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ECP short of 2 members, can’t decide funding case: PTI

ISLAMABAD: Facing now day-to-day hearing in the foreign funding case, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Tuesday called into question the incomplete Election Commission of Pakistan, insisting that an incomplete ECP was not authorized to decide a case. Also Read: ECP to hear PTI foreign funding case daily The electoral body, which consists of five members i.e. […]Read More

ECP unlikely to deploy EVMs for ‘October elections’

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is on track towards making the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and I-Voting technology but foresees no possibility of being able to incorporate them in the general election likely in October this year. Despite amendments to the Elections Act, 2017, which adopted in the joint session of […]Read More

ECP to hear PTI foreign funding case daily

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday decided to hear the PTI foreign funding case on a daily basis so that it could decided within 30 days. The decision made in the light of a decision of the Islamabad High Court, in which the court had dismissed a PTI appeal against the ECP order […]Read More

PTI’s foreign funding: IHC to ECP, decide within 30 days

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide the PTI Foreign Funding case in the next 30 days. The order issued in the detailed IHC verdict released on Thursday in which the IHC had dismissed the PTI appeal against the ECP order rejecting two PTI applications […]Read More

ECP delimitation for NA, PA constituencies announced

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday announced the delimitation schedule for the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies constituencies for the general elections, barring the creation of new administrative units. The Election Commission last week decided to carry out delimitations based on the National Census 2017 as there was no possibility of the digital […]Read More

ECP to delimit constituencies without digital census

ISLAMABAD: Without waiting for a digital census to be held, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to immediately go for delimitation of national and provincial assemblies as per the 2017 national census. In this connection, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja presided situation and time constraints, the commission decided to immediately delimit […]Read More

Response to president’s letter: Polls possible in Oct: ECP

ISLAMABAD: In response to a letter by the president, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday said four additional months are required for conducting general elections (polls) i.e. in October honestly, justly and fairly as ordained in Article 18 (3) of the Constitution. In a letter addressed to the president’s additional secretary, the ECP requested […]Read More

ECP breaks silence on criticism

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday broke its silence on the criticism on it by the former ministers of ex-PTI government and other functionaries with reference to the holding of general elections, following the dissolution of the National Assembly. The ECP spokesperson said the Election Commission geared up to fulfil its constitutional and […]Read More

ECP looking for ways to hold elections in 90 days

ISLAMABAD: Following the announcement by PM Imran Khan of general elections in 90 days. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is already functioning with three members including the chief election commissioner, is looking for ways to make it possible. Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, according to sources, has sprung into action along with […]Read More

KP completes second phase of LG elections

PESHAWAR: The second and last phase of the Local Government (LG) elections completed after polling in 18 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday and according to initial results, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leading in most of the areas. This was for the first time that the LG elections held in the tribal districts that […]Read More