QUETTA: Just two days after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly got first female deputy speaker, another woman lawmaker has won the Balochistan Assembly speaker polls.
Election
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed the Local Government (LG) polls scheduled on December 30 in district Sanghar and some union councils of Badin due to the law and order situation.
LODHRAN: Polling for by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-154 Lodhran-I is underway amid strict security measures today (Wednesday).
An election tribunal Tuesday adjourned the hearing of PP-152 alleged rigging case till January 6. The tribunal comprising Muhammad Rasheed Qamar heard the election petition filed by Khawaja Salman Rafique, the Advisor to the Punjab Chief Minister on Health, who had challenged election of PTI MPA Murad Rass from PP-152 in 2013 general elections
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will wait until January 26 for the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decision on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s petition and will afterwards proceed with the party’s alleged fund embezzlement case.
Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has raised serious concerns over performance of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and said that there is a need of capacity building of ECP. The ECP said that it does not enjoy any powers to give incentive and allowance to its employees and even the Finance Ministry rejected its summary for financial support.
PESHAWAR: After the position lay vacant for over a year, the K-P Assembly is finally going to elect a new deputy speaker on Tuesday (today).
ISLAMABAD: Advocate Riaz Hanif Rahi on Saturday filed a writ petition in Supreme Court seeking orders to declare National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee Ordinance 2002 void.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed preparations for NA-154 by-poll in Lodhran, going to be held on December 23.
PESHAWAR: A last-minute meeting was called at CM House Sunday night as MPAs within PTI have expressed reservations over Meher Taj Roghani being fielded for the deputy speaker’s seat in the assembly.
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan may have complained about polling arrangements after almost every election but within his own party there is a growing realisation that street shows alone cannot change the system, pushing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf towards more transparency measures.
TIMERGARA: The Election Commission of Pakistan has been urged to issue a notification declaring Timergara MPA Aizazul Mulk Afkari the winner of the PK-95, Lower Dir-II by-polls. This was said by JI Lower Dir chief Rahatullah during a news conference in Timergara on Sunday.
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the PTI claims about transfer of 50,000 votes in NA-154 Lodhran ahead of Dec 23 by-election, the record of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) shows only 941 votes have been transferred into and 975 votes out of the constituency after the general elections 2013 during last more than two years.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday rejected the objection of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen on allocation of batsman symbol to an independent candidate in by-election of NA-154 Lodhran, going to be held on December 23.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold by-elections in NA-218 (Matiari-cum- Haiderabad) on January 18, 2016.
