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Pakistan by-elections: ECP sets deadline for postal ballot papers

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed April 2 deadline for the submission of pleas for postal ballot papers in by-elections on 23 NA and provincial assemblies’ seats in Pakistan. The by-elections on 23 vacant seats of NA and provincial assemblies will be held on April 21. According to the ECP, the facility of […]Read More

ECP issues election schedule for 48 Senate seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued schedule for elections on forty-eight vacant seats of the Senate. According to the schedule, polling will be held on the second of next month from 9 am to 4 pm. The candidates can file their nomination papers with the returning officers from tomorrow till Saturday. […]Read More

ECP rejects Mehmood Achakzai’s request to delay presidential election

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday rejected Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed presidential candidate Mehmood Khan Achakzai’s request to delay presidential elections. In a 10-page written verdict, the commission said that Achakzai did not raise any objection during the scrutiny of nomination papers and that the electoral college is also complete for […]Read More

Islamabad High Court Delays Form 45, 47 Case Hearing

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) requested the election commission’s response next week regarding a petition concerning the non-uploading of forms 45 and 47. The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) filed the petition, alleging the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) failed to upload the election result forms within the stipulated timeframe. Chief Justice IHC Aamir Farooq presided over […]Read More

Asif Zardari’s Nomination Papers Approved for Presidential Election

Asif Ali Zardari’s nomination papers for the presidential election have been successfully approved, confirmed his lawyer Farooq Naek. “We are confident of securing the necessary votes for victory in the election. Asif Zardari will be re-elected as president,” Naik expressed. Earlier, legal representatives of Asif Ali Zardari and Mehmood Khan Achakzai, the presidential candidate from […]Read More

Party-wise seat allocation in National Assembly?

ISLAMABAD: Following the recent general election on February 8, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disclosed the most recent party positions in the National Assembly (NA).With 107 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) became the largest party. There are 23 reserved seats out of the 84 general seats, 19 of which designated for women, and […]Read More

PTI dealt blow as PML-N wins Islamabad seats, says ECP

ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Friday the victories of three Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates who won the three constituencies in Islamabad, dealing a setback to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).Anjum Aqeel, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, and Raja Khurram Nawaz, three PML-N candidates, had won from NA-46, NA-47, and NA-48, respectively. The PTI had […]Read More

JI Senator demands CEC resignation over alleged poll rigging

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) demanded on Tuesday that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja resign from his position due to the February 8 general elections not being held in a transparent manner.In an address to the Senate today in Islamabad, the JI senator claimed that the elections rigged. And that they […]Read More

Voter paper printing must be finished by February 2: ECP

ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Tuesday that it will finish printing ballots by February 2 as the general election date draws closer, as reported by The News. On the other hand, the electoral body has also started distributing ballots nationwide at the same time via security personnel in every province. A […]Read More