PTI loses maverick election bid at Inter-Parliamentary Union

ISLAMABAD: The PTI’s independent bid to secure a seat at a global parliamentary forum fell flat as its candidate, Senator Ali Zafar, managed to secure just 12 votes out of 152 member states in an election for the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Commi­ttee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians. The vote, held during the IPU conference in Turkiye from April 15 to 19, saw Zafar contesting the seat without backing from the official Pakistani delegation. While Pakistan’s delegation, led by Nat...

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