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ECP verdict on PTI foreign funding case today
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan would give its decision on the foreign funding of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf when…
ECP issues contempt of court notice to Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued a show cause notice to the chief of Pakistan…
Kalsoom Nawaz signs nomination papers for NA-120 by-poll
LAHORE: Kulsoom Nawaz on late Thursday signed nomination papers as PML-N has decided to field former first lady for by-poll in…
PTI moves ECP against Nawaz’s political activities
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday filed a petition with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),…
Shehbaz to head ruling PML-N after ECP de-notifies Nawaz as party president
ISLAMABAD: Raja Zafarul Haq, leader of the House in the Senate, has said that it has been decided that Shehbaz Sharif would be…
Extensive powers, autonomy for ECP proposed
ISLAMABAD: The Election Bill 2017, providing for complete financial and administrative autonomy and independence of the Election…
ECP bars Shahbaz from his own election campaign
ISLAMABAD: A code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday barring Punjab Chief Minister…
ECP asks political parties to submit details of accounts by August 29
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked all political parties to submit consolidated statement of party bank accounts on…
Nawaz seat: Election in NA-120 to take place on September 17
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule for election in NA-120, which was left vacant after the…
Election rules to be framed by ECP under new bill
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the new Elections Bill 2017 will start immediately the formulations of…
PTI wants scrutiny of religious parties’ accounts
ISLAMABAD: Facing the charge of receiving funds from unauthorised means, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has now called for scrutiny…
ECP orders political parties to submit accounts' details by August 29
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked political parties to submit their statement of accounts for the outgoing…
EU willing to support ECP in implementing electoral reforms
ISLAMABAD: European Union (EU) Ambassador Jean-Francois Cautain has said that the EU is willing to support Election Commission of…
Detailed census
Detailed census Next month’s census is going to be the blueprint for public policy over the next decade and as such it is…
Hindu marriage law
For the first time in Pakistan’s history, the two million or so Hindus living in the country will have a personal law to document…
Women’s vote
IN a country that gave the Muslim world its first woman prime minister, it is surprising to see opposition to measures designed…
Our right to know
The public’s right to know what is being done by the government in its name is enshrined in the 18th Amendment as a fundamental…
Counting PWDs in census impossible due to unavailability of disability column in main form
Islamabad Main census form developed by the government does not carry a disability column making it impossible to count the…
Incomplete census
THE fact that a census is finally going to take place this year after a gap of almost two decades is welcome news, but it is…
Delayed reforms
It was the government that formed the Fata reforms committee and touted its proposed merger with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and now it is…
Out of court
Out of court In passing the Alternate Dispute Resolution Bill, 2017, the National Assembly is trying to codify – and hopefully…
Ombudsman’s powers
THE recent decision to reduce the powers of the federal ombudsman is a disturbing development. The government has prepared a bill…
Census: Benefits and need
Studies suggest that the word ‘Census’ is derived from Latin word ‘Censere’ which means ‘To Estimate’. The word estimate is often…
Electoral reforms and policy on reserved seats
The long awaited draft Election Bill 2017, prepared by the Parliamentary Committee on Election Reforms (PCER), which brings…
Panama case: A legal perspective
The newly-constituted five-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is hearing the Panamagate case on a day-to-day basis to…
Some electoral reforms
THE Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) deserves credit for finalising its proposals for reform of the election…
Hina Butt wants civic education in syllabus
LAHORE: Punjab Youth Parliamentary Caucus General Secretary MPA HinaPervaiz Butt on Friday submitted a resolution in the assembly…
Dialogue on electoral reforms ahead of next year’s elections
With just a year more to go as country holds its next General Elections to elect the new parliament, a dialogue on electoral…
Devolution in Punjab
A PROCESS, dragged out for two years, is nearing conclusion as Punjab becomes the fourth and final province to instal elected…
Give LGs a chance
LOCAL governments are important for the entire country but carry special significance for the largest province in the federation…
The year of confrontation and political status quo
The outgoing year of 2016 can be described as the year of confrontation and political status quo. The confrontation focused on…
No right to know
The people of Pakistan continue to be denied information about governance, administration, the working of the public sector and…
Draft bill on electoral reforms tabled in NA
ISLAMABAD: The government tabled on Tuesday a draft bill on electoral reforms in the National Assembly which gives complete…
Right to work
ALTHOUGH Pakistan ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2011, there is yet no…
Punjab LG polls: elections on reserved seats completed
The final phase of the local government elections on reserved seats has been completed in the Punjab. The Pakistan Muslim…
Events held in different cities to mark National Voters Day
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Eng Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that 60 per cent population of the country is consisted of…
Seminar on inclusion of persons with disabilities in electoral process held
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday organized a daylong seminar on inclusion of persons with…
Exclusion of disabled persons causing economic losses up to $15.4b
In Pakistan, Persons with Disabilities still have difficulty exercising their civil and political rights, attending quality…
ECP begins process for audit of lawmakers’ assets
ISLAMABAD: The Directorate of Political Finance of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started the process for scrutiny…
No fair deal for women
THIS year, Pakistan’s women activists are observing 16 days of activism against gender violence (Nov 25 to Dec 10) with greater…