At least seven persons were injured as workers of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and PML-Q attacked each other with chairs and batons during PP-275 by-polls. The clash took place between workers of PML-N and PML-Q outside Jhagra Government Elementry School Chak No. 108 after exchanging harsh ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan is likely to recommend in its report, to be submitted with the Supreme Court, to validate by-polls held before the restructuring of ECP, as the commission completed the hearings on legality of by-elections on Saturday. The ECP report is likely to be ...

LAHORE (INP) - The AJK by-polls scheduled to be held in the LA-37 Lahore on July 10 have been postponed once again. The polls in the constituency were postponed after a clash between PPP and PML-N workers during the AJK elections on June 26. After this, July 10 was announced as the new date for ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday postponed the by-elections in Balochistan Assemblys constituency PB-26 Jaffarabad-II, from May 24 to July 9 2011. In a statement, the ECP mentioned that recently, in a few cases, the Supreme Court has dilated upon the issue of constitution ...

KARACHI - The Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh on Wednesday said that people should elect able and honest candidates who could struggle for their rights and asked the government to ensure security of the masses during the upcoming by-elections in PS-94. The leaders were addressing the inaugural ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday disqualified PPPs former MNA Amir Yar Waran from contesting bye-election in NA-184, Bahawalpur, which is going to be held tomorrow (Wednesday). Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah passed this order on a petition filed by Muhammad Jamil, the rival candidate for ...

ISLAMABAD The recent by-polls held in three National Assembly constituencies were conducted in extremely high security and police barricades but suspicious voting patterns as well as incidents of fraudulent voting were observed during these by-polls, says a preliminary report of Free and Fair ...

LAHORE - Political realign-ments have reached climax in Sargodha, Gujranwala and Lodhran, as by-polls in NA-68, NA-100 and NA-155 are going to be on August 5. While, the political lobbyists in NA-68, Sargodha predict surprising results in the by-elections of the said constituency keeping in view ...

LAHORE - PML-N has asked the party men to submit applications for contesting by-elections in PP-13, Rawalpindi. On the instructions of Party Quaid Nawaz Sharif, Adviser to the Chief Minister Punjab, Raja Ashfaq Sarwar has invited applications from the interested party workers and leaders for ...

LAHORE The PML-N Parliamentary Board Punjab has interviewed 27 aspirants for Sargodha PP-34 by-polls while nine of them are considered to be strong candidates, The Nation has learnt. Insiders privy to the development told this scribe on Tuesday that Ch Hamid Hameed, Ch Tabraiz Gill, Dr Liaquat ...

LAHORE - The Returning Officer for PP-160 Lahore by-polls, Abdul Hameed, has allotted election symbols to candidates at the Punjab Election Commission office on Saturday. The RO also issued the final list of contestants according to which 12 candidates are in the run including three of major ...

LAHORE - PML-N is likely to secure PP-160 seat in the upcoming by-polls, which was vacated by PML-Ns Rana Mubashar Iqbal on the charges of holding bogus degree, however, there are also other prospective contenders in the run from the stated constituency who could pose threat to PML-N candidate, The ...

The election appellate tribunal of Lahore High Court on Thursday disqualified two Pakistan Peoples Partly candidates for contesting bye-polls in NA-167 and PP-259, a private TV reported. The three-member elections tribunal comprising Justice Anwar-ul-Haq, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Nasir ...

QUETTA (APP) A candidate contesting by-elections on PB-I Quetta-I on Tuesday challenged the polling in the said constituency and prayed to the court to set another date for the elections after 10th Ashura. Amanullah Shadezai, a joint candidate of four political parties including Jamat-e-Islami, ...

LAHORE - The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan on Friday through a written statement informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) that he was not constitutionally bound to consult any executive authority before issuance of schedule for by-elections rather he requested to court to give him a go ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule of by-elections for Punjab Assembly seat PP-250 Rajanpur. According to schedule, by-polls would be held on January 3. Nomination papers would be submitted from November 28 till December 2. The seat was vacated due to the demise of ...

KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party has decided to nominate Advisor to CM Prison Gul Mohammad Jakhrani as PPP candidate for by-election NA-210 to be held on December 15, 2008. NA-210 seat was vacated after the death of PML-Q forward-bloc leader Nasrullah Khan Bijarani who defeated PPP candidate ...

LAHORE - By-elections to the vacant seats of the local government institutions would be held in three tiers within the next couple of weeks. Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, Secretary Election Commission of the Pakistan, presiding over a meeting at the office of Provincial Election Commission Saturday ...

The central leader of PML-N Makhdoom Javaid Hashmi has said that a conspiracy was hatched against Nawaz Sharif to prevent him from contesting by-polls here on Tuesday. Addressing to a gathering staged for PP-107 by-elections, he said that PML-N was battling for supremacy of constitution, judges' ...

LAHORE - In a surprise move Provincial Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah personally appeared before an election tribunal comprising judges of the Lahore High Court who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order of November 3. The minister recorded his statement and also submitted an ...