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‘One-party monopoly’ in Karachi must end: Imran
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday called on voters and supporters in Karachi to end what he…
PPP mobilises workers for LG polls in Karachi
KARACHI: A rally taken out by the Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday was the highlight of its election activities for the Dec 5…
PTI-JI alliance slammed at Muttahida public meetings
KARACHI: Undeterred by the curb imposed on the broadcast of his speeches, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain continues…
ECP summons Imran on Dec 22 in disqualification case under Articles 62, 63
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on December…
Overseas Pakistanis can’t vote in 2018: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission and Nadra informed a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that voters’ biometric verification,…
SHC seeks ECP comments on delimitations of Korangi district
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to file comments on a petition…
Capital administration to ensure transparency
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Mushtaq Ahmed said that the capital administration is all set to…
Army, Rangers to be deployed during LG elections
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday decided to deploy armed forces personnel and Rangers for the safety…
UC-44, where most voters, and candidates, are non-residents
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has a union council (UC) where nearly 56 per cent of registered voters and a majority of the candidates for…
ECP issues schedule for delimitation of 81 Sindh LB constituencies
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued a schedule for the conduct of delimitation of 81 local…
Civil society suggests amendments in PA Rules of Procedures
LAHORE: To make gradual improvements in the Punjab Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, the civil society has become active and…
Rigging allegation: PTI to take matter to courts, ECP
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that results of first and second phase of local…
PML-N changing results in the name of re-counting: PPP
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that results of first and second phase of local…
PTI, PPP agree to form joint opposition in NA
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development on Tuesday, the two main opposition parties — PPP and PTI — decided to sit on opposition…
PPP, ANP form alliance for LG polls
ISLAMABAD: PPP and Awami National Party (ANP) have formed an electoral alliance for the local government elections in the capital.
PML-F may form local councils in Badin
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League – Functional (PML-F) will likely form the local councils in Badin, if Zulfiqar Mirza does…
Parties ignore women for chairman’s role
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad has a union council (UC) where nearly 56 per cent of registered voters and a majority of the candidates for…
ECP experiments with voting at Pak missions in Riyadh, New York, Dubai
ISLAMABAD: In a significant move for facilitating overseas Pakistanis to cast their vote in polls back in the country, the…
ECP to hold by-elections in PP-89 on January 6
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold by-elections in PP-89 (Toba Tek Singh) on January 6,…
Franchise and gender: Report sought on denial of right to vote
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Monday restrained the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from notifying the result of election…
Explainer: How different is Karachi’s LG system from that in the rest of Sindh?
Quite a few features in the local government system in Karachi are different from the one in place in the rest of Sindh. A major…
Pilot project: ECP to go hi-tech for transmission of results
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will begin transmitting result forms directly from 200 polling stations via…
ICT set for Nov 30 local bodies election
ISLAMABAD: The stage is set for the first-ever local bodies (LB) election in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) on November 30…
I feel more responsible after people’s mandate in LB polls: PM
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that his responsibilities had increased after the people posed confidence in…
26pc UCs in capital have no seats for non-Muslims
ISLAMABAD: Around 26 per cent of union councils in the federal capital do not have a single seat for non-Muslims while six…
Postponement of LB polls in Karachi would be ill-advised
ISLAMABAD: Postponement of local council elections in the six Karachi districts will send out a highly negative message that the…
KP LG representatives warn of protest against rules of business
PESHAWAR: The Local Council Association (LCA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has rejected the local government rules of business and warned…
LG polls divide PML-N in Dera Ghazi Khan
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Differences surfaced within the ruling party PML-N in Dera Ghazi Khan over awarding tickets for local government…
PTI empowering people through LG system: Imran
LAKKI MARWAT: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that with the establishment of Local Government system powers…
Delimitation issue: ECP challenges Lahore High Court decision in apex court
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has challenged Lahore High Court’s decision declaring the delimitation…
Polling for second phase of LG polls today
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday said that polling for the second phase of local government (LG)…
ECP playing with court orders: SC
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday observed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was playing with the court…
ECP postpones LB elections in 81 union councils of Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Following the Supreme Court’s decision of upholding the SHC’s verdict regarding suspension of recently carried out…
Confusion on eve of second phase of LG polls in Sindh
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said the manner polling in the second phase of the local govt elections in…
JUP to support PTI in LG polls
ISLAMABAD: The local chapter of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) Wednesday announced to support candidates of Pakistan…
Why the LG minister lost his portfolio a day before polls
KARACHI: With the second round of the local bodies polls in Sindh less than 48 hours away, the chief minister Shah in a surprise…
PHC stays suspension of JUI-F councilors
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has stayed the suspension of five Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl councillors in Lakki Marwat for…
Let’s not draw wrong meaning from ISPR statement: Imran Khan
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan Wednesday advised everyone not to draw any wrong meaning from the…
CEC says court judgments on electoral issues interference in ECP affairs
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan on Tuesday expressed concern over the high…
ECP told to issue revised lists of UCs in 24 hours
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court ruled on Tuesday that areas of union councils which were rural and merged into any urban union…