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ECP acts on reports of police coercing PTI candidates into withdrawing from LG polls
ISLAMABAD: Taking notice allegation that police personnel forced candidates of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to withdraw…
PTI demands LG system in Fata
PARACHINAR: Speakers at a seminar demanded abolition of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and introduction of local government…
Public confidence in democracy remains high in Pakistan: survey
ISLAMABAD: In an encouraging sign for democracy in Pakistan, 66% of the respondents of a survey had a favourable opinion about…
Democracy demands everyone to remain within constitutional limits: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said the first and foremost demand of establishing…
Begum Naseem approaches ECP to get her new party registered
ISLAMABAD: Veteran politician and spouse of late Khan Abdul Wali Khan on Monday approached the Election Commission of Pakistan…
By-elections: Sarwar demands commission to probe corruption allegations
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) provincial organiser Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Monday called for of a commission,…
Senate likely to take up resolution calling for mechanism to verify details of legislators’ assets
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on the opening day of its new session on Monday (today) is likely to take up a PTI member’s resolution…
LB polls in Sindh: Scrutiny of papers begins
SUKKUR: The returning officers began scrutiny of nomination papers for the local bodies’ elections in Sindh. According to sources…
Withdrawal of nomination: PTI men allege pressure, Hassaan denies
LAHORE: As Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab Organiser Chaudhry Sarwar has issued show-cause notices to the two UC-107 candidates…
Scrutiny of over 15,000 LG candidates in eight Sindh districts begins
KARACHI: The scrutiny process for over 15,000 candidates who had filed their nomination papers for contesting the first phase of…
PTI forward bloc nominee elected Tehsil Nazim in Buner
DAGGAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) forward bloc nominee Syed Salar Jehan was elected as tehsil nazim in Gagra by…
PPP refuses PTI’s request to requisition NA session
ISLAMABAD: A flat refusal by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to support the efforts of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for…
Shujaat for greater electoral alliance
LAHORE: PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that he wants greater alliance of all opposition parties and leaders which…
Kaptaan fails to claim any wickets in northern Sindh trip
KARACHI: In a bid to loosen the Pakistan People’s Party’s firm grip on Sindh in the upcoming local government elections, Pakistan…
Pakistani diaspora: ECP approves limited overseas voting right
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has approved ‘limited and conditional voting right’ to Pakistani diaspora.
Rigging concerns: ‘ROs for local govt polls must be impartial’
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab president Manzoor Wattoo said that returning officers should be appointed from the…
Local government polls: ECP, parties agree on ‘unrealistic’ code
ISLAMABAD: The mainstream political parties and the top poll supervisory body have agreed to a grossly unrealistic maximum limit…
Secretary ECP reviews by-polls, LG elections’ preparations
LAHORE: The Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad presided over a meeting on Friday…
Rangers likely to be called up for Punjab LB polls
LAHORE: Rangers are likely to be deployed in Punjab to look after overall security arrangements for the upcoming local bodies’…
No member of Election Commission to resign: CEC
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sardar Raza, on Thursday stated that members of the Election Commission of…
Parties oppose appointment of govt officers as ROs
ISLAMABAD: Most political parties on Thursday objected to the Election Commission’s plans to bar MNAs and MPAs from campaigning…
Anti-ROs drive has taught judiciary never to supervise polls
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan told senior representatives of political parties…
PPP MPA disqualified, gets five-year jail term
KARACHI: An Accountability Court on Thursday disqualified PPP member of the Sindh Assembly Syed Ali Nawaz Shah for 10 years and…
Nomination papers can be filed on 14th and 15th while scrutiny will be held on 16th and 17th of this month.
By-election in National Assembly constituency NA-144 Okara will be held on 11th of next month.
Devolution: SC warns against cutting LG powers
ISLAMABAD: The top court has declared that any attempt by a provincial government to make the local governments powerless will…
‘Power, functions of LG representatives stand defined’
PESHAWAR: CM Pervez Khattak on Thursday said that heads of the district and tehsil governments would be removed from offices in…
Hyderabad politics: Joint front of parties demands army deployment for LG polls
HYDERABAD: The Tameer-e-Hyderabad Ittehad, a 10-party alliance to contest the upcoming local government polls, has demanded…
PPP in a quandary over ECP members issue
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is in a quandary over a proposal whether to file a reference against four provincial…
PPP to hold important meeting in Dubai
KARACHI: A top-level important meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party ruling in Sindh is likely to be convened on 14 and 15th…
SC puts PTI MNAs, leaders of house, opposition on notice
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court yesterday issued notices to Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf MNAs and Leader of the House and Leader of…
Local govt poll schedule may be revised
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to re-issue the schedule for local government elections in Punjab and…
LHC CJ declines ECP’s request for election tribunals
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik on Wednesday declined the request of the Election Commission of…
ECP’s rare decision to ensure implementation of its code
ISLAMABAD: In a rare move, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday decided to take an undertaking from the (federal)…
Test for Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may find it difficult to address the grievances of the two major political parties, the Pakistan…
Fakhruddin was helpless before ECP members: Alvi
ISLAMABAD: PTI’s central leader Dr Arif Alvi has said when he met former ECP chairman Fakhruddin G Ibrahim before the 2013…
EC facilitating PML-N: PAT
LAHORE: PAT Secretary General Khurram Nawaz Gandapur has alleged that Punjab Election Commission members are playing the role of…
SC bars govt leaders from poll campaigning
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and members of their cabinet will not be able to…
Senate body seeks withdrawal of Electoral Laws Ordinance
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights Tuesday called for withdrawal of the Electoral Laws (amendment)…
ECP extends date to Sept 30
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday extended date for issuance of party tickets/certificates for…
ECP told to file comments on MQM’s plea
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the federal and provincial law officers, Election Commission of Pakistan,…