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Qureshi reiterates call for resignation of EC members
BAHAWALPUR: PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday again urged the election commission (EC) members to resign for the…
PML-N decides to activate its ‘youth wing’ at various levels
ISLAMABAD: In a significant political move the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has decided to launch campaign for…
ECP suspends two officers for negligence
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday suspended two of its officers for negligence in pursuing a…
LHC judgment allows PM, CM to canvass for party candidate
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and federal and Punjab ministers are allowed to fully…
ECP delay leaves pending election petitions in limbo
ISLAMABAD: With the fate of around two dozen election petitions hanging in the balance, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)…
Doling out funds through MPAs pre-poll rigging: CPDI
LAHORE: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) Programme Manager Syed Kausar Abbas said that provision of Rs 7.5…
ECP cautions Sindh over LG polls delay
ISLAMABAD: The vote supervisory body on Tuesday warned the Sindh government that local government elections in the province could…
IHC moved to seek process to ban MQM
ISLAMABAD: A writ petition seeking directions to the federal government to initiate the process to ban Muttahida Quami Movement…
What led to PPP-PML-N conflict?
In a statement from London on Monday, the PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari presented the “PPP Muqadama” — his first outburst…
PTI ‘finalises’ strategy for NA-122 and PP-147 by-election
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) claims to have finalised a strategy to successfully contest by-polls on NA-122 and…
ECP members not to resign; ready to face SJC proceedings
ISLAMABAD: Members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have decided not to resign and, instead, face the proceedings by…
Refusal by ECP members to quit averted constitutional crisis
ISLAMABAD: The unequivocal refusal of the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to step down has averted a grave…
Why did ECP members not resign?
ISLAMABAD: All the four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan were ready to resign if the Chief Election Commissioner…
Elections are not free unless verifiable
The discourse on electoral reform bears strong parallels with the debate on devolution. Much like devolution, the political elite…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa LG elections process successfully completed
The last phase of Local Government Elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for District and Tehsil Nazims and Naib Nazims has been…
PTI, PPP initiate action against discipline
MANSEHRA: The PTI and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have moved legal forums against five own councillors whose votes paved the…
Saifullahs team up with PTI, JI to defeat JUI-F in Lakki Marwat
PESHAWAR: Defections from the JUI-F enabled the alliance of the PTI, JI and the Saifullah family-led PPP to win the election for…
Weighing in: Maulana Fazl says only electoral reform can improve ECP working
Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday said that mere resignations would not bring any change…
Zardari on warpath against PML-N
ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-Chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari finally broke his silence on Monday over the recent arrests of…
PM tells party men to keep calm over PPP allegations
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, after PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s allegations against the…
Tensions with PPP: PML-N has nothing to do with arrests, says minister
ISLAMABAD: Following former president Asif Zardari’s incendiary statement on Monday, Information Minister Pervez Rashid extended…
Imran endorses Aleem’s integrity,ignores his income sources
ISLAMABAD: After Imran Khan named Aleem Khan as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate for the by-election in NA-122, the…
PTI confirms resignations rally on Sep 4
ISLAMABAD: All four members of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday shunning political pressure, refused to resign.
Election commission to review PTI’s allegations today
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Raza Khan has convened an…
Ayaz Sadiq to pray SC to suspend cost of suit
ISLAMABAD: Former National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who was disqualified by a Lahore election tribunal on August 22,…
If ECP members resign, PTI won’t have major role in appointing new ones
ISLAMABAD: Even if the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) prematurely resign nine months before expiry of their…
The imperatives for a new ECP
DUBAI: When the present Election Commission fades into ignominy after resignation of its members, Pakistan’s democratic and…
ECP likely to extend tenures of tribunal judges
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to extend the tenure of the five election tribunals in its session today,…
PTI forms local govts in nine KP districts
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the largest political party in the local government (LG) elections by…
Majority of KP district, tehsil nazims are novices at politics
PESHAWAR: Most of the newly elected district and town/tehsil nazims in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are young and newcomers in the…
PPP, JUI-F members voted against party wishes
PESHAWAR: Two PPP and eight JUI-F councillors voted against their respective parties decision in Chitral district, sources said…
Incomplete ECP can’t hold elections: minister
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Sunday that an incomplete Election Commission could not hold elections and…
ECP members have lost people’s trust: Pervaiz Elahi
LAHORE: PML-Q senior leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said all four members of the ECP have lost trust and elections will not be…
No more extension for election tribunals: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided not to extend the terms of the five election tribunals…
Three ECP members agree to step down
SLAMABAD: Following mounting pressure by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), three members of…
Decision not to extend term of tribunals was taken in June: ECP
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a clarification regarding not giving extension to the office term of…
Four MMA parties to jointly contest LG polls
LAHORE: Four Islamist parties which were part of the defunct Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) have agreed to contest the coming local…
Imran’s move can rattle PML-N
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decision not to extend tenure of the Election Tribunals (ETs) ending on…
Imran announces sit-in outside ECP building on October 4
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan announced a protest demonstration in front of the Election Commission…
PPP to boycott by-polls under present ECP setup
ISLAMABAD: The Peoples Party will boycott the coming by-polls in Lahore and Lodhran if members of the Election Commission (ECP)…