PTI said that it will file an appeal against the 4-1 decision of the ECP, which said that the SIC was ineligible for the reserved seat quota under Article 51(6) of the Elections Act, 2017.
According to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf are leading with 97 seats.
Pakistan was due to hold elections this year to elect its next federal govt, but a host of twists and turns appears to have thrown the schedule off by several months.
Not too long ago, Imran Khan was enjoying gulab jamuns over the disqualification of former PM Nawaz Sharif. Now the Election Commission has barred him from holding any public office.
While Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has won only 116 general seats, it is trying to reach out to smaller parties, independents to get the required majority of 137 seats.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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