Tag: Delimitation bill

President approves delimitation bill

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has approved the 24th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017, passing it into law on December 22. On December 19, the Senate had...

Delimitation process of constituencies formally begins

ISLAMABAD: The delimitation process of constituencies for next general elections formally began on Tuesday as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) summoned relevant data from...

Siraj urges political parties to cooperate with ECP for timely polls

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on Saturday said that after the passage of the bill pertaining to the delimitations, all apprehensions should come...

ECP to complete delimitation of constituencies by May 3

Constituency maps summoned from the provincial governments by January 10 Provincial governments directed to install CCTV cameras in sensitive polling stations ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of...

‘Delimitation bill’s passing removes speculation of delay in general elections’

ISLAMABAD: Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday said the passing of delimitation bill from Senate had removed the speculations about a delay in...

ECP finally gets parliament’s nod to delimit constituencies for 2018 polls

--Senate votes 84-1 on 24th Constitutional Amendment Bill which allows delimitation of constituencies on basis of provisional census results ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of Parliament on Tuesday passed the crucial...

NA speaker meets Nawaz Sharif, discusses delimitation bill

LAHORE: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq met with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed the upcoming delimitation bill. During the meeting that took...

Passage of delimitation bill on time ensures timely polls: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday hoped that the delimitation bill would be passed...

Delimitation bill to be tabled in Senate on Dec 19

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition parties on Friday agreed to table the bill regarding the fresh delimitation of constituencies in the Senate on...

PM summons meeting of lawmakers to reach consensus on delimitation bill,...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has summoned an important meeting of the parliamentary leaders of all political parties to reach consensus on the...

Marriyum denies reports about rejection of PPP proposals on delimitations bill

  ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb strongly denied media reports that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi had rejected 11 proposals presented by...

Last minute somersault by PPP compels govt to put off delimitations...

ISLAMABAD: A last-minute somersault by the top leadership of the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) over its pledged support to the most significant delimitation bill...

Tariq urges parties to make efforts for passage of delimitation bill

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday urged all parliamentary parties to play their due...

‘Opposition doing negative politics for vested interests’

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz Sunday said that the opposition parties were doing negative politics for their vested interests. “Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and some...

Down but not out PML-N set to get delimitation bill sail...

PTI, ANP, JI, MQM, others likely to support govt-proposed bill PPP also lends conditional support to delimitations bill Rehman Malik tells Pakistan Today his party...

Govt does not exist anymore: Khursheed Shah

SUKKUR: Opposition Leader in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Monday said that the ‘government does not exist anymore’. “A grand alliance is created each...

Senate likely to take up delimitation bill for fourth time today

ISLAMABAD: The Senate is likely to take up the bill regarding the delimitation of constituencies on Monday after it failed to meet the required...