ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that local bodies system is being strengthened for activating democratic institutions at the basic level so that problems of the people could be resolved at their doorstep.
Election
MINGORA: The first women assembly in Swat on Tuesday demanded 50 per cent seats for women in legislature, a crackdown on women’s trafficking, end to child marriages and empowerment of women members of the local governments.
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday announced that the by-poll for NA-245, North Nazimabad, would be held on April 4.
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has emerged victorious in by-elections held in Hazara after it bagged three of the four district council seats, as per unofficial results available with The Express Tribune on Monday.
Local Government by-elections in KPK were held in an organized and peaceful environment but the issue of disenfranchisement of women was once against highlighted in the latest round of polls.
PESHAWAR: Polling was held in 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the local government by-elections, mostly on the vacant seats in the lower tier, amid tight security on Sunday.
TIMERGARA: The practice of not allowing women to vote was witnessed again in Lower Dir on Sunday when only two of the 26,949 registered women voters dared cast their vote in the local government by-elections.
MANSEHRA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has clinched two district council seats in Local Government’s by-election held peacefully in the district on Sunday.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has appointed the judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) as tribunal judges.
PESHAWAR – The ruling PTI, JI, JUI-F and ANP won general councilors and women seats in the local government by-elections held in the 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid tight security on Sunday.
LAHORE: PML-Q leadership has dissolved party organisations in Punjab and constituted three committees for reorganisation.
PESHAWAR: The filling of over 3,000 vacant seats reserved for non-Muslims in the village and neighbourhood councils in areas where they have no presence has become a constant headache for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) due to loopholes in the relevant law.
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced special monitoring teams to ensure free and fair polls in 23 districts of the province where by-elections for different local government seats were scheduled for Sunday (today).
PESHAWAR: Polling for Local Government (LG) by-polls in 23 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is underway today (Sunday).
PESHAWAR: Over 40,000 security personnel will ensure security during the local government by-elections slated to take place in 23 districts of the province tomorrow (Sunday).
