Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:47:56 +0500 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:47:56 +0500 60 Rangers to be deployed ahead of Punjab by-elections https://english.aaj.tv/news/30290132/rangers-to-be-deployed-ahead-of-punjab-by-elections <p><strong>The Punjab government approved on Wednesday the decision to deploy Rangers across the province during the by-elections for the seats vacated after the <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30286737">de-notification</a> of the dissident lawmakers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.</strong></p> <p>The Cabinet Committee on Law and Order gave its approval and a request was sent to the Election Commission and federal government.</p> <p>The Election Commission had announced the by-polls on 20 vacant seats of the Punjab Assembly to be held on July 17.</p> <p>The ECP had <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30289093">de-notified</a> dissident PTI MPAs who had voted for PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz in the Punjab chief minister’s election on May 23.</p> The Punjab government approved on Wednesday the decision to deploy Rangers across the province during the by-elections for the seats vacated after the de-notification of the dissident lawmakers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

The Cabinet Committee on Law and Order gave its approval and a request was sent to the Election Commission and federal government.

The Election Commission had announced the by-polls on 20 vacant seats of the Punjab Assembly to be held on July 17.

The ECP had de-notified dissident PTI MPAs who had voted for PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz in the Punjab chief minister’s election on May 23.

]]> Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/news/30290132 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:39:09 +0500 none@none.com (Saleem Sheikh) A woman casts her ballot while other wait for their turn at a polling station during the general election in Karachi, Pakistan, July 25, 2018. Source: Reuters