Where clans and politics competeConsiderations of clan play a vital role in determining the outcome of elections in Dera Ismail Khan division, which comprises Dera Ismail Khan and Tank districts. The area has two National Assembly constituencies, NA-24 (Dera Ismail Khan district) ... DAWN Group, 2 weeks ago |
Gunning for the religious voteJUI-F, basically a political party of clerics, it espouses a liberal outlook in Pakistan's parliamentary politics. A JUI-F rally. -File photo by AFP The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) was in its first incarnation the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), ... DAWN Group, 2 weeks ago
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Showdown between the Maulana and SaifullahsThe emergence of politics of an intriguing nature, based on alliances, have stimulated the electioneering campaigns in at least four southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), whereas the JUI-F chief Fazlur Rahman and the PPP's candidate Anwar ... Pakistan Today, 3 weeks ago
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Absolving enemies of Pakistan MovementThere is no mention of the phrase Ideology of Pakistan in the Objectives Resolution [Article 2(A) of the Constitution]. It does, of course, mention Islam saying … the principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social justice as ... The Express Tribune, 1 month ago
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After drubbing in 2008, JUI-F poised for comebackDERA ISMAIL KHAN: Forty-three years ago, two rising political stars went head-to-head in the election for NW-13, then the sole National Assembly seat from this southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district. Their names: Maulana Mufti Mahmood and Zulfikar Ali ... DAWN Group, 1 month ago
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Powerful owe crores to PDDJammu,Mar 18: Several ministers and lawmakers, security forces and business houses continue to default on payment of electricity bills to the State Power Development Department with arrears having swelled to Rs 190 crore, the government informed the ... Greater Kashmir, 1 month ago
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