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NA-4 Peshawar by elections results start to pour in

News Desk
2017-10-26

PESHAWAR  – The process of polling in NA-4 by-poll has ended as the returning officer and other staff of Election...

Polling for by-election in na-4 Peshawar begins

News Desk
2017-10-26

14 candidates are in the run. Polling for by-election in NA-4 Peshawar began a short while ago and will continue...

Pervaiz Musharaf foresee national government of Technocrats in Pakistan

News Desk
2017-10-26

DUBAI: All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chairman General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said that there were no chances of either a...

Pakistan again lodges strong protest with India over fresh ceasefire violation by the Indian troops in Leepa sector

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2017-10-26

Foreign Office says despite calls for restraint, India continues to indulge in ceasefire violations. Pakistan has lodged a strong protest...

NA-4 Peshawar by elections results

News Desk
2017-10-26

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate Arbab Amir Ayub isleading with a massive margin inNA-4 by-poll after unofficial resultsof 207 polling stations out of 269. According to the unofficial results,PTI bagged 37226 votes, PMl-Nreceived 20097 votes and ANP got19468. Counting for the by-poll wasunderway after the voting endedpeacefully at 05:00pm. The local district administration hasannounced a public holiday in theconstituency today. According to the ElectionCommission of Pakistan (ECP), 100polling booths are using the EVMsalongside the manual votingprocess. Six political and eight independentcandidates are vying for the MNAslot; they include PTI’s Arbab AmirAyub, Asad Gulzar — late incumbentGulzar Khan’s son — for PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP), AwamiNational Party’s (ANP) KhushdilKhan, Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) WisalFarooq, Tehreek-e-Labaik’s AllamaShafiq Amini, and Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz’s (PML-N) NasirKhan Moosa Zai. Apart from 1,400 army personnel,around 4,500 police officials werestationed for security in and aroundthe polling stations. The seat had fallen vacant owing tothe death of PTI’s dissident MNAGulzar Khan. The month-longelection campaign came to an endTuesday night with the 14 candidatesand their supporters using everymeans to seek votes. It is generallybelieved that the real contest wouldbe among PTI’s Arbab Amir Ayub,PML-N candidate Nasir KhanMusazai and Khushdil Khan of ANP.

Five big families are a conspiracy against democracy: Sheikh Rashid

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2017-10-26

MULTAN: Awami Muslim League chairman Sheikh Rashid has said that five big families are a conspiracy against democracy. Addressing a...

Asif Zardari says fake lion has become a cat in London

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2017-10-26

LAHORE  – PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari said that Imran Khan has nothing except criticism. Addressing the party workers, he said...

Indian Deputy High Commissioner summoned over ceasefire violation

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2017-10-26

ISLAMABAD: The Director General (SA & SAARC) summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by...

Imran Khan responds to the PTI victory in NA-4 Peshawar

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2017-10-26

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday felicitated party’s candidate Arbab Amir Ayub for pulling off a victory in the...

Implementation of NAP top priority of govt: Ahsan Iqbal

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2017-10-26

Islamabad: Minister for Interior Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday said effective implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) was priority of the government...