Tag: CEC

NA speaker calls session on Oct 17, issues production order for...

--Marriyum Aurangzeb says party will hold demonstration against speaker's decision on Thursday   ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday summoned a session of the Lower...

PML-N warns of agitation if Shehbaz’s arrest is not discussed in...

--Party meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif calls for protest outside national, Punjab assemblies if govt fails to summon sessions on Tuesday   LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim...

Pakistan Advertising Association elects new chairman and CEC

KARACHI: The Pakistan Advertising Association (PAA) has elected Synchronize Media CEO Ali Mandviwala as the new chairman. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the...

Punjab govt to take action against DC’s for complaining to CEC:...

The Punjab government is likely to take disciplinary action against the two deputy commissioners (DCs) for violating business rules and writing letters to the...

Official result declare Dr Arif Alvi as president

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Sardar Muhammad Raza on Wednesday officially declared Dr Arif Alvi as the new president of Pakistan. According to...

CEC issues instructions to maintain secrecy of ballot in presidential election

CEC demands that electronic devices not be allowed inside premises during presidential election polling ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan Sardar Raza Khan directed...

Citizens exercise right to vote for smooth power transition

CEC visits three polling stations in NA-62; EU team observes polling in NA-130 constituency ISLAMABAD: The nation on Wednesday demonstrated great spirit by exercising the...

Election roundup: The caretakers gear up

The accountability court has given Mian Nawaz until the 19th of June to either find another lawyer or convince Khawaja Harris to rejoin the...

ECP officials to discuss security, arrangements

--Commission's scrutiny cell concludes checking particulars of 7,500 candidates   ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has convened a meeting on Wednesday (tomorrow) to review the security arrangements especially...

ECP to get FIA, intelligence agencies’ assistance to probe Senate ‘horse-trading’

CEC laments 'vote-trading' by parliamentarians ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday hinted that it might seek help from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)...

Justice (r) Wajeehuddin thrown out of CEC’s chamber, says will file...

Former SC judge says will seek removal of CEC Sardar Raza from Supreme Judicial Council ECP Spokesman Haroon Khan says Justice (r) Wajeeh's allegation...

PPP says won’t be part of any unconstitutional move

NAUDERO: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday demanded timely elections on the basis of new delimitations, and said that they will not be...

Nawaz hesitant to publicly nominate Shehbaz as party’s PM candidate: report

LAHORE: Former premier Nawaz Sharif is said to be reluctant to publicly nominate his younger brother Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif for the office...

ECP to hear PTI’s petition against PPP, PML-N of foreign funding...

ISLAMABAD: A five-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), headed by Chief Election Commissioner  Justice Sardar Raza, will hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI)...

Nawaz legally protected by amended Election Act 2017, ECP tells PAT

ISLAMABAD: The chief election commissioner (CEC) on Wednesday told the legal counsel of the Pakistani Awami Tehreek (PAT) that the recent amendments to the...

General elections to be held on time, says CEC

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza on Friday stated that the general elections of 2018 will be held on time. He was...

Afridi given last chance to respond to disqualification reference

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday gave former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and provincial minister Ziaullah Afridi the last chance to...