ISLAMABAD: Ayaz Sadiq has to wait another couple of weeks to get back his old job of Speaker National Assembly for which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given formal approval.
Election
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission yesterday rejected the allegations about vote shuffle in Punjab by-elections, as PTI said it was investigating the scale of alleged voter list manipulation, warning of widespread protests if major irregularities were found.
LAHORE: Once the most popular party of Pakistan, Pakistan People’s Party paid heavy price for their leadership policies by suffering utter humiliation as in October 11 by-polls, the security deposits of all its three candidates for NA-122, NA-144 and PP-147 have been forfeited along with other 27 candidates.
RAWALPINDI: Following a disastrous showing in the NA-122 by-election in Lahore, it appears that the PPP won’t be taking any chances in the local government elections, set to be held on Dec 3 in the garrison city.
LAHORE: In a tension-filled close contest, PML-N’s Sardar Ayaz Sadiq retained his NA-122 Lahore seat by defeating PTI’s Abdul Aleem Khan in the by-election held here on Sunday amid extraordinary security as well as media hype.
Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad on Sunday expressed satisfaction on the peaceful holding of by-elections in NA-122, NA-144 and PP-147. Talking to media persons here, the secretary said that the by-polls on all the constituencies were held peacefully due to the efforts of law enforcement agencies and Pakistan Army.
ISLAMABAD: The Elec¬tion Commission of Pakistan (ECP) received as many as 35 complaints of minor abnormalities from the three natio¬nal and provincial asse¬mbly constituencies where by-ele¬c¬tions were held on Oct 11.
ISLAMABAD: The close contest between the PTI and PML-N in Sunday’s by-polls has nothing to rejoice for any of them but it brings a number of lessons if they’re ready to learn.
ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will continue to be Speaker of the National Assembly and the strategy drawn up by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) proved to be successful.
ISLAMABAD: The Secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Babar Yaqoob, on Sunday said no clean chit had been given to the press conference of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and proceedings will be conducted as per the law.
ISLAMABAD: The rapidly growing number of political parties registered with the premier poll supervisory body has once again caused shortage of election symbols. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had updated the logos before the 2013 general elections, but the number of registered political parties has again exceeded the quantity of approved emblems.
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday ruled that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not violate the election code of conduct in his recent press conference in Lahore.
ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, on Friday observed that if the Speaker National Assembly thought that the resignations of MQM and PTI parliamentarians had become infructuous, then he should give a ruling in this regard after which the apex court would decide the issue.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s plea that the poll body did not have the authority to hear a case regarding the party’s financial matters and scan its documents in this regard.
All eyes seem to be set on the fierce battle being fought in Lahore by the ruling PML-N and Imran Khan’s PTI over the NA-122 seat. But even as voters decide the winner on Sunday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be tested to ensure that this time, the exercise is not marred by the same lapses that necessitated the by-election.
