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‘Rigging’ in NA-122 Verdict on petition’s maintainability on 26th
LAHORE: The election tribunal reserved on Friday a verdict on maintainability of a petition filed by Abdul Aleem Khan of the…
Process to complete LB set-up resumes
MULTAN: As the process to complete local governments has resumed in Punjab, 70 new members will join District Council, Municipal…
Top ECP men in Sanghar & Badin transferred ahead of LG polls
KARACHI: Two days before the local government elections in Badin and Sanghar, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday…
UC-107 case: Ahmad Hassaan buys time to prepare arguments
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim on Wednesday granted an opportunity for arguments to the counsel of Khwaja…
MQM London committee member tipped as Hyderabad mayor
HYDERABAD: A senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Dr Salim Danish, who served the party as its United Kingdom organiser…
Punjab releases Rs250m funds for NA-56
RAWALPINDI: Financial constraints have forced the Punjab government to cut development budget for NA-55 but it has doled out…
SC orders vote verification for Sialkot seat in 3 months
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Tuesday to complete in three…
NA-112 votes transfer: ECP to announce verdict on Feb 1
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday again reserved its judgment on the alleged illegal transfer of…
PPP, PTI join hands in Sindh PA to change mayoral election procedure
KARACHI: Ahead of much-awaited mayoral elections, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, with the support of the opposition Pakistan…
MQM terms LG law amendment bill rigging
KARACHI: Terming the frequent amendments to the local government law by the Pakistan Peoples’ Party ‘rigging’, the Muttahida…
Arrangements for 8th census reviewed
TOBA TEK SINGH: The eighth census will start in district Toba Tek Singh in March. Chairing a meeting regarding arrangements for…
PML-N AJK for early induction of CEC
MIRPUR (AJK): Top PML-N AJK leaders on Tuesday urged the PP-led AJK government to appoint Chief Election Commissioner in line…
212 LB seats reserved for women in G’wala
SIALKOT: As many as 212 women would be elected on reserved local bodies seats and play a key in the development of Gujranwala…
Schedule of LG polls on reserved seats announced
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday announced the polls schedule for filling up the seats reserved for women,…
NA-218 by-elections: Makhdooms record 13th victory from Hala
HYDERABAD: The Makhdooms of Hala crushed their opponents in the by-elections for their home constituency of NA-218 Matiari on…
SC orders recounting in Kh Asif's NA-110
Supreme Court has ordered a recounting of the votes in Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s constituency NA-110, Waqt News reported.…
Local govts: ECP announces schedule of election for reserved seats
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Monday the schedule for election to reserved seats in union…
Bilawal calls for setting up local governments in Fata
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for devising a mechanism for setting up local governments in the…
Karachi’s mayor to enjoy power in accordance with LG law, says Qaim
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Monday that the mayor of Karachi would only have such powers which were…
Municipal bodies: Polling for reserved seats on February 8
RAWALPINDI: Polling for reserved seats of Rawalpindi and Murree municipal corporations as well as the Rawalpindi district council…
PML-N mandate hijacked during 2011 AJK polls
MIRPUR (AJK): The PML-N mandate was hijacked in 2011 general elections to the AJK Legislative Assembly but the party accepted the…
Respecting elected representatives necessary for functional democracy
LAHORE: Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said that every one should respect and accept the…
Polling underway for by-election in NA-218 Matiari
MATIARI: Polling for the by-election in NA-218 Matiari constituency is underway today (Monday). The polling began at 8:00 AM and…
KP govt asked to delegate powers to nazims
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Reh-e-Haq Party threatened to launch a protest movement against PTI led government if powers were not…
LB reps won’t be powerless: Sanaullah
FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has rejected the allegations of not transferring power to new elected…
JI to launch nation-wide protest against corruption: Siraj
PESHAWAR: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq on Sunday announced to launch a country-wide protest against corruption in the…
Call for holding census under army supervision
HYDERABAD: Awami Jamhoori Party president Abrar Qazi has demanded that population and house census in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur,…
PML-N bags two-third of reserved seats in IMC
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N on Saturday clinched two-third of the reserved seats in Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC).
Continuity of democratic system essential for political stability: Sartaj
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz says continuity of democratic system is essential for the…
PTI’s intra-party polls to be completed before April 25: Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that the party’s intra-party elections would be…
SHC cancels delimitation of Tando Adam and Sanghar constituencies
KARACHI: Delimitation of certain constituencies made by the provincial government in Tando Adam and Sanghar for the upcoming…
Over 1,500 elected members of Karachi’s six districts sworn in
KARACHI: Like other parts of the province, the oath of office was administered to over 1,500 newly elected members, chairmen and…
LG representatives take oath in Punjab, Sindh
KARACHI: The newly elected local government representatives in Sindh and Punjab have taken charge of their offices, after taking…
Powerless, unfunded LG representatives sworn in
RAWALPINDI: As many as 1,326 newly elected representatives of local government took oath of their offices yesterday here in the…
PPP, PTI to field joint opposition leader in Pindi
RAWALPINDI: The PPP and PTI have joined hands to challenge the PML-N in the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) by bringing a…
Local council members take oath
LAHORE: Up to 2,192 newly-elected councilors, vice chairmen and chairmen of Lahore’s 274 union councils (UCs) took an oath of…
Punjab, Sindh people forced to vote for ruling parties: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan on Thursday said the people in Punjab and Sindh are always forced…
PTI’s intra-party elections
It is highly unfortunate that illegitimate IPE Committee and their unconstitutional interim organisers at the centre continue…
Parliamentary body affirms constitutional amendments, laws for electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms on Wednesday gave a nod to constitutional amendments and amendments in…
Deadlock over cost of hardware for biometric voting system
ISLAMABAD: A deadlock persists over cost of the hardware security module (HSM) proposed to be installed in each biometric…