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By-election, LB poll results vindicate ECP
ISLAMABAD: Like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) local bodies (LB) elections and all the previous by-elections on National Assembly and…
LG poll results stamp of approval on general elections
ISLAMABAD: Deafening propaganda, claims, daydreaming and barrage of allegations apart, the seats won by the major and diminutive…
LGs to empower people at grass-root level: Zardari
LAHORE: Former president Asif Ali Zardari has felicitated all those who have won in the first phase of local government (LG)…
Losing PML-N candidate stages demo against rigging
OKARA: A losing PML-N candidate for Ward No-42, Imran Younus, along with his hundreds of supporters staged a demonstration…
Is it beginning of PTI’s downfall?
ISLAMABAD: Is the route of PTI in the Punjab and vanishing from Sindh scene the first sign of the party’s downfall?
LG polls: Post-victory rallies banned in phase-II
LAHORE: A high-level meeting with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the chair on Sunday decided to impose a ban on taking out…
Aspirants jostle for party tickets
ISLAMABAD: Political parties are in the process of awarding tickets to their nominated candidates for the first ever local body…
LG polls vote counting continues
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are leading with the thumping majority in the…
JUI-F not to join new set-up in Balochistan
QUETTA: The emir of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s Balochistan chapter, Maulana Faiz Mohammad, has said his party will not join the…
Shafqat quits over PTI’s bad performance in polls
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday sought a report on the PTI’s defeat in the first phase of the…
People exposed those harping on rigging: Shahbaz
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has congratulated the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates on winning the…
MQM returns to Senate today
ISLAMABAD: The Senate meets here at the Parliament House today (Monday) for the 121st session, wherein senators belonging to the…
ECP receives 136 complaints of violations
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday said that the electoral body received 136 complaints about…
LG polls in ICT: ECP asks political parties to issue tickets by Nov 9
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday instructed the heads of political parties to issue party tickets to their…
Scrutiny of nomination papers begins in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Scrutiny of nomination papers for the first ever local government elections in Islamabad Capital Territory began today…
Will Saturday’s LB poll results impact remaining two stages?
ISLAMABAD: Will the trend of results of the first phase of local council elections in 20 districts of Punjab and Sindh held on…
LGs to prove milestone in fortifying democracy: PM
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the upcoming local governments (LGs) will prove to be an important milestone in…
Media allowed to broadcast LG results one hour after polls
Punjab faces violent vote
LAHORE: Almost three quarters of the total polling stations can face violent clashes on the vote day for the local bodies’…
ECP barred from issuing notification
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday barred election commission from issuing notification of Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan as…
ECP defers LG elections in some UCs of Attock, Chakwal, Gujrat, Lodhran
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has deferred local government elections in six each union councils of Chakwal and…
Harassment of anti-PPP candidates might turn LG polls into debacle, says SUP chief
LARKANA: Sindh United Party (SUP) chairman Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah feared on Wednesday that the way the candidates of anti-PPP…
Administration faces great challenge in managing LG polls
ISLAMABAD: The administrative machinery, police and law enforcement agencies face a great challenge to manage better the limited…
ECP disqualifies PTI Mansehra district member
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Mansehra district minority member Saeed…
Govt notifies 66-member Metropolitan Corporation
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday notified the composition of the Metropolitan Corporation (MC) which will be elected to run…
Media around globe allowed to broadcast unofficial results
LAHORE: As the October 31 local bodies elections in Punjab and Sindh have almost approached, the Election Commission of Pakistan…
Imran accuses PML-N govt of introducing hooliganism in politics
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has alleged that the PML-N can never win elections without rigging and…
Biometric system technically unreliable, says ECP
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has on Tuesday declared the biometric system as unreliable and said that the…
SC summons PML-N’s disqualified lawmaker today
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Tuesday summoned the PML-N lawmaker Siddique Baloch today (Wednesday) who had challenged the verdict…
A unique ‘selection’ before election
MULTAN: In a display of ‘political sagacity’ ahead of the local polls, residents of Basti Baghwali have conducted an election of…
LG polls: all set to hold polling on Saturday
LAHORE: Polling process for first phase of the local body elections in the provincial capital will be held on Saturday amid…
ECP orders action over manhandling of returning officer
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to take…
ECP issues 12-point code of conduct for media
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday issued the 12-point code of conduct for the print and electronic media,…
Legalities for capital LG polls fulfilled, ECP tells IHC
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan yesterday informed the Islamabad High Court that all legal prerequisites have been…
Will ECP’s ‘no unofficial result’ directive get desired results?
Unofficial results will not be seeing the light of day as the Punjab Election Commission (EC) will be ensuring that the code of…
PTI takes issue with misleading batsman symbol
ISLAMABAD: A cat had frightened the tiger – election symbol of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz earlier and now a new symbol…
Local Bodies candidates enjoying MPs perks
LAHORE: The ruling party’s candidates for Local Bodies elections are enjoying the status and powers of ‘elected representatives’…
PML-N mulling new face for NA speaker slot
ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is giving second thought to reinstall Sardar Ayaz Sadiq as Speaker National…
25 local leaders of PML-N,: PML-Q join PTI
As many as 25 leaders of the PML-N party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam, including two former members of the Punjab…
Imran cancels PTI Faisalabad Jalsa
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan Tuesday announced to cancel his party’s Jalsa in Faisalabad in view of…