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ISLAMABAD: The talks between PPP and PML-N to devise a power-sharing formula in the upcoming coalition government remained inconclusive, though both sides claimed “significant progress” in the discussions. The third meeting between the Contact and Coordination Committees (CCCs) of the two parties, which took place on Saturday, remained inconclusive and both decided to meet again on Monday (tomorrow) to finalise …

LAHORE: The PML-N and PPP have locked horns over allegations of vote buying against each other while the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) awaits the Punjab government’s report on the alleged incident that took place in Lahore on Saturday. Tensions between both the mainstream parties intensified when the PML-N candidate for NA-127 Attaullah Tarar, who is facing PPP Chairman Bilawal …

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and PPP joined hands in the Senate on Monday to oppose a move for creation of an independent ‘supra body’ for long-term economic planning. Sania Nishtar of the PTI had moved a motion in the house seeking to introduce the Pakistan Future Council Bill, 2023, which was defeated by 25-16. The proposed bill sought to provide for …

LAHORE: The meetings between PML-N and PPP bigwigs in the United Arab Emirates have reportedly resulted in a consensus on a number of issues, including names for the caretaker set-up and a power-sharing formula if the two parties win the next election. The top leaders from both parties, including PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, met …

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Stepping up their efforts to table a no-confidence motion against the government, the top leaders of the three opposition parties on Monday held a serious consultative session in the presence of their senior members and legal wizards and discussed the pros and cons of their possible move aimed at ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan. Head of Pakistan …

KARACHI: Almost a month-long sit-in being held by the Jamaat-i-Islami outside the Sindh Assembly building in protest against the Sindh Local Government Amendment Act 2022 bore fruit late on Thursday night when the Pakistan Peoples Party government in the province agreed to further amend the law that would give back control of major administrative affairs, including health, education, water supply …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Awami National Party (ANP) have agreed to cooperate in the second phase of the local government elections to be held in the remaining districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PPP secretary general Nayyar Bokhari, who had a telephonic conversation with ANP’s KP president Aimal Wali Khan on Sunday, told Dawn that Mr Khan had assured him …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s two major opposition parties — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — under a planned strategy on Sunday kept the national media engaged throughout the polling day by issuing statements of its various leaders, copies of written complaints submitted to the election commission and video clips from various constituencies highlighting alleged rigging and …

ISLAMABAD: There is a general perception among the opposition parties that after facing a revolt-like situation in Balochistan and Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa, Jam­iat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Reh­man has considered it better to skip the PPP-hosted gathering of the Pakistan Dem­ocratic Movement (PDM) leaders at Larkana on Sun­day (today) to avoid a similar situation in Sindh. Though officially both the Pakistan Peoples …

GILGIT: Election campaign across Gilgit-Baltistan is in full swing as polls draw nearer and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz and Federal Minister Murad Saeed have continued to address rallies in different parts of the region. The PPP and PML-N leaders criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan in their speeches while the minister and Special Assistant to Prime …