National
May 8, 2021
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PMLN) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said the name of party president and opposition leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif was never on the exit control list (ECL).
In a statement issued here on Friday, in response to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s statement, she said Prime Minister Imran Khan added the names of his political opponents, including Shahbaz Sharif, in the blacklist to take political revenge. “Shahbaz Sharif s name has been included in the blacklist on the basis of money-laundering allegations of billions, but nothing has been proved in any court,” she added.
Daily Times
May 7, 2021
The federal government has added Pakistan Muslim League-N’s MNA, Ahsan Iqbal’s name on Exit Control List (ECL), local media reported.
According to the sources the Ministry of Interior has put the PML-N MNA on the no-fly list.
The name was added on National Accountability Bureau’s request over the Narowal Sports City Complex case. NAB filed a reference against the former federal minister in November last year.
Iqbal is accused of causing losses worth billions to the national exchequer by initiating the sports complex project.
As per the NAB, the sports city project conceived on the instruction of Ahsan Iqbal without any feasibility in 1999 was initially approved at a cost of Rs34.74 million by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP), which Iqbal headed.
Polling underway for Khushab by-elections
The seat fell vacant due to the death of PML-N lawmaker Mohammad Waris Kallo
KHUSHAB:
The polling for by-elections in Punjab Assembly constituency PP-84 (Khushab) commenced on Wednesday.
The seat fell vacant due to the death of PML-N lawmaker Mohammad Waris Kallo, who had won the elections in 2018 with 66,775 votes.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the total number of registered voters in the constituency are 292,687.
There are 155,104 male and 137,583 female voters. A total of 229 polling stations have been set-up in the constituency (27 for male, 26 for female and 176 joint).
About 43 polling stations had been declared sensitive whereas about 14 polling stations have been declared highly sensitive with respect to security concerns and 172 normal.
Polling concludes in Khushab by-elections
The seat fell vacant due to the death of PML-N lawmaker Mohammad Waris Kallo
KHUSHAB:
The polling for by-elections in Punjab Assembly constituency PP-84 (Khushab) concluded on Wednesday evening.
The seat fell vacant due to the death of PML-N lawmaker Mohammad Waris Kallo, who had won the elections in 2018 with 66,775 votes.
According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the total number of registered voters in the constituency are 292,687.
There are 155,104 male and 137,583 female voters. A total of 229 polling stations have been set-up in the constituency (27 for male, 26 for female and 176 joint).
About 43 polling stations had been declared sensitive whereas about 14 polling stations have been declared highly sensitive with respect to security concerns and 172 normal.
Preparations for Khushab by-polls completed
Punjab Assembly seat PP-84 fell vacant due to death of PML-N member
KHUSHAB:
Provincial election authorities have completed preparations for a by-election in the Punjab Assembly’s constituency PP-84 Khushab, which will be held on Wednesday.
The seat fell vacant due to the death of PML-N lawmaker Mohammad Waris Kallo who had won the elections in 2018 with 66,775 votes.
In all, 16 nomination papers were received for the by-elections, of which one was rejected, while six candidates withdrew their nominations.
The candidates include Ali Hussain Khan from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Mohammad Moazzam Sher from Pakistan Muslim League-N, Ghulam Habib Ahmed from Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Amjad Raza, Aurangzeb, Imran Haider Khan and Mohammad Ilyas Khan as independent candidates and Hafiz Muhammad Asghar Ali from the recently banned TLP.