Jamali to join PML-F

Zafarullah Khan Jamali is one of the politicians who have been around the block — from the PPP, the party with which he started his political career in the 1970s, to Gen Ziaul Haq's government, the Pakistan Muslim League and later the Pakistan ...

LAHORE: With the appointment on Sunday afternoon of Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as Pakistan’s sixth interim head of government, the country has now had nine Premiers (both elected and unelected), who have had some “connection” with the ...

Today I would like to discuss the book Senator SM Zafar ki kahani unki apni zubani (Zafar's story in his own words) published by Sager Publishers and available from Ziaul Quran Publications, Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, (Tel. 042-37247350). The book covers ...

LAHORE, May 20: Akhtar Rasool is considering quitting as Pakistan hockey team's head coach-cum-manager to concentrate on his political career, Dawn learnt on Monday. The former Olympian is likely to table his resignation at Tuesday's meeting of the ...

A chronology of key events in Pakistan's history: —Aug. 14, 1947: Pakistan is founded when British rule over the region ends and the Asian subcontinent is partitioned into Islamic Pakistan, divided into East and West, and predominantly Hindu ...

40 candidates are contesting while tribal alliances favour different party candidates. In earlier elections, these have helped the JUI-F twice, the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad and the PML-N once each, and in 2008 sent the PPP's Sardar Omer Gorgage to ...

Quetta's NA-259 constituency is peopled by several communities, including the Pakhtun, Baloch, Hazara and those who have come from other provinces. Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will be contesting NA-266 from Jaffarabad-Nasirabad, ...

The Chaudhrys crossed over to Gen Pervez Musharraf after the 1999 coup. They maintain that they only defected from the Sharifs, who chose exile over imprisonment. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. — File Photo. Chaudhry Zahoor ...

ISLAMABAD: With no let-up in militant violence in Balochistan, election candidates fear a low turnout on May 11. Some blame the security situation, while others credit the new polling system that will eradicate ghost voters. The security ...