Tag: 2018 general elections
By-polls conducted on vacant seats in Sindh, KP
KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Polling for vacant seats in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) concluded peacefully on Sunday after which the unofficial results started pouring in.
There were 139...
Shafqat Mehmood to head sub-committee for ToRs of rigging probe
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) minister Shafqat Mehmood will head a sub-committee tasked with framing the terms of reference (ToR) for a special parliamentary committee constituted by...
Khattak elected chairman of poll rigging probe committee
ISLAMABAD: The 30-member parliamentary committee formed to finalise the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for a probe into the alleged rigging in 2018 general elections unanimously elected Defence...
Less than 10% female voter turnout in NA-10, NA-48
ISLAMABAD: Female voter turnout remained less than 10% in two constituencies of the National Assembly (NA) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during General Elections 2018. This...
2157-year-old technology still the best electoral device
--Forget ‘modern’ electronic voting machines when plain, old-fashioned paper ballots are the way to go
--2018 aside, the world can learn from Pakistan’s example of...
2018 elections score lower than those in 2013: PILDAT
--Elections assessed under pre-poll activities, polling day, counting of votes and post-poll categories
ISLAMABAD: The overall score of quality of General Election 2018 stands at...
Rigging in these elections was worst in country’s history: Bizenjo
QUETTA: National Party leader Hasil Khan Bizenjo has said that the rigging seen in the July 25 elections was the worst in the country’s...
Russian ambassador congratulates Imran Khan on election victory
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Russia to Pakistan Alexey Yurievich Dedov called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan at Bani Gala on Thursday.
The Russian Ambassador...
ECP issues Imran Khan’s victory notification from Lahore’s NA-131
Imran Khan's victory notification from NA-53 Islamabad withheld
ECP demands a formal apology from Khan for violating the electoral code of conduct
ISLAMABAD: The Election...
SC orders ECP to ensure voting system for expats in by-polls
Top judge gives electoral body until Eid to devise system that could assist expats in electoral process
ECP official tells CJP Nisar 'RTS...
ECP withholds victory notification of PTI’s Shaukat Yousafzai
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday decided to withhold the victory notification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Shaukat Yousafzai from PK-23 (Shangla) due...
Final polls results are out, ECP sits on 32 notifications
--Imran conditionally allowed to take oath as ECP withholds notifications in Lahore and Islamabad constituencies, issues conditional notification on other three
--Independent candidates elected on...
PTI joins the chorus, demands probe into RTS ‘failure’
--PML-N, PPP have already termed the proposed inquiry commission an eyewash
--NADRA, ECP blame each other
Questioning the role of the Results Transmission System (RTS) in...
Transitional period puts three-year-old’s life at risk
--Seeking financial assistance, Jordan awaits smooth transition of govt for his liver transplant
LAHORE: Three-year-old Jordan Khalid is struggling for life in Punjab Children’s Hospital in Lahore...
Nearly 1.67m ballots excluded from count
ISLAMABAD: The number of ballot papers excluded from the count in General Elections (GE) 2018 surpassed the number of ballots rejected in General Elections...
ECP directs Cabinet Division to form committee for investigating RTS failure
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday directed the Cabinet Division to form an inquiry committee to investigate the causes of alleged...
GDA rejects results, demands re-elections in Sindh
KARACHI: Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) on Tuesday rejected the results of general elections and demanded that re-elections be conducted in Sindh province, where it said...
