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Alleged errors in NA-122 judgment
ISLAMABAD: According to the legal advisers of Ayaz Sadiq key figures on the basis of which the judgement of NA-122 Election…
Decision to revive PTI’s fortunes?
LAHORE: Leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) said on Saturday the Lahore election tribunal’s decision against National…
After tribunal’s verdict: Imran asks NADRA chief, ECP members to step down
ISLAMABAD: A day after issuing a warning to the top polls body, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday demanded resignations of…
Tribunal’s decision to be challenged: minister
ISLAMABAD: Infor¬ma¬tion Minister Pervez Rashid said on Sunday the judgment of an election tribunal about elections in the…
PTI to field Aleem Khan for NA-122 by-poll
ISLAMABAD: The national advisory council of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has informally decided to field senior party leader…
MQM team likely to meet PM today
ISLAMABAD: MQM negotiating team led by Farooq Sattar is likely to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the issue of resignation of…
Ayaz Sadiq out as tribunal orders repolling in NA-122
LAHORE: Election Tribunal Judge Kazim Malik on Saturday de-seated National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq after nullifying…
Delimitation : SHC issues notices to ECP, others
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Sindh advocate general and…
Imran confident of more decisions against PML-N soon
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that PML-N’s second wicket has fallen but it took the chief of a…
Verdict on NA-122 shows entire electoral system full of flaws: JI
LAHORE: The Jamaat-e-Islami on Saturday said the election tribunal decision on NA-122 showed that the entire electoral system was…
ECP nominates Judges to decide appeals about PK 93 by polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday nominated Judges of Peshawar High Court with the approval of President…
First phase of LB polls in Punjab, Sindh now on Oct 31
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to hold the first phase of local bodies (LB) polls in…
JI, JUI-F discuss MMA-like alliance
LAHORE: Senate Deputy Chairman and JUI-F Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghaafoor Haidari called on Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary…
Voting rights to Pak expats a Herculean task
ISLAMABAD: Politicians, election officials and senior bureaucrats on Thursday sounded pessimistic about giving the voting right…
Electoral Reform Subcommittee raises roof for electoral expenses
Electoral Reform Subcommittee has completed 80 per cent of its work after recommending an increase in electoral expenses on…
Notices to govt, ECP in LG Ord case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Thursday again issued notices to federal, Punjab governments and Election Commission of Pakistan…
PTI, PPP reject ECP’s decision of phase-wise LG elections
LAHORE: Both the major opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly - the PTI and the PPP - rejecting the Election Commission of…
PM ‘disappoints’ by not answering questions, says MQM
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar on Thursday said his party was disappointed by the prime minister’s visit to…
PAT to challenge ECP in apex court
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) has decided to challenge what it called the unconstitutional Election Commission of Pakistan…
LB polls in 25 Punjab, Sindh districts on Oct 12
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided to hold the first phase of the local bodies election in…
ECP sets August 29 for oath taking of councilors
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed August 29 for administration of oath to the councillors elected…
Sindh ready to hold LG polls:Nisar Khuhro
KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister for Information and Education Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Wednesday said that the Sindh government is…
Strong criticism: ‘Local govt polls not on PPP, PML-N agenda’
Several leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf lashed out at the Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday for delaying the…
PTI wins 395 seats in KP LG polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday announced the official results of the local government elections held in…
CDP rejects selection based LB electoral system
RAWALPINDI: Christian Democratic Party (CDP) strongly rejected selection based electoral system of Punjab Local Bodies’ (LB)…
Fazl briefs Nawaz on talks with MQM
ISLAMABAD: With the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman here on Wednesday, the…
ECP says it stands by its plan to give overseas Pakistanis right to vote
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that it stands by its plan to give overseas Pakistanis the right to…
Issuing ballot papers: ROs may be stripped of discretionary powers
ISLAMABAD: The sub-panel of the electoral reforms committee recommended on Tuesday that the returning officers’ discretionary…
Reserved seat falls : PPP MNA Alizeh resigns from seat
ISLAMABAD: Dr Shazia Sobia has replaced Alizeh Iqbal Haider as member national assembly on Pakistan Peoples Party ticket from…
ECP’s obligation is to hold LG polls, not seek time: SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ruled that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), being a constitutional body,…
ECP relies on lame excuses to delay Punjab, Sindh LG polls
ISLAMABAD: Disregarding the Constitution, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is blindly relying on lame excuses and wrong…
PILDAT names Top 21 Potential PMs of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: In a systematic effort to map the future political leadership of Pakistan, PILDAT has identified 21 leading political…
Fazl holds talks with MQM leaders at Nine Zero
KARACHI: The chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, during his visit to Nine Zero on Tuesday succeeded…
NA-122 rigging case verdict reserved
LAHORE: An election tribunal Monday reserved verdict in NA-122 alleged rigging case after counsel for National Assembly Speaker…
ECP announce schedule for PK-93 re-election
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued schedule for by-poll on PK-93 constituency of Upper Dir, Khyber…
Missing members: ECP postpones hearing of petition against PTI
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday postponed the hearing of a case alleging financial irregularities…
ECP and Sindh, Punjab to defend phased LG polls plan in court
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the governments of Punjab and Sindh have decided to defend the proposal…
Out of party means out of LG council!
Moved by Local Government Minister Inayat Ullah Khan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday passed with majority the KP Local…
MQM challenges delimitations of four more cities
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC), challenging the delimitations of four more…
SC, IHC urged to declare seats of MQM legislators vacant
ISLAMABAD: The en masses resignation of MQM lawmakers from both houses of parliament as well as the Sindh Assembly led to the…