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Topic: Electoral
ASWJ protests misprinting of electoral symbol
GUJRANWALAAhle Sunnat Wal Jamaat staged a protest here in front of DCO office, denouncing the misprinting of electoral symbols over ballot papers by the Election Commission of Pakistan.Reportedly in PP-97, Fan was allotted to Asim Raza, a candidate of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat by ECP but erroneously ...
ECP flayed for printing wrong electoral symbol
SHEIKHUPURA Pakistan Mohafez Watan Party (PMWP) candidate for PP-167 Shahid Jameel protested against the Election Commission of Pakistan for printing wrong electoral symbol on the ballot papers. According to details, Shahid Jameel is contesting for PP-167 from the PMWP platform with the ...
Protest against electoral system
lahore - Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) staged sit-ins in 300 cities across the country on the polling day in protest against the current electoral system. The sit-in in Lahore was attended by a large number of men, women and children. The PAT claimed the people expressed distrust in the system by ...
MWM, ST, JUP reach electoral alliance
KARACHI -The Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, Sunni Tehreek and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan have reached an electoral alliance for the polls to be held on May 11. Addressing a news conference here at the Press Club Thursday, MWM’s Allama Sadiq Raza Taqvi, ST’s Matloob Awan Qadri and JUP’s ...
UNDP-trained govt staff to join electoral duties
ISLAMABAD - More than 700,000 out of over 750,000 government employees trained by the UNDP would be joining election duties at the 69,876 polling stations across Pakistan on coming Friday while the remaining personnel have already joined their duties.Following the ECP's announcement on appointing ...
Electoral dissonance
Even if we ignore the entertainment provided by judiciary' appointed Returning Officers (ROs) by applying the constitution' article -62/63 while interviewing the potential candidates for national and provincial assemblies, there are other serious issues which are going to mar the credibility of ...
Tough electoral test in making in NA-125
LAHORE - A tough electoral contest is in the making among PML-N, PPP and PTI candidates in NA-125 Lahore which is presenting a different look this time round. The constituency of NA-125 is considered to be a stronghold of PML-N, but the wave of change which Imran Khan is spearheading has ...
US Ambassador Olson discusses electoral process, bilateral relations with PM
Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has reiterated that the care taker government will support and do all what it takes to hold free, fair and transparent elections in the country. The care taker government, he said, was extending all possible assistance to Election Commission of ...
PML-Q’s Adil Sheikh visits electoral constituency
karachi - Haleem Adil Sheikh, election candidate from Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid for election to PS-129, on Sunday made a tour to Ebrahim Hyderi to learn about problems of the voters. Sheikh visited the markets on foot to give a subliminal message that he cared for the people of his electoral ...
MQM not to quit electoral race: Altaf
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain has said the assassinations of the party workers is a conspiracy meant to steer the party out of the elections.In a statement issued from London, the MQM chief said the criminal people have been left to go scot-free for the murder of the ...
Electoral race ‘narrows down’ to Nawaz vs Imran
NEW YORK It’s Nawaz Sharif versus Imran Khan in Pakistan’s historic May 11th elections, according to an influential American newspaper, as the race is narrowing down to the respective political parties of the two leaders. The PPP is trailing after a five-year rule that many ...
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Influential Khattaks in field to conquer Nowshera
PESHAWAR - Electioneering is picking up momentum in Nowshera as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI) have fielded senior politicians from Khattak tribe to win elections from the NA-5 Nowshera-I ...
Electoral process and caretakers
The most precious, as well as the most scarce, commodity a developing country has is ‘time’.Vis-à-vis time, man is ever in loss, except those who develop a deep conviction and translate this conviction into a positive, productive and wholesome action. And the two qualities that ...
Electoral alliance with PTI, MQM to be decided on March 13: Tahirul Qadri
Chief of Tehreek-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) Dr Tahir ul Qadri has said that dialogue regarding electoral alliance with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was underway and final decision would be taken on March 13 in a party meeting.Talking to media at Lahore airport ...
Electoral predictions
A pre-poll survey conducted by the International Republican Institute show PML-N ahead of rest of the political parties including the PTI, a straw in the wind that bears out the party’s growing popularity. According to the findings, PTI’s popularity is down by 22 percent, while that of ...
‘No electoral alliance with PPP in next polls’
PESHAWAR – The Awami National Party (ANP) has refused to make an electoral alliance with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the forthcoming general elections.Talking to newsmen on Saturday, senior leader of ANP Senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour said his party respected President Asif ...
Iftikhar for electoral rolls correction
PESHAWAR - Taking immediate notice of the incorrect preliminary electoral rolls 2011, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Minister for Information and Inter Provincial Coordination, Mian Iftikhar Hussain has asked the Provincial Election Commissioner to make correction to the said lists.He observed that the lists ...
ECP displays electoral rolls with SMS service
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday displayed the new electoral rolls at over 5,000 display centres across the country. Besides displaying the electoral rolls, the ECP has also launched a landmark move and world’s biggest short message service (SMS) for over ...
ECP displays computerized voter lists
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday displayed initial draft of computerized voter lists.According to ECP, initial drafts of computerized voter lists containing names of 83.28 million voters were put on display in various centers all over the country on Wednesday morning.The massive ...
ECP releases details of electoral rolls display centres
The Election Commission of Pakistan has released details of electoral rolls display centres across the country on its website.A spokesman for the commission said that the electoral rolls will be displayed at more than 50,000 centres.Voter lists will be on display for three days in 44 ...
JUI-F to forge electoral alliance with N: Haideri
OKARA - JUI-F Central General Secretary Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri said that his party will forge an electoral alliance with the PML-N in the coming elections, declaring 2012 election year. After the Senate elections, the government should announce the date for th egeneral elections by ...
ECP bound to update electoral rolls every year: CJ
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed exercising right of vote in a right manner could change the destiny of the country.Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, a member of the bench, hearing Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan’s petition on bogus votes, said the court was rendering ...
Harnessing technology for electoral transparency
In the midst of Pakistan's never ending disasters and serious governance challenges, streamlining the voter's list is the last thing on the public agenda. It is true that the multi-faced challenges facing Pakistan today require radical steps. But, sometimes, small tangible steps can lay the basis ...
Door to door verification for electoral rolls to be started from Aught 08: ECP
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in its meeting with Chairman NADRA and Secretary Statistics Division decided to start country wide door-to-door verification exercise of Electoral Rolls from August 08. The decision was taken after briefing by the Chairman NADRA, Mr. Ali Arshad Hakeem ...
EC removes 37m bogus votes from electoral lists
Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmed told Supreme Court (SC) that 37 million bogus votes had been removed from the electoral rolls; however, names of 36 million new voters have been incorporated in the lists. A three-strong bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed ...
PML-N, JI, JKPP reach electoral alliance
MIRPUR (AJK) - AJK chapters of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Jamaat-e-Islami and Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party reached into an electoral alliance with the declaration to install joint candidates in the scheduled June 26 elections for Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly besides support ...
Parties gearing up for electoral alliances
MIRPUR (AJK) - With the announcement of schedule for general elections in Azad Jammu Kashmir, the electioneering by the intending contestants including independent candidates and political parties as well as the general public including supporters is swiftly gaining momentum across the state. A new ...
Rigged electoral system a threat to Pak stability: ICG
ISLAMABAD - A flawed general election would pose a serious threat to Pakistans stability. Political violence and ethnic conflict could be sparked countrywide by a flawed census, gerrymandering and a rigged election, says the Policy Report of International Crisis Group (ICG) that suggests electoral ...
Azam Hoti challenged for electoral battle
ISLAMABAD - Former federal minister and chairman, anti-graft caucus, Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti has announced that he would contest next election from National Assembly Constituency NA-9 and provincial constituency PK-23 and challenged Azam Hoti to contest election against him. In a ...
EC allots electoral signs to NA-55 candidates
The Election Commission has issued the final list of candidates for by-polls in NA-55, and also allotted electoral signs in this regard. As per the final list, as many as 25 would vie for the seat including PML-N Shakil Awan, Awami Muslim Leagues Sheikh Rasheed besides some independent candidates ...
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