Pakistan Senate Elections

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) secured victory in bypolls for four of six vacant Senate seats on Thursday, ARY News reported.

Pakistan election commission rejected a resolution passed by the Senate earlier this month seeking a delay in the February 8 general election, stating that all arrangements have been completed and it won't be "advisable" to put off the planned polls.

The Pakistan Senate on Friday approved a resolution seeking a delay in the February 8 general elections, citing security concerns, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.

Addressing the nation after the Senate election blow, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he is willing to sit in the opposition if his party's lawmakers feel that he is "incompetent".

A woman lawmaker has slapped a Rs 5 billion defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan after being accused by her party of horse-trading during the Senate elections earlier this year.

Kirshna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report today.

Pakistani regional lawmakers on Friday began casting their votes for members of the Senate, the indirectly-elected upper house of the federal Parliament, officials said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday pointed to the "stark difference" in the continuity of the democratic systems of India and Pakistan and said conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to the Senate next month.

The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has decided to hold the general election and the polls to the Senate ahead of schedule against the backdrop of rampant speculation that the government may not be able to complete its tenure, according to media reports today.

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) secured victory in bypolls for four of six vacant Senate seats on Thursday, ARY News reported.

Pakistan election commission rejected a resolution passed by the Senate earlier this month seeking a delay in the February 8 general election, stating that all arrangements have been completed and it won't be "advisable" to put off the planned polls.

The Pakistan Senate on Friday approved a resolution seeking a delay in the February 8 general elections, citing security concerns, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.

Addressing the nation after the Senate election blow, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he is willing to sit in the opposition if his party's lawmakers feel that he is "incompetent".

A woman lawmaker has slapped a Rs 5 billion defamation suit against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan after being accused by her party of horse-trading during the Senate elections earlier this year.

Kirshna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report today.

Pakistani regional lawmakers on Friday began casting their votes for members of the Senate, the indirectly-elected upper house of the federal Parliament, officials said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday pointed to the "stark difference" in the continuity of the democratic systems of India and Pakistan and said conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to the Senate next month.

The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has decided to hold the general election and the polls to the Senate ahead of schedule against the backdrop of rampant speculation that the government may not be able to complete its tenure, according to media reports today.