Tag: Electoral

Expressing dissatisfaction over the performance of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a three-member Supreme Court bench directed it on Wednesday to positively complete...

In a step towards formation of a religious parties’ alliance on the pattern of MMA, the two main religio-political parties—Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl...

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan said on Monday that verification of the electoral lists in Karachi was actually an attempt to rig polls...

Election Commission of Pakistan Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmad told the National Assembly (NA) Special Committee on Law And Justice on Friday that the National Database...

ISLAMABAD - In the backdrop of startling revelation of more than 37 million unverified and bogus votes in 2007 elector rolls, chief election commissioner has initiated an inquiry against a private firm which was hired by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for almost Rs 1 billion for making error-free electoral lists.
Election Commission Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan told Pakistan Today during an interview on Saturday that the ECP paid almost Rs 1 billion in 2007 to a

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's dysfunctional electoral system has hampered democratic development, political stability and the rule of law; major electoral reforms would bolster a still fragile democratic transition, says a report of the International Crisis Group.
Reforming Pakistan's Electoral System War report, examines the electoral system having a troubled history of widespread rigging and fraud, facilitated by the civil-military bureaucracy, and identifies measures to make

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought para-wise comments from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) within 10 days regarding 37.5 million bogus voters in the electoral list.
A two-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting hearing on a case of fake names included in the electoral rolls of various constituencies. The court also issued notice to Attorney