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The yes-men
THERE is no shortage of detractors of civil servants in this country and around the world. An English poet once described them as…
Poll reform
THE transfer of electoral rolls from Nadra to the Election Commission of Pakistan may seem like an obscure bureaucratic exercise…
Electronic voting machines to cost Rs 80 billion
ISLAMABAD: It will cost over Rs 80 billion to go for electronic poll in general elections as Pakistan will need 360,000…
Fafen tells ECP: Women in Toba village never given right to vote
TOBA TEK SINGH: The Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) has pointed out to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that…
NA Electoral Reforms body seeks details of expenditure on purchase of EVMs
ISLAMABAD: The sub-committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms on Wednesday sought details of expenditure…
Polling for two Sanghar UCs today
SANGHAR: Polling for two union councils, Ghujhrero and Harbyari, of Tando Adam municipality in Sanghar district is to be held on…
Re-election in two polling stations of NA-39 on March 6
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would conduct re-polls in the two polling stations of NA-39 (District Hangu)…
NA-122 by-polls: Aleem Khan challenges tribunal’s verdict in SC
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan on Wednesday challenged Election Tribunal’s verdict in NA-122 case in…
Sharif family loyalist Iqbal Zafar Jhagra nominated as KP governor
PESHAWAR: Iqbal Zafar Jhagra edged out fellow Muslim Leaguer Pir Sabir Shah to win the favour of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for…
Census may be put off for a few months, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa has hinted at postponement of the population census due to security concerns as…
Council of Common Interest (CCI) meets on Feb 29: NA told
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada Wednesday said Council of Common Interests (CCI) would…
Chief Commissioner links census to availability of army men
ISLAMABAD: Chief Census Commissioner Asif Bajwa on Wednesday linked the timely holding of the population census to the…
PBS rules out census in phases
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics yesterday ruled out the possibility of conducting population census in different phases…
PTI split over mode of elections in intraparty polls
With the party deeply divided into three groups over the future course of action regarding the upcoming intra-party elections,…
Noon wins N ticket for NA-153 by-poll
MULTAN: Former provincial minister and aspirant for the PML-N ticket for by-election to NA-153 Multan-Vl (Jalalpur) Rana Qasim…
PML-N gains majority seats in KP LG by-elections
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has secured majority seats in the district council wards in the recently-held local…
LG elections in Ziarat on Feb 25
QUETTA: Provincial Election Commission Balochistan has announced that local government elections for Member District Council…
LG polls for MC Tando Adam on Thursday: PEC
SANGHAR: Local government elections for Municipal Committee Tando Adam and two union councils of taluka Tando Adam of district…
ECP asked to invite tenders for electronic voting machine
ISLAMABAD: Dr Arif Alvi, convener of a parliamentary sub-committee on electoral reforms, has said that the Election Commission of…
NA-122 by-polls: PTI's Aleem Khan challenges tribunal's verdict in SC
LAHORE: Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Aleem Khan on Wednesday has challenged Election Tribunal’s verdict in NA-122…
Local bodies system being strengthened to activate democratic institutions
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that local bodies system is being strengthened for activating…
50pc seats for women in legislature demanded
MINGORA: The first women assembly in Swat on Tuesday demanded 50 per cent seats for women in legislature, a crackdown on women’s…
PTI to extend membership drive for two more weeks
RAWALPINDI: As the deadline ends on Feb 27, PTI will extend its membership drive for two or three more weeks as the campaign has…
JI’s anti-graft drive from March 1
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq along with the four provincial chiefs of the party on Tuesday announced a countrywide…
Population census put on CCI agenda
ISLAMABAD: Apparently giving in to political pressure, the government on Tuesday decided to incorporate the issue of much-delayed…
Census to address deprivations of smaller provinces
PESHAWAR: Central General Secretary of ANP, Mian Iftikhar Hussain Tuesday highlighted the need of new census saying it would help…
PILDAT tears apart democratic cloak of political parties
A latest survey report by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has re-confirmed the perception…
NA-245 by-poll on April 4
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday announced that the by-poll for NA-245, North Nazimabad, would be held on…
Unofficial results: PML-N bags three council seats in Hazara
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has emerged victorious in by-elections held in Hazara after it bagged three of the four…
Where is change?
Local Government by-elections in KPK were held in an organized and peaceful environment but the issue of disenfranchisement of…
Differences emerge among PTI leadership over intraparty elections
Serious differences have arisen among the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the procedure of intraparty elections…
PML-N remains ‘least democratic party’ in rankings
ISLAMABAD: In a report launched by Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat) on Monday,…
ANP warns against postponing census
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Monday said that census was a must to promote…
JI’s membership drive from March 1
TIMERGARA: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Lower Dir chapter, on Monday announced that 15,000 youth would be registered as party…
Low turnout as LG by-polls held peacefully in 23 KP districts
PESHAWAR: Polling was held in 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the local government by-elections, mostly on the vacant…
Women barred from voting in Dir
TIMERGARA: The practice of not allowing women to vote was witnessed again in Lower Dir on Sunday when only two of the 26,949…
PML-N secures 2 district council seats in Mansehra
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has clinched two district council seats in Local Government’s by-election held…
ECP appoints tribunal judges for disposal of appeals
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has appointed the judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) as tribunal judges.
LG by-polls held in 23 KP dists amid tight security
PESHAWAR - The ruling PTI, JI, JUI-F and ANP won general councilors and women seats in the local government by-elections held in…
Census must be held as per plan despite our reservations, Qaim tells MPC
KARACHI: The multi-party conference (MPC) held here on Sunday under the auspices of the Pakistan Peoples Party demanded that the…