LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated that every individual and institution should play its due role to strengthen democracy in the country.
Local Government
ISLAMABAD: Former senator of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Syed Zafar Ali Shah yesterday levelled serious allegations against Islamabad police, local administration and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), saying all jointly helped the government rig the recently-held local government elections in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced that local government elections in Sanghar district and in some union councils of Badin district will be held on January 23.
RAWALPINDI: A year after people elected their representatives to the cantonment boards across the country, the federal government has realised that they were under-represented.
TIMERGARA: By-elections on three tehsil council seats in Lower Dir are going to be a test case for the provincial ruling coalition partners, Jamaat-i-Islami, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Qaumi Watan Party, as people have become disappointed with them due to their poor performance in the district, according to political observers
TIMERGARA: By-elections on three tehsil council seats in Lower Dir are going to be a test case for the provincial ruling coalition partners, Jamaat-i-Islami, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Qaumi Watan Party, as people have become disappointed with them due to their poor performance in the district, according to political observers.
SUKKUR/NAWABSHAH: In the backdrop of strict security measures taken by the Rangers and the police, local government elections in 14 districts of Sindh, including Khairpur, Ghotki, Nausharoferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Tando Allah Yar, were held peacefully on Wednesday.
PESHAWAR: Although PTI has long been promising the devolution of power to the grass-roots level, City District Government Peshawar members have insisted some key powers have been wrestled away by the K-P administration. A quick glance at the K-P Local Government (LG) Act 2013 and Rules of Business (RoB)corroborates this claim.
SIALKOT: A high level inquiry conducted by senior officials proved charges of corruption and misuse of powers against Deputy Director Colleges Sialkot as returning officer during Dec 5, 2015 local bodies elections in the district.
ISLAMABAD: 2015 was the year of local government elections for Pakistan. After much dilly-dallying, three of the provinces finally held the polls after almost a decade. Besides Sindh, Punjab and K-P, LG elections were also held in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) for the first time since Islamabad was set up as a capital city. Similarly, cantonment areas, governed by military laws since their inception, also went for LG polls.
SUKKUR/NAWABSHAH: In the backdrop of strict security measures taken by the Rangers and the police, local government elections in 14 districts of Sindh, including Khairpur, Ghotki, Nausharoferoze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Tando Allah Yar, were held peacefully on Wednesday.
LAHORE: Local government elections were held in the province in three phases this year after a hiatus of almost a decade.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, even after facing severe criticism from opposition for his alleged disinterest in the parliament, attended only 19 sittings of the National Assembly during 2015.
NAWABSHAH: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the daughter of late former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and former President Asif Ali Zardari, on Wednesday cast vote for the first time.
ISLAMABAD: A three-member delegation led by the Chief Election Commissioner of Nepal, Dr Ayodee Prasad Yadov visited the Election Commission of Pakistan to learn from the experiences of Pakistan for holding a gigantic exercise of polls at grassroots level.
