ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission (ECP) is all set to float international tenders for purchase of electoral technology but the stakeholders look confused about specifications of the modern machinery besides lacking legal cover.
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KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the judgement of the Sindh High Court that had restored a previous local government law, with a directive to the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold mayoral polls by secret ballot.
ISLAMABAD: The combined opposition on Monday had a little tiff with the treasury benches when the latter presented an ordinance before the house for the extension of the Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government (amendment) Ordinance 2015.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Sheikh Ansar Aziz was elected on Monday as the first-ever mayor of Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) while the elected three deputy mayors also belonged to the ruling party.
ISLAMABAD: The ruling PML-N is likely to sweep the elections for Islamabad’s mayor and three deputy mayors, which will be held between 9am and 5pm at the Convention Centre on Monday.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to organise an ‘all-party conference’ at the Sindh Chief Minister House on Feb 21 to discuss issues relating to the upcoming population census in the country.
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Election Commission has taken an exception to irregularities in the party membership campaign, including fake membership by workers and leaders by using a number of mobile SIMs.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has established a cell in the local government election and rural development department (LGE&RDD) to manage and monitor reforms initiatives to improve governance at the grassroots level.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold the local government elections for indirect seats in Sindh between February 20 to 22. The elections will be held to fill indirect seats in union councils, district councils, town committees, municipal committees, corporations and Metropolitan Corporation, said a notification issued by the ECP on Friday.
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan and others on an application of the provincial government seeking suspension of the operation of the court order on secret ballot.
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) reserved judgment on a writ challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to nullify by-poll results of PK-95 and holding re-election.
MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government notified on Thursday the appointment of AJK High Court Chief Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal as the chief election commissioner (CEC), in accordance with the advice of the AJK Council.
RAWALPINDI: PML-N has started the process of selecting candidates for the elections of a mayor and two deputy mayors of the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC).
LAHORE: The intra-party polls will be held following the process of direct election from union council to centre, Imran Khan announced yesterday.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, who is also the Sindh president of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has constituted an organising committee in order to make suitable arrangements for the proposed multi-party conference on census under the auspices of the PPP and to send out invitations to political and religious leaders of the province.
