Sir, your appointment as CEC was a decision taken by consensus of major parties. This was a unique distinction. They reposed full confidence and trust in you as you were a man of impeccable integrity and character. However, looking at the canvas of the recent general elections, the acting CEC ...

Justice Tassadaq Hussain Jilani took oath as acting Chief Election Commissioner here in Islamabad on Monday.Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered the oath to Justice Tassadaq Jilani which was attended by Judges of the apex court, senior lawyers and officials of the election ...

ISLAMABADPresident of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Thursday said that despite serious reservations his party has accepted the election results and decided to sit on opposition benches in Centre as well as KP Assembly.Talking to media after party's CEC meeting here, the ANP chief ...

islamabadAmidst speculation of change in the top party leadership over disastrous defeat in Khyber Pakkhtunkhwa, Awami National Party Central Executive Committee (CEC) would be meeting here on Thursday (tomorrow).Sources in the party confirmed serious rifts within party with a sizeable group of ...

islamabad - Pakistan Army has impliedly hinted that it would follow the instructions issued by the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on reviewing the security plan for general polls.“Despite very less reaction time for a change in finalised security plan, for which ...

islamabad - In a categorical expression of concern just ahead of the general elections, the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has expressed dissatisfaction over the military’s election security plan and asked the Army chief to review it.The development follows ...

Chief Election Commissioner‚ Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Friday said Commission has completed all arrangements to hold free‚ fair and transparent elections.In a statement‚ he said the power of vote can change destiny of the nation.He called upon the people to exercise their right of ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim has written a letter to the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani regarding the security arrangements on the sensitive polling stations on Saturday.Chief Election Commissioner has asked army Chief that efforts should be made and ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has written a confidential letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim expressing his grave concern over security situation and persistent attacks of Taliban against 3 political parties.As per a private TV channel president had mentioned PPP complaint ...

Free and fair elections mean allowing the people to determine the political make-up and future policy direction of the nation. An election should give basic freedom to citizens in order to have full participation in the elector process. People should be allowed to join a political party of their ...

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Thursday said that all arrangements have been finalized for the holding of general elections in the country on 11th May. While presiding over a meeting at the ECP office in Islamabad, he said in case the law and order situation was not improved, ...

Islamabad - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the chief election commissioner seeking his intervention to prevent some political parties, especially the PML-N, from a vilification campaign against him in the interest of free and fair elections. Farhatullah Babar, ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim reiterated on Thursday that the general elections, scheduled for May 11, would not get delayed even by a single day.Presiding over a meeting to review security arrangements for the upcoming elections, the CEC said a comprehensive security plan ...

ISLAMABAD - Facing fury from mainstream political parties over the provision of ‘slack’ security in the wake of repeated terrorist attacks, the Chief Election Commissioner has attempted to pacify the leaderships of three grieved parties and extended his ‘wholehearted’ ...

KARACHI - The office of Chief Election Commissioner Fakhurddin G Ebrahim’s son was attacked and ransacked by unknown persons at Clifton in the city on Sunday. According to the police, the attackers ransacked the office of the CEC’s son, vandalising and breaking the doors and windows, ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has urged all the political parties to firmly adhere to the code of conduct for candidates to ensure free, fair and impartial elections.In a letter addressed to the leaders of all the major political parties, the CEC hoped they ...

LAHORE - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is in trouble as the house he heads is divided over the issue of scrutiny of the election candidates.There are speculations that close circles of CEC Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim have even advised him to resign ahead of the May 11 polls, leaving the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Naeemul Haq on Friday expressed his concern over the misuse of government resources by the former ministers and urged Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to take notice of the misconduct by politicians.In a ...

ISLAMABAD - Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Friday apparently to discuss security arrangements ahead of the general elections.The meeting was held somewhere outside the Election Commission of Pakistan, the sources said.The ...

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Thursday met political leaders in Balochistan and reviewed law and order situation to ensure free‚ fair and peaceful general elections.Along with four members of the Commission, the CEC chaired a meeting of senior officials wherein ...

LAHORE – As the five-year tenure of the present regime expired on Saturday night, the country will see transition of powers in the center and the provinces in the days ahead with general elections just around the corner. The police department is preparing for a major reshuffle with many ...

ISLAMABAD – The chief election commissioner is smelling a rat in the ruling elites’ intentions as the tussle between the federal government and electoral body over the amendments in nomination papers lingers on. The commission awaits the government’s response on the matter. The ...

ISLAMABAD - Feeling the heat of enormous criticism of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over its apparent inability to address their reservations on key electoral issues, the chief election commissioner (CEC) on Thursday lashed out at the political parties terming their allegations as ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan Fakhruddin G Ibrahim has said there will be free and fair general elections in the country.Talking to VOA, he said that the institutions have constitutional powers, and they do not need the powers like that in India. Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim said that ...

KARACHI  – Backsliding on the exercise to redraw electoral constituencies in Karachi – a subject directly linked to ending political and ethnic polarization, as observed by the apex court on November 26 last year, and met with a legal challenge and criticism from MQM of Altaf ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) agreed on Wednesday to meet the government delegation that had negotiated with Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri.The ECP held a meeting on Wednesday chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim to discuss ...

RAWALPINDI – Dismayed over the federal government’s refusal to the recommendations of Pay and Pension Committee of increasing the salaries of employees, Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) Rawalpindi Division President Muhammad Ilyas Qureshi demanded of Chief Election ...

karachi - Chief Election Commissioner Fakharuddin G Ebrahim removed Sono Khan Baloch from the post of Sindh Election Commissioner on Monday. He has been posted as Director General Budget in Election Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad. PML-N, PML-F, JI, PTI, JUI-F, Sunni Tehreek, JUP-Noorani and ...

KARACHI - Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has urged the political parties and civil society to work jointly with the Election Commission to ensure free and fair election in the country. He was talking to delegations of various political parties‚ including the PPP‚ ...

ISLAMABAD - The chief election commissioner has summoned an all important meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan on the coming Thursday to decide on involving Rangers and the regular army troops during voters’ verification drive as well as discussing other electoral issues.The CEC ...