Tag: Election

Parties slam agencies’ role in election

In a consultative meeting organized by the Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday, all mainstream political parties slammed the role of secret agencies in...

PPP govt not be allowed to delay general election: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has said that the PPP government would not be allowed to delay the general election on the pretext...

SC can issue no directive to EC: AG

Attorney General (AG) Irfan Qadir said Tuesday Election Commission (EC) was an independent institution and Supreme Court (SC) could not issue any direction to...

Election process to start as assembly completes tenure: Firdous

Federal Minister for Regulations and Services Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the election process would resume, when the assembly would complete its period. Talking...

ANP rules out alliance with PPP in general election

Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Senator Ilyas Bilour has said that there was no possibility of an alliance with the Pakistan People’s Party...

Election campaign: President to visit provinces

President Asif Ali Zardari will undertake visit to Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Balochistan and Punjab phase wise as part of his election campaign. President Zardari would visit...

Liaquat Baloch demands announcement of election schedule

Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has appealed to all opposition parties to form a grand alliance in order to ensure transparent voter lists for...

NADRA gears for the election challenge

The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has embarked upon a crash programme to reach out to the citizens for CNICs on war footings. According to...

Weak election body could lead to military rule: ICG

With the next general election looming large and the future of Pakistan centered on it, all eyes are fixed on the Election Commission of...

Expat Pakistanis should have the right to contest election: PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) “believes that expatriate Pakistanis should not only have right to...

Free and fair elections

On July 29, an assurance has been given to the nation by President Asif Ali Zardari while addressing a meeting of PPP workers at...

Next election to be held on time: Rafiq Engineer

Sindh Minister for Archives Muhammad Rafiq Engineer said on Sunday that the PPP-led government was making an all out effort for welfare of the...

Challenges for the CEC

The new Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan. veteran jurist F G Ebrahim, has said that it has been his dream to present a prosperous...

Free polls vital for Pakistan: Ebrahim

The new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim said it is the first and the last goal of his life to...

Malik elected to Senate unopposed

Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik was elected unopposed Senator on technocrat seat from Karachi. Nobody had submitted nomination papers against Malik. A notification...

Fakhruddin takes oath as CEC

Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim took oath as the new Chief Election Commissioner at the Supreme Court on Monday. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...

New CEC to take oath on Monday

Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim will take oath as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Monday. The ceremony will be held at the Supreme...