PTI Defeats JUI-F

Oct 26, 2023 | thefridaytimes.com | PTI Defeats JUI-F |Asif Mohmand |Sanval Nasim |Raza Rumi

When one mentions the historic northwestern city of Peshawar, thoughts circle to chilly winter evenings, warm cups of tea and shawls draped over shoulders, sitting in circles telling stories of near and far, of romance, mystery and adventure while breathing in the crisp air of the "City of Flowers".

Oct 24, 2023 | thefridaytimes.com | PTI Defeats JUI-F |Patryk Tadeusz |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel

On 15 October, parliamentary elections were held in Poland, in which Poles "elected" 460 members of the Sejm and 100 members of the Senate (the quotation marks result from the author's lack of faith in bourgeois elections, who calls the system not democracy, but electoralism.) In his radio show, one of the popular Polish journalists called the elections "extraordinary" because each party believed that they won.

Sep 20, 2023 | thefridaytimes.com | PTI Defeats JUI-F |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel |Murtaza Solangi

Three-time former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif plans to return to Pakistan next month and then win the elections to become prime minister for a fourth time. But other political parties are not so sure that would happen, or at the very least without strong electoral opposition from them.

Sep 15, 2023 | thefridaytimes.com | PTI Defeats JUI-F |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel |Murtaza Solangi

A bomb targeting the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal) JUI-F party's vehicle in Mastung, some 50 kilometers from Quetta, on Thursday, left at least 11 people hurt, including the party's leader Hafiz Hamdullah. In order to address a public gathering, Hamdullah traveled from Quetta to the Killi Chotu region, a community on the outskirts of Mastung, when the blast occurred, according to officials. His vehicle was badly damaged by the explosion.

Sep 14, 2023 | thefridaytimes.com | PTI Defeats JUI-F |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel |Murtaza Solangi

Former senator and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah on Thursday survived a bomb attack that left him, among 11, injured. The incident occurred when Hamdullah travelled from Quetta to Kalat via Mastung. Videos recorded immediately after the attack showed Hamdullah, bleeding from his nose, being helped into a car by two of his guards, one of whom also had blood splattered across his face.