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Voters asked to transfer vote on CNIC address by March 31
ISLAMABAD: All eligible voters throughout the country have been asked to transfer their vote on their permanent or temporary…
SC bars ECP from issuing PP-217 Multan election schedule
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Tuesday barred Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from issuing election schedule of PP-217 Multan and…
ECP committed to support women's participation in elections
Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan has said that ECP is committed to supporting women's participation…
ECP issues notification on 16 constituencies of erstwhile FATA
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued a notification of the final report along with list of…
Tehreek-i-Insaf wins PK-30 by-poll
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate Ahmad Hussain Shah won by-election in the PK-30, Mansehra, constituency on Tuesday.…
ECP warns MNA, MPA, others against electioneering in bye-poll
PESHAWAR: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday warned members of National Assembly, provincial assembly and local…
ECP members from Balochistan, Sindh: PM yet to start consultation with opposition leader
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan on Tuesday told a National Assembly committee that the…
ECP incomplete after two members’ retirement
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been incomplete for a week after retirement of two members and is set to…
LG polls in Balochistan, KP merged dists likely in May
ISLAMABAD - Local body polls are likely to be held in Balochistan and recently-merged districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa before the…
Election code violations: No legal proceedings in 14 cases filed against Layyah candidates
LAYYAH: There has been no legal proceedings in the 14 cases lodged against candidates of different political parties and their…
ECP starts special awareness campaign for female voters
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started a special campaign to create an awareness among female voters about…
Elections (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 laid in National Assembly
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday witnessed presentation of the Elections (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, aimed at…
Ruling coalition wins Senate by-poll in Balochistan
QUETTA: The ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) won the by-election held on Monday on a Senate seat. Polling began at 9am and…
Election to KP Assembly’s seats in tribal districts soon
ISLAMABAD: In a move that will finally lead to the first-ever provincial assembly elections in the territories formerly known as…
HDP candidate wins by-poll in Quetta
QUETTA: Hazara Democratic Party’s (HDP) candidate Qadir Nayel won the by-election on Monday for the Balochistan Assembly’s…
By-poll to Balochistan Assembly seat today
QUETTA: The by-election to a Balochistan Assembly seat will be held on Monday (today). The seat had fallen vacant after the…
BAP retains Kech seat in by-election
QUETTA: The Balochistan Awami Party’s (BAP) candidate won by-election on PB-47 (Keck-3), Returning Officer Abdul Wahid Baloch…
By-election on PB-47 in Kech district today
GWADAR: Amid tight security, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all arrangements for holding the by-election…
Around 15m voters may be registered at permanent addresses
ISLAMABAD: In a controversial move, around 15 million voters enrolled in areas other than their addresses on computerised…
Expatriates still not enthused about I-voting
ISLAMABAD: The continuing tepid response from overseas Pakistanis to the internet-voting facility has raised questions whether…
Dec 31 is last date for getting addresses changed in voter list
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has set Dec 31 as last date for getting addresses in the voter list changed.…
PTI bags both seats in Senate by-poll
LAHORE: In a close contest, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf managed to win two seats in the Senate by-election held in the…
PTI leads in Karachi by-polls, loses Peshawar seat
KARACHI/PESHAWAR: In another setback to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf after the last week by-polls, the ruling party in Sunday’s…
PML-N wins AJK by-election
MUZAFFARABAD: The ruling PML-N party clinched victory in a by-election held on Sunday in the Poonch district of Azad Jammu and…
ECP issues notifications of 22 by-poll winners
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued notifications of 22 candidates who had won the Oct 14…
Each overseas vote cost exchequer Rs15,000 in by-polls
ISLAMABAD: Each vote cast by overseas Pakistanis in Sunday’s by-elections cost the national exchequer over Rs15,000, informed…
I-voting website survives cyber attacks
ISLAMABAD: The website dedicated to provide overseas Pakistanis with a right of internet voting sustained multiple cyber attacks,…
By-election: 370 candidates vie for 35 NA, PAs seats today
ISLAMABAD: A total of 370 candidates are in the electoral arena for 35 constituencies of the National Assembly and Provincial…
73pc polling stations in NA-243 inaccessible for disabled persons
Islamabad: As high as 73% polling stations in NA-243 Karachi east II are inaccessible to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in one…
73% of Karachi's NA-243 polling stations are handicap inaccessible
Around 73% of the polling stations in NA-243, which falls in District East, are inaccessible to persons with disabilities,…
ECP secretary to brief Senate panel on RTS controversy
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad will appear before the Senate Standing…
PP-217 by-polls schedule announced
MULTAN: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced schedule for by-election in PP-217 Multan-VII after the…
CPDI urges ECP to take post-election review exercise
ISLAMABAD: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to carry out an…
ECP urged to make post-election review
Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to carry out an in-depth…
380 vie for 37 NA, PA seats in Oct 14 by-polls
ISLAMABAD: A total of 380 candidates are in the run in the by-elections for 37 seats of national and provincial assemblies to be…
ECP releases list of candidates competing in Oct 14 by-polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday released the final list of candidates competing in the upcoming by-polls…
ECP asked to delimit constituencies for local govt polls in erstwhile Fata
PESHAWAR: The authorities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Secretariat have sought delimitation of the recently…
I-voting drive draws tepid response from overseas Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: The campaign to register overseas Pakistanis for internet-voting in the upcoming by-polls evoked a lukewarm response,…
ECP unveils schedule for PK 71 by-poll
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday announced scheduled for the by-election on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
No haste in introducing i-voting for expats: ECP
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Tuesday that it was not acting in haste to enable overseas…