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NA-122 by-polls: Imran woos voters with accountability promise
LAHORE: Imran Khan is trying to woo new supporters with promises of accountability, claiming the major difference between his…
Govt may continue MQM’s media blackout
ISLAMABAD: As the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) waits to hear the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision on the media ban on its…
PM's relief package for farmers declared violation of ECP code of conduct
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday denounced the farmers' relief package announced by the prime…
ECP completes initial delimitation for LG polls in Islamabad
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday confirmed that initial delimitation ahead of the local government elections…
ECP accepts another demand of PTI
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is being persistently bashed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
PTI to contest LG polls in all UCs of city
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will nominate its candidates from all union councils of the city in the upcoming…
PML-N may flee NA-122 also, apprehends Imran
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday led his first election rally in NA-122 where he expressed his…
Bilawal plans Punjab visit to end Watoo-Faryal tussle
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan People’s Party Bilawal Zaradari will try to remove the tussle between PPP Punjab President Mian…
Aleem Khan set to give Ayaz Sadiq a run for his money
The by-election scheduled for October 11 in NA-122 has become vitally important for both the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N)…
SC stays by-poll in Jehangir Tareen’s constituency
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday suspended the verdict given by the Election Tribunal (ET), Multan, disqualifying…
Committee says violation of election code should be made an ‘offence’
ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the parliamentary committee on poll reforms on Tuesday suggested that laws should be amended to…
Islamabad LG polls schedule withdrawn again
ISLAMABAD: To be consistent with evolving laws, and to amend for its mistakes, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has…
Gearing up for LG elections: Modifications in delimitations leave candidates confused
KARACHI: The provincial election commission modified the delimitations of union councils in some districts of Sindh on Tuesday,…
ECP reserves verdict on PM’s Kissan package
ISLAMABAD: The Election Com¬mis¬sion of Pakistan which had taken notice of the Rs 341 billion Kissan package annou¬n¬ced by Prime…
PTI, QWP ink agreement to rejoin KP govt
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) signed an agreement in Islamabad on Tuesday to bring…
Imran shifts rally against ECP members to Lahore
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan announced on Tuesday to hold a public meeting in Lahore on…
Rivals accuse each other of ‘running away’ from by-polls
ISLAMABAD: Soon after the Supreme Court stayed the impending by-election in Lodhran, both the PTI and PML-N took to the airwaves…
LHC rejects ECP’s request to appoint tribunals
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has denied a request of the Election Commission of Pakistan for appointment of election tribunal…
SC moved for expats’ voting right
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan yesterday was moved for the grant of voting right to eight million Pakistanis living…
ECP to brief body on mock drill for voting by overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: Officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan will brief a sub-committee of the parliamentary body on poll reforms…
Army to oversee by-polls in Lahore, Okara, Lodhran
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday decided for deployment of the army and the Rangers in three NA and…
Deployment of army for Punjab by-polls not unusual
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), constantly battered by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has accepted its…
ECP asks parliamentarians to submit assets’ details by Sept 30
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued last reminder to parliamentarians to submit their own, spouse’…
ECP likely to scrap PM’s Kissan package today
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to scrap Nawaz Sharif’s Rs341 billion Kissan package on Tuesday.…
Milk seller in Gujranwala declared ineligible to contest LG polls
GUJRANWALA: A milk seller in Punjab's Gujranwala district was declared ineligible to contest local body polls as he was selling…
Disputed delimitations: petitioners told to identify areas of concern
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed petitioners who had challenged the delimitation process to specifically…
Delimitation draft of capital’s UCs made public
ISLAMABAD: Odds for holding the first ever local government (LG) elections in the capital just increased after the Election…
Schedule for LG election in Karachi issued
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday issued the election schedule for the third phase of local government…
Anti-PPP alliance rally for removal of ‘biased’ ROs
SUKKUR: The All Parties Action Committee (APAC) — the recently formed nine-party electoral alliance — took out a rally in Sukkur…
Govt, PTI lock horns over venue for Oct 4 rally
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has offered Parade Ground near Faizabad as the venue for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)’s…
NA-154: former PPP MNA joins N-camp
MULTAN: Former PPP MNA and federal minister Mirza Nasir Baig announced on Monday joining the PML-N and his support for PML-N…
Siraj accuses ECP of making Dir by-poll controversial
TIMERGARA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Sirajul Haq here on Sunday demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to issue…
By-polls supervision: Sarwar welcomes troop deployment
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab organiser Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday welcomed the Election Commission of…
PTI Oct 4 show unlikely to affect ECP members
ISLAMABAD: The four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), all retired high court judges, will be un-rattled by…
Final voter lists of 12 districts of Punjab released
LAHORE: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has on Sunday released the final voter lists of 12 districts of Punjab according to…
Ruling party LB candidates already putting up names on projects
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) local body elections’ candidates have already started putting up the…
PML-N losing ground in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which rules the centre, seems to have lost ground to opponents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Over 950 lawmakers yet to file asset statements
ISLAMABAD: Of the 1,165 lawmakers in the country, over 900 — including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a number of senior cabinet…
Local adjustments continue despite no multiparty alliance
ISLAMABAD: Although no formal multiparty alliances have been knocked together to jointly contest the forthcoming local council…
Okara: three political families join hands against PML-N under PTI umbrella
OKARA: The de-seating of PML-N federal minister Saad Rafiq, NA Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and NA-154 MNA Siddiq Baloch has united…