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NA-154 constituency: ECP completes preparations for Lodhran by-polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed preparations for NA-154 by-poll in Lodhran, going to be held…
Deputy speaker elections: PTI MPAs unhappy over Roghani’s nomination for seat
PESHAWAR: A last-minute meeting was called at CM House Sunday night as MPAs within PTI have expressed reservations over Meher Taj…
Electoral reforms: PTI lawmakers share proposals, seek input
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan may have complained about polling arrangements after almost every election but within his own party there…
Pk-95 polls: ECP urged to announce MPA as winner by Dec 22
TIMERGARA: The Election Commission of Pakistan has been urged to issue a notification declaring Timergara MPA Aizazul Mulk Afkari…
Workers’ convention: PTI forming opposition alliance, says Sarwar
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will be working on forging an alliance with other opposition parties in the Punjab to…
Bilawal warns sluggish PPP leaders to perform or go
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has warned sluggish leaders of the to wake up or face the axe –…
JI supports PTI candidate in Lodhran by-poll
LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has announced support for Jahangir Tareen, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate in the…
Imran Khan sees PTI’s govt in near future
MIANWALI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said he can see his party’s government in the country in…
Tareen’s plea against allocation of batsman symbol to rival rejected
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday rejected the objection of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir…
By-elections in NA-218 on January 18
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold by-elections in NA-218 (Matiari-cum- Haiderabad) on…
ECP record contradicts PTI’s claim of 50,000 votes’ transfer
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the PTI claims about transfer of 50,000 votes in NA-154 Lodhran ahead of Dec 23 by-election, the record of…
PTI chief firm on keeping party funds a secret
ISLAMABAD: Diametrically opposed to his public stance over financial irregularities, Imran Khan has argued that citizens do not…
ECP establishes overseas voting directorate to resolve voting rights matter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has established an Overseas Voting Directorate in the commission for research on…
MQM nominates Waseem Akhtar as Karachi mayor
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday nominated senior party leader Waseem Akhtar for the coveted slot of Mayor…
Four die as PPP, PML-F workers clash in Sanghar
SANGHAR: With only two days to go before the Local Government elections, political rivals Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and…
RO demands Rangers deployment in Sanghar
ISLAMABAD: The returning officer in Sanghar today sent a letter to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), demanding Rangers…
Election affairs: Losing candidates lash out at local MPA
LODHRAN / BAHAWALPUR: Independents and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidates for chairman and vice chairman in UC-17, Bahawalpur,…
Election of mayor, deputy by end of this month
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold election of a mayor and three deputy mayors of the…
Repolling to eight DG Khan UCs on Thursday
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Re-polling in the 8 union councils and one ward of Municipal Committee Kot Chutta shall be held on upcoming…
PML-N finds its rootstock
LAHORE: The recently held local government elections in the Punjab have thrown up a large number of independents who are set to…
Governor’s rule or emergency in Sindh could lead to long war: Khursheed
ISLAMABAD: The Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly on Monday said on the floor of the House that the federal…
Some people using politics to hide their wrongs: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for the Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan commenting on the tirade on the part of the PPP-led Sindh government…
ECP slams statement
ISLAMABAD: In a rare reaction, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday strongly condemned a statement of the National…
I was penalised once, it’s ECP’s turn now, says Ayaz Sadiq
LAHORE: Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday said that sending the election case to the election tribunal without…
Election tribunal issues notice to Ayaz Sadiq
LAHORE: An election tribunal issued on Friday a notice to National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on a petition filed by PTI…
ECP bars lawmakers from visiting NA-154
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has banned the parliamentarians and members of Punjab Assembly from participating in…
NA-154 by-polls: LHC cancels PML-N candidate's nomination papers
MULTAN: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Multan bench on Thursday ordered cancellation of nomination papers of Siddique Khan Baloch…
Polling problems: ECP de-notifies Sanghar DRO
KARACHI: Talking notice of serious reservations expressed by opposition parties, the election commission on Thursday de-notified…
ECP delays Islamabad LG poll results
ISLAMABAD: The formal announcement of the results of the local government elections held in the federal capital has been delayed,…
Foolproof security ensured for LG polls
KARACHI: Rangers Director General Major General Bilal Akbar has said that foolproof security measures have been taken to ensure…
Delimitation process to be completed tomorrow: ECP
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has assured the Supreme Court of Pakistan that the process of delimitation will be…
Lahore-specific’ amendment to LG law likely
LAHORE: The Punjab local government law is set to undergo yet another change for increasing the number of vice chairpersons of…
Transgender community decides to boycott LG polls
KARACHI: This December 5, Roshni has chosen not to be a part of the polling process that will bring in the local government (LG)…
Do you know how to vote?
ISLAMABAD: As voters in the federal capital go to the polls to elect local government representatives in what will effectively be…
6,76,795 registered voters : First local government polls in capital today
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is going to hold local government (LG) elections in 50 union councils (UCs)…
South Zone police finalises security plan for LG polls
KARACHI: Karachi's South Zone police will be on high alert for the local government (LG) elections and Chehlum procession of…
Arms display, firing prohibited during LG elections
LAHORE: Punjab Home Department has issued the code of conduct for the third phase of local government elections 2015 under which…
LG polls: The rural-urban divide in Islamabad
Residents of the federal capital will go to the polls today to elect local representatives for the first time under the…
Islamabad LG polls: The evolution of a grassroots system
ISLAMABAD: As the citizens of Islamabad elect their local government representatives after almost three decades on Monday,…
Low voter turnout feared as today is not a full holiday
Islamabad: Low voter turnout is feared in Islamabad’s urban areas during the local government elections slated for today (Monday)…