Dr. Abdul Malik nominee of PML-N and allied parties was Chief Minister of Balochistan unopposed.As no other candidate filed nomination papers for the slot which was stipulated time for filing of papers. Therefore‚ it has become clear that Dr. Abdul Malik will be declared officially new leader ...

PESHAWAR  - The Frontier Printers and Publishers Association (FPPA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the allegations of printing fake ballot papers and demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court to probe the matter.Speaking at a news conference here at press club on Tuesday, ...

Lower Dir - Police claimed to have recovered 90,000 ballot papers from a vehicle in Chakdara area of Lower Dir District on Sunday.DIG Malakand Range Obaidullah Khan told a private news channel that the police team recovered and confiscated the National Assembly ballot papers during the search of a ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (R) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim has said that investigations have started into the seizure of 90,000 fake ballot papers recovered by police in Lower Dir.Talking to media persons here in Islamabad on Monday, Fakhruddin G Ibrahim said that ECP was investigating the ...

Police claimed to have recovered 90,000 ballot papers from a vehicle in Chakdara area of Lower Dir district on Sunday.DIG Malakand range Obaidullah Khan told a private news channel that the police team recovered and confiscated the National Assembly ballot papers during the search of a vehicle and ...

LONDON: An art student has made a wedding dress made out of divorce papers. The strapless gown was produced by a 15-year-old as part of her GCSE assessment. The impressive creation, which uses the documents to create a ‘ruffled’ effect, was posted by the student’s friend on Reddit ...

The Election Commission says publication of 180 million ballot papers will be completed till 5th of May.It said supply of ballot papers to the Returning Officers will begin on 6th of May. Supply of voters' lists to the Returning Officers is in progress.The Election Commission further said 14 ...

No compromise will be made over the maintenance of security and transparency in the printing of ballot papers in the federal capital.This was stated by the representatives of the Election Commission of Pakistan during their visit to the office of Printing Corporation, here on Tuesday.On this ...

lahore  - PML-N President Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday withdrew his nomination papers from NA-119 Lahore and now he will contest only from NA-120 of the City constituency. In NA-119, his nephew Hamza Shahbaz Sharif will contest the elections. It may be mentioned that Nawaz Sharif is ...

The Election Commission started printing of ballot papers on Friday.An Election Commission spokesman said in Islamabad that the printing of 1.8 million ballot papers will be completed by the 30th April.To a question‚ he said final list of candidates will be displayed on the website soon after ...

KARACHI  – The Sindh High Court has stayed printing of ballot papers for 11 constituencies of Karachi.The SHC had reserved its judgment till Monday on the petition filed by MQM against delimitation of three national and eight provincial assembly constituencies in Karachi.MQM had ...

Islamabad  - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked WAPDA to ensure uninterrupted power supply in order to facilitate printing of ballot papers. The ECP has written a letter to WAPDA, further asking to make alternative power supply arrangements, including generators, in the wake of ...

The Election Commission Tribunal in Rawalpindi on Tuesday rejected a plea by former president and chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Pervez Musharraf against rejection of his nomination papers from National Assembly constituency, NA-48 Islamabad.The tribunal retained Returning ...

ISLAMABAD - Chairman National Accountability Bureau Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari on Sunday said that after general polls, the NAB would investigate into any concealment of facts made by the election candidates in their nomination papers and the guilty ones would face disqualification."If someone ...

ISLAMABAD - The election commission has ordered printing 180 million copies of ballot papers for the next months’ general elections.ECP Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan on Saturday gave a go-ahead for the printing that is to start on coming Saturday (April 20), a day after the commission displays ...

RAWALPINDI - Over 7000 students from Rawalpindi division have filed applications seeking rechecking of papers pertaining to primary and middle standard examination held under Punjab Examination Commission (PEC). The government and registered schools have thus expressed mistrust over PEC by ...

Former President and chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday challenged rejection of his nomination papers filed from NA-139, Kusur.The former military ruler, who is facing trail of high treason in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, has also challenged rejection of his ...

SIALKOT - As many as 15 out of a total of 131 nomination papers filed for five National Assembly seats while 44 nomination papers out of 383 papers filed for 11 Punjab Assembly seats here in the district have been rejected. Following completion of the scrutiny of nomination papers, the election ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to furnish a complete record of nomination papers of candidates from Punjab who underwent mandatory scrutiny of three agencies – the Federal Board of Revenue, National Accountability Bureau and State ...

TOBA TEK SINGH/ARIFWALA/AHMEDPUREAST/KHANEWAL - Returning Officer Ziaul Qamar rejected the nomination papers of PTI candidate from NA-93 Ch Muhammad Ashfaq after his Chenab Mills was found defaulter of Social Security Department.Though Ch Ashfaq took the plea that he was not a director of the mills ...

LAHORE - The returning officer of NA-119 has accepted the nomination papers of PML-N's Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and Ayesha Ahad Malik on Sunday. Hamza Shahbaz Sharif had raised a number of objections against Aysha Ahad Malik while the RO rejected his objections. Meanwhile, Aysha Ahad, talking to the ...

SARGODHA - Returning Officer Muhammad Azam Rana on Saturday accepted nomination papers of PML-N President Nawaz Sharif from NA-68. Advocates Bukhtiar Ali Sherazi and Muhammad Shahbaz Sherazi had filed objections to the RO that Nawaz Shairf had been involved in the Asghar Khan case. They said he had ...

SADIQABAD - Returning Officer Haji Muhammad Aslam scrutinised the nomination papers of all the political parties’ and independent candidates from NA-197 Sadiqabad constituency to contest the forthcoming general elections. Against these candidates, no other candidate or voter submitted ...

KARACHI – Former City Nazim Naimatullah Khan has submitted objection over the nomination papers of former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf from NA-250, and demanded the authorities concerned to declare the former president disqualify.   Khan was of the view that Musharraf is ...

KARACHI - The scrutiny of nomination papers of election candidates continued here on Saturday while the nomination papers of various political and religious parties, including Naimatullah Khan, Merajul Huda, Ghinwa Bhutto were found correct and accepted by the returning officers.During the scrutiny ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the nomination papers of 112 minority candidates of National and Provincial Assemblies for failing to provide any affiliation with any political party.According to spokesman of the ECP, the nomination papers of 70 minority ...

A Returning Officer (RO) on Sunday rejected the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for NA-51 Gujar Khan.The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and ex-premier of the country is currently facing a mega corruption case pertaining to rental power projects.Rejecting ...

SIALKOT - Pasrur Returning Officer Wajahat Hassan on Friday rejected the nomination papers of PML-Q candidate former Tehsil Nazim Ch Maqsood Ahmed Sulehriya from constituency NA-114 Pasrur, Sialkot-V and PPP candidate former provincial minister Dr Tanvirul Islam from PP-126 Chawinda, Sialkot-VI due ...

MULTAN - The scrutiny of nomination papers has become a nightmare for the candidates aspiring to contest general election 2013. The returning officers have launched a 'ruthless cleansing operation' in terms of papers' scrutiny after receiving clear orders from the Election Commission. The questions ...

SARGODHA - Returning officer Nazir Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday rejected nomination papers of PPP candidate for PP-31 Aslam Madhyana. As per detail, at least 48 criminal cases record was produced in the court by his opponent 70-year-old schoolteacher Nafees Khan. The returning officer after a long ...