anti-graft watchdog pleaded the extension of physical remand of Qamarul Islam Raja and Waseem Ajmal, charged in the case, in order to carry out further investigation. The court then extended the physical remand for 14 days. On...

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Maryam’s request to ‘become a teacher in jail’ rejected

RAWALPINDI > Authorities in the Adiala Jail have turned down a request of Maryam Nawaz, daughter of imprisoned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, to teach inmates in the Jail. The request of Maryam Nawaz was turned down because she is kept in a solitary confinement and under the prison rules she cannot interact with other inmates. Meanwhile, a legal team of Sharifs was allowed to meet the former premier and his daughter in the jail couple...

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Smartphone makers won't give up on fordable screens. Do we really want them?

Samsung and other Smartphone makers seem determined to progress with "fordable" screens, a long-discussed feature that could herald the next wave of phone innovation – or another costly mistake. The pursuit dates at least as far back as 2011, when Samsung revealed an early prototype of its flexible display technology. That Samsung has been working on a flexible phone ever since is by no means a state secret, though the South Korea-based...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, rebuked for comments on Holocaust deniers, tries to explain

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to walk back remarks he made on a podcast saying some people who deny the Holocaust aren't doing it intentionally. During a wide-ranging interview on tech website Recode, Zuckerberg addressed the spread of misinformation on Facebook and how the social network plans on addressing concerns it's still giving outlets a platform to publish false news for its 2.2 billion users.  In one segment, Zuckerberg addresses...

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Election 2018: Who can cast votes or not

Election 2018 has been set up in Pakistan and where political parties are in the field to attract voters with their full preparation, the Pakistani citizens in the past have some duties of voters. The vote is a sacred national duty, which is legally obligatory on every Pakistani who meets the conditions of the vote, should vote for such people of political, social and religious commitment that are right to vote. Who is entitled to 'vote'? Eighteen...

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If opportunity comes, Pakistan will build Turkey and Malaysia, Shahbaz Sharif

Pandy Gheep: PML-N President and former Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that if the people have re-elected and God gave the opportunity, Pakistan would make Turkey and Malaysia. Addressing the general public in Pandy Gupta, Shahbaz Sharif said that the leader of the country and nuclear power and the leader who took out the issue was arrested before the daughter. He said that the economy was bad when the PML-N got the government,...

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Dollar spikes to high of Rs129.50 in open market

KARACHI > The value of US dollar on Thursday, hit a high of Rs128.48 in interbank trading while Rs129.50 in open market after an increase of 48 paisa in interbank market and 50 paisa in open market respectively. This hike in dollar value would be a reason for an increase in the prices of petroleum products, eatables, dairy products, mobile charges, transport and vehicles. With a sudden increase in the dollar’s value, there is a possible...

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Katrina Kaif assures she isn’t a part of Salman Khan’s Bharat

It's a mutual decision between both Katrina and team Bharat MUMBAI > Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif is no longer part of Salman Khan starrer Bharat due to last minute changes in the script, reported an Indian news channel. A close source of the team said, “The character that she was supposed to play isn’t adding much of an importance to the story. So the makers decided to go against the character and drop it; instead of having a leading...

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Jhanvi Kapoor’s most embarrassing moment involves Salman Khan and here is why

Jhanvi Kapoor is new to films but she has spent her childhood amongst Bollywood stars due to her mother’s star status. In one of the media interactions, the 21-year-old shared her most embarrassing childhood memory that involves Salman Khan. In an interview with a leading daily, she said, “Once when I visited the sets of Wanted, Prabhudeva was rehearsing a dance sequence with Salman Khan and Katrina. I was around 10 or 12 then. I crept into...

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PHC orders NAB to investigate ‘shady’ Peshawar Rapid Bus project

PESHAWAR > The Peshawar High Court (PHC) ordered on Thursday the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to launch investigations into the Peshawar Sustainable Bus Rapid Transit Corridor (BRT) Project. A division bench of PHC, comprising high court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth and Justice Mussarat Hilali, has directed NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to probe the alleged irregularities in the what is termed as the first major transit project in the...

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The main Players Pakistan Elections 2018

The general elections on July 25 come after a brief but acrimonious campaign, complicated by a string of attacks of late. The election represents only the second democratic transition in a country ruled by the military for roughly half its history, and is considered a vital step for Pakistan, with its turbulent past. The main players in the polls include two who cannot even hold political office — former premier Nawaz Sharif, and the military...

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