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Shahzain wins NA-259 seat in re-polling with wide margin
QUETTA: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) president Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, who is a grandson of the late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, on…
Re-polling in NA-259 today
QUETTA: Re-polling in 29 polling stations for the National Assembly seat NA-259 will be held on Sunday. The Supreme Court had…
Dadu by-election: Unofficial results put PPP's candidate in the lead
DADU: Unofficial results from the PS-86 by-election put PPP candidate in the lead while the PTI came in at number two,. According…
IHC suspends ECP members’ appointment
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday suspended the presidential order of ‘controversial’ appointment of two…
Sanjrani, Qaiser to discuss ECP members’ appointment row
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser will shortly meet to discuss ways and means…
GDA’s Abbasi wins by-election to Sindh Assembly
LARKANA: Grand Democratic Alliance’s (GDA) candidate Moazzam Ali Abbasi won the by-election held for the Sindh Assembly’s…
Vote count underway in PS-11; polling agent submits report of PPP leaders' visits to DIG
Voters headed to the polls for the PS-11 Larkana by-elections on Thursday while a detailed report was submitted to the deputy…
IHC wants parliament to decide ECP controversy
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a subtle way has reminded the government that a presidential order cannot overrule…
ECP to dispose of election material of 'undisputed' General Election 2018 constituencies
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday decided to waste the election material of General Election 2018. According…
ECP announces schedule for PS-11 by-polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced holding the by-election in PS-11 Larkana constituency of Sindh…
ECP Impasse
IT seems that the issue of appointing two new members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has run into a dead-end after…
ECP submits reply in members’ appointment case
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reiterated that the federal government’s notification with regard to…
ECP notifies JUI-F’s Naeema as KP MPA
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday notified Naeema Kishwar Khan of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F)…
ECP asks MPs to submit assets details by Dec 31st
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday asked the members of the Parliament and Provincial Assemblies to…
All eyes on unprecedented Senate vote today
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited session of the Senate during which opposition parties will try to oust through a no-confidence motion…
ECP notices code violation in NA-205
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken a serious notice of violation of its code of conduct in NA 205…
NA-205 Ghotki by-polls today
ISLAMABAD: Though there are a total of nine contesting candidates for the keenly-awaited bye-poll bout in NA-205, Ghotki-II, the…
ECP requests successful candidates of tribal districts elections to submit details of expenses
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday directed all successful candidates of tribal districts of ex-Federally…
27pc voters took part in KP tribal district polls
ISLAMABAD: Nearly 27.6 per cent of the registered voters in seven districts and frontier regions of the formerly Federally…
Tribal districts take part in historic PA polls
PESHAWAR: While voting for 16 general seats in the first-ever provincial elections in the seven tribal districts and six towns of…
Section 144 lifted in tribal districts, ECP told
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was informed on Tuesday that Section 144 imposed in parts of the erstwhile…
Khyber poll candidates issued security advisory
LANDI KOTAL: Khyber tribal district’s police officer Mohammad Hussain on Monday issued a security advisory to all the candidates…
ECP declares all NA-205 polling stations sensitive
GHOTKI - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared all poling stations of NA-205 Ghotki as sensitive for by-election…
Govt, opposition to approach SC to resolve issue of appointment of ECP members
Amid deadlock to resolve the pending issue of appointment of two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Sindh…
ECP takes notice of loan scheme for tribal youth
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday took notice of launching of “Insaf Rozgar Scheme” for youth of…
ECP finalizes 39 runners to fight electoral battle in Bajaur on July 2
BAJAUR: The Election Commission of Pakistan Thursday issued final lists of contesting candidates for three seats of provincial…
ECP starts process of receiving nomination papers for elections on 16 seats of KP Assembly
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started the process of receiving nomination papers from the candidates for…
Way cleared for PA polls in ex-Fata as Senate adopts bill
ISLAMABAD: The Senate, short of quorum, on Wednesday passed the elections (amendment) bill, removing the last legal hitch in the…
Polling on 16 tribal district seats of KP Assembly on July 2
ISLAMABAD: The first-ever provincial assembly elections in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) will be held…
Consensus eludes ECP members’ appointment
ISLAMABAD - The pending matter of appointing members of the Election Commission of Pakistan from Sindh and Balochistan may…
Civil Society demands concrete steps for democratic inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
QUETTA : Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) organized a seminar here in Quetta on electoral and political rights…
ECP files petition in SC against LHC order
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of Lahore High Court (LHC) in…
NA Passes the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2019
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after presentation of report on it by…
ECP seeks major changes in legal framework governing electoral processes
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has sought significant changes in the legal framework governing electoral…
ECP seeks govt help for Gujrat polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought the Punjab government’s assistance in holding of election for the…
ECP allows criminal cases against over 4,000 candidates
ISLAMABAD: The sword of Damocles hangs over the heads of over 4,000 candidates who contested the 2018 general elections but…
Consultations for ECP members’ selection: Shahbaz to give positive response to wrap up nominations
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan sticks to his guns on not holding a face to face meeting with Leader of the Opposition in…
PM writes to Shahbaz on ECP members’ appointment
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally written a letter to the Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz…
PB-41 constituency: runner up approaches to apex court for votes recounting
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Wednesday served notices to the respondents in a petition seeking recounting of votes in PB-41…
PM suggests three names for ECP to opposition leader
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally ‘reconsidered’ his strategy and began ‘consultation’ with Leader of the…