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PML-Q dissolves party bodies for reorganization
LAHORE: PML-Q leadership has dissolved party organisations in Punjab and constituted three committees for reorganisation.
Govt decides to take parties, provinces on board
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to take political parties and provinces into confidence over holding of the sixth national…
Sindh APC demands timely, fair census
Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) organised an all parties conference yesterday which expressed its reservations over…
Phase-wise population census likely as govt faces security, ethnicity issues
Multiple factors have led the federal government to take up with the provinces the option of carrying out the sixth population…
AJK general elections to be held on time: AJK PM
Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said on Sunday that the general elections in AJK will be…
No candidates for over 3,000 LG seats reserved for non-Muslims
PESHAWAR: The filling of over 3,000 vacant seats reserved for non-Muslims in the village and neighbourhood councils in areas…
ECP forms teams to monitor LG by-polls today
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced special monitoring teams to ensure free and fair polls in 23…
LG by-polls in 23 districts of KP underway
PESHAWAR: Polling for Local Government (LG) by-polls in 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is underway today (Sunday).
40,000 personnel to ensure security in KP local govt by-polls
PESHAWAR: Over 40,000 security personnel will ensure security during the local government by-elections slated to take place in 23…
Army to remain on alert during LG polls in Hazara Division
ABBOTTABAD: The army will remain on alert as a quick response force across Hazara Division to ensure peace during the local…
ECP says security arrangements for by-poll satisfactory
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared the security arrangements made by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Double NICs to be cancelled: Interior Ministry issues policy
ISLAMABAD: Interior Ministry has on Saturday issued the policy of cancelling double National Identity Cards (NIC) carried by one…
PTI names candidate for Mansehra Nazim
MANSEHRA: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf district councillors on Friday unanimously elected Shafahat Ali as the PTI’s candidate for…
MPC on 24th
LAHORE: The PTI is organising a multi-party conference on government’s anti-people policies as well as problems being faced by…
Census likely to be held in March, NA told
ISLAMABAD - The federal government in yesterday’s National Assembly session informed that national census will be held by next…
Army participation in census remains undecided
ISLAMABAD: It remains undecided till Saturday whether army would participate in census or not.
Census-2016: PPP hosts APC; MQM fears suspension until doomsday
Karachi—Pakistan People’s Party has severely criticised the initiation of the Census-2016 under the aegis of one single person…
Poll on indirect LG seats in Sindh postponed again
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday postponed election on the thousands of indirect seats of all the local…
Mayor, deputies notified
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notified the victory of Sheikh Anser Aziz, the first mayor of the federal…
Re-polling at two stations for NA-39 on March 6
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Thursday to hold re-polling at two stations for internally…
Notices to ECP, others in Hassaan case
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Thursday issued notices to Election Commission of Pakistan and other authorities on a petition…
PPP protests cut in LG reserved seats for women
KARACHI: A protest under the aegis of the women's wing of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was held on Thursday outside the…
Govt to hold census next month, NA told
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad told the House on Thursday that the government had decided to hold…
Senate passes four bills
ISLAMABAD: Senate on Thursday unanimously passed four bills. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Sheikh Aftab Ahmed,…
Mengal demands postponement of census
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) president Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal has urged the federal government to postpone…
Judge recuses himself from bench hearing election petition
ISLAMABAD: Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik of the Supreme Court on Thursday recused himself from the bench that was hearing a…
Islamabad mayor, deputy mayor elections challenged
ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan…
SC rejects Sindh govt plea against SHC order, stays election of mayors, deputy mayors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the petition of Sindh government to set aside the verdict of the Sindh High Court for…
Offices, funds sought for LG representatives
PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over delay in provision of offices and funds to the elected…
LHC issues notice to EC, others on plea against Khawaja Ahmad Hassan
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notices to Election Commission (EC) and others for March 31 on a petition…
ECP issues notification for LG polls in KP
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued notification for holding Local Government (LG) polls in some…
Election of mayors: Sindh challenges SHC order on secret ballot
ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government has challenged the Sindh High Court’s order to declare the amendment in the local government law…
SHC dismisses govt plea for suspension of secret ballot order
Karachi: The Sindh High Court dismissed on Tuesday an application of the provincial government seeking suspension of its order…
ECP set to buy EVMs but confused about features
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission (ECP) is all set to float international tenders for purchase of electoral technology but the…
MQM’s lawmaker resigns
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq on Tuesday accepted resignation of MQM’s parliamentarian Rehan Hashmi.
PTI to finalise candidates by June this year
LAHORE - In a stark departure from the prevailing practice in Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has decided to finalise its…
Sindh files appeal in SC against secret ballot ruling
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the judgement of the Sindh High Court that…
Islamabad LG ordinance extended
ISLAMABAD: The combined opposition on Monday had a little tiff with the treasury benches when the latter presented an ordinance…
PML-N’s Sheikh Ansar elected first mayor of Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Sheikh Ansar Aziz was elected on Monday as the first-ever mayor of…
Population census in March if army assures security, NA told
The National Assembly was informed on Monday that the government is committed to holding the population census next month…