ISLAMABAD: The unequivocal refusal of the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to step down has averted a grave constitutional crisis that was going to subvert the high profile by-polls in Lahore and Lodhran.
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ISLAMABAD: All the four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan were ready to resign if the Chief Election Commissioner asked them to, but the CEC not only reposed confidence in them he also came down hard on those who are criticising them.
The discourse on electoral reform bears strong parallels with the debate on devolution. Much like devolution, the political elite supports electoral reform but is reluctant to take concrete steps towards achieving it. This contradiction is easy to understand.
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Sardar Raza Khan has convened an important meeting of the ECP after mounting pressure on the members for resignations.
ISLAMABAD: Former National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who was disqualified by a Lahore election tribunal on August 22, is seeking from the Supreme Court suspension of imposition of Rs2.8 million as cost of the suit.
ISLAMABAD: Even if the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) prematurely resign nine months before expiry of their 5-year constitutional term, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will have no overriding role under the Constitution in the appointment of their successors.
DUBAI: When the present Election Commission fades into ignominy after resignation of its members, Pakistan’s democratic and electoral process will be set to take a giant leap forward towards free and fair, non-controversial elections in the real sense.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to extend the tenure of the five election tribunals in its session today, Pakistan Today has learnt.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided not to extend the terms of the five election tribunals constituted to decide petitions filed after the 2013 general elections.
SLAMABAD: Following mounting pressure by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), three members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday agreed to tender their resignations.
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a clarification regarding not giving extension to the office term of Kazim Ali Malik, who headed the election tribunal, which recently gave its verdict in favour of PTI.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has accepted a bold challenge thrown by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to contest the mega by-elections instead of hiding behind excuses and keeping himself out of the scramble.
Electoral processes in troubled democracies and nations with fragmented political structures are often flawed and studded with violence, leading to allegations of widespread rigging and the consequent resignations and even convictions of their respective chief election commissioners, reveals an exclusive research conducted by the “Jang Group and Geo Television Network.”
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to conduct more trials of biometric voter verification machines before finalising a plan to introduce the technology nationwide in the next general elections.
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today rejected opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah’s demand for the resignation of commission’s members. According to sources, ECP maintains that there is no legal standing of Shah’s demand as only Supreme Judicial Council can remove any member.
