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NADRA doesn't have technology to read magnetic ink: Report

ISLAMABAD: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) which had earlier suggested the use of magnetic ink to restrict…

PTI leader wants ECP to pay for verification of thumb impressions

ISLAMABAD: PTI candidate Hamid Khan, who lost 2013’s general elections in the NA-125 (Lahore) constituency, requested the…

PML-N all set to have mayor, dy mayor in capital

ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N is likely to sweep the elections for Islamabad’s mayor and three deputy mayors, which will be held…

PPP to invite all Sindh parties to discuss census

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to organise an ‘all-party conference’ at the Sindh Chief Minister House on Feb 21…

PM appoints Lt Gen Alam Khattak as new KP governor

PESHAWAR: Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak has been appointed as a new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days…

Rigging reports in PTI’s intra-party elections

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Election Commission has taken an exception to irregularities in the party membership…

JUI-N to re-merge into JUI-F on 25th

PESHAWAR: The dissident faction Jamiat Ulamai Islam-Nazriati (JUI-N) will formally re-merge into Jamiat Ulama Islam-Fazal (JUI-F)…

Population census likely to be postponed

ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited 6th population census is all set to be postponed again mainly because of non availability of required…

LG polls for Sindh’s reserved seats from 20th

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold the local government elections for indirect seats in Sindh between…

Cell set up to monitor reforms at grassroots level

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has established a cell in the local government election and rural development…

SHC urged to suspend operation of secret ballot order

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan and others on an application of…

PK-95 election results: Judgment reserved on writ against ECP’s decision

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) reserved judgment on a writ challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to…

Justice Mughal made Azad Kashmir CEC

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government notified on Thursday the appointment of AJK High Court Chief Justice…

PML-N interviews candidates for mayor, deputy

RAWALPINDI: PML-N has started the process of selecting candidates for the elections of a mayor and two deputy mayors of the…

PTI to have direct election process

LAHORE: The intra-party polls will be held following the process of direct election from union council to centre, Imran Khan…

Committee formed for moot on census

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, who is also the Sindh president of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has constituted…

Hamid Nasir Chattha’s son joins PTI

GUJRANWALA: PML-J chief Hamid Nasir Chattha’s son Ahmad Chattha announced joining the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the…

By-election in PS-23 on March 22

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would hold by-election in PS-23 (Naushero Feroze) on March 22. According to a…

SHC directs ECP to hold mayoral polls by secret ballot

KARACHI: Restoring the previous local government law, the Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of…

Delay in poll reforms to undermine next elections, cautions EU mission

ISLAMABAD: A member of the European parliament and head of the European Union’s electoral follow-up mission in Pakistan, Michael…

‘E-tabulation failed in 2013 polls due to lack of legal cover’

ISLAMABAD: An automated Results Management System (RMS) is the best way to ensure better electoral practices, but Pakistan’s…

Akhtar threatens to move SC over LG powers

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) nominee for the Karachi mayor slot Waseem Akhtar has said that his party would move the…

Petition to stay LG elections on reserved seats rejected

Lahore: Justice Shahid Waheed of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday turned down the opposition parties request to stay the election…

‘Municipal bodies given powers according to law’

Karachi: The provincial information adviser said on Tuesday that municipal agencies had been devolved powers in accordance with…

‘Census without transparency will affect Sindh most’

HYDERABAD: A member of the Grand Democratic Alliance formed against the Sindh government has expressed serious reservations over…

Jatoi claims PPP using official machinery, funds in PS-76 by-poll

DADU: Awami Ittehad leader Liaquat Ali Jatoi, who is also a former chief minister of Sindh, on Tuesday accused the ruling…

CEC, EU discuss poll reforms

ISLAMABAD: A European Union (EU) Electoral Mission delegation headed by Michael Gahler called on Justice (Retd) Sardar Muhammad…

AJK court summons law minister, secretary in CEC appointment case

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Supreme Court on Monday took strong exception to non-implementation of its…

JUI-F leadership endorses alliance with PTI, PPP

MANSEHRA: The JUI-F central leadership has endorsed the party’s alliance with the PTI and the PPP to form the future district…

N’s plan to field de-seated MNA flayed

WAZIRABAD: A number of PML-N workers took out a rally as a protest against the re-consideration of de-seated MNA Iftikhar Cheema…

By-poll in PS-76 on March 3

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold the by-election in Sindh Assembly’s PS-76 (Old Dadu)…

ECP orders re-polling in three polling stations in PB-50 Kech

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today ordered re-polling in three polling stations, in Provincial Assembly…

PML-N set to rule DC Bahawalpur

AHMEDPUR EAST: The PML-N is enjoying support of 72 out of 88 union councils chairmen in the District Council Bahawalpur and is…

Murree to receive vice chairman seat in Rawalpindi district council

MURREE: PML-N has decided to give a reserved labour seat to the Murree tehsil, for its record victory in the recently held local…

Amendments to LG law criticized

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party provincial general secretary Sardar Hussain Babak has criticised the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government…

Sardar Mehtab resigns as KP governor

The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa (KP) Sardar Mehtab Abbasi has resigned. His resignation letter has been sent to the Prime…

Imran presents five-point charter of demands to govt

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday presented a five-point charter of demands to…

PTI protest alleged transfer of TMA funds

TAXILA: A protest was held by PTI on Sunday against the alleged transfer of Rs30 million from Tehsil Municipal Administration…

Further delay in conducting census to violate constitution: Rabbani

ISLAMABAD - Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rababni said yesterday that further delay in conducting fair and transparent population…

PTI facing divide over intra-party polls’ mode

LAHORE: The PTI leadership is facing serious differences over the important issue of deciding the fate of structure for the new…