LAHORE: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday alleged that party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s votes had gone missing in the NA-127 constituency of Lahore, blaming the blockage of mobile phone and data services for the chaos. Speaking at a press conference, Ms Rehman recalled that the party was not provided with Form 45 until 10pm on election day (Feb 8) and …

QUETTA/GWADAR: The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party and National Party have announced launching a protest movement across Balochistan against what called massive rigging in the general election, alleging that poll results of their members were changed in favour of candidates of other parties. Announcing the decision at separate press conferences in Quetta and Turbat on Friday, both the PkMAP and NP …

LAHORE: PTI secretary Omar Ayub Khan, has instructed all party candidates and polling agents to collect Form-45 and appro­ach the courts to challenge the “rigged results”. In an audio message on Friday, Mr Khan lauded the nation and all party workers for their resilience and effort in responding to the call of party founder chairman Imran Khan, resulting in a …

LAHORE: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday made a so-called ‘victory speech’ and annou­nced forming a coalition government on the previous PDM pattern to steer the country out of crises. Mr Sharif hinted at joining hands with the PPP, JUI-F, MQM, PML-Q and IPP to forge a PDM (Pakistan Democratic Move­ment) style alliance, but did not make any claim to …

QUETTA: Balochistan has witnessed a series of surprises and upsets in the recent national and provincial assembly elections, as reported by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over the past 24 hours. The initial unofficial results, celebrated by some candidates as victories, were overturned the following day, with the previously “winning” candidates falling to second and third positions as per …

LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR /QUETTA: Provisional results for provincial assembly elections issued by late Friday showed that there would be no clear winners except in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The public’s mandate for Punjab, the largest of the provincial assemblies, was split bet­ween the PML-N and candidates bac­ked by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, with the former slightly ahead in seats that had been called …

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Even before counting of votes for national and provincial assembly contests was completed, leaders from a number of major political parties held meetings late on Friday night, ostensibly in the hopes of wrangling sufficient numbers to form governments in the Centre and the four provinces. In a speech on Friday evening, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had announced …

Dakota Johnson appeared visibly shaken after the Los Angeles interview of her upcoming film Madame Web was interrupted by an earthquake. The 34-year-old actress was in the middle of a conversation with press before the ground suddenly jolted, prompting her to look around in shock. “Was that an earthquake?” a reporter from behind the camera asked. “Okay, we just had an earthquake,” …

Soon, Christian Bale will return to his job—albeit with a lot less hair. The Hollywood Reporter questioned Bale about his upcoming plans during an interview on Thursday in Palmdale, California, where the Oscar winner presided over the groundbreaking of a 16-year passion project that would create a community of homes where foster siblings can live under one roof. “I’ve got …

Billy Ray Cyrus seems to keep his Achy Breaky Heart away from the family feud with his ex-wife Tish Cyrus and daughter Miley Cyrus. The country singer, 62, took to his Instagram to post a cryptic message after Miley, 31, snubbed him in the acceptance speech for Record of the Year in the 2024 Grammy Awards. Two days after the Flowers failed …