Tag: Fafen

Significant drop in PTI’s votes in tribal elections: FAFEN

--Balochistan Awami Party emerges as a new entry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant drop in its vote...

Women MPs maintain record performance during 2018-2019: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: Women Parliamentarians are actively participating in important institutions like Parliament and Senate during the year 2018- 2019, giving vital input for bringing social...

Senator surprised over FAFEN’s report on electoral rigging

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Election Cell In-charge Senator Taj Haider, commenting on the report of FAFEN released on November 30, expressed surprise...

FAFEN notes increase in presence of female legislators

The Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) — a coalition of over 50 leading civil society organisations — has noted an increased presence of...

8.45m more voters as compared to 2013 elections: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD: A report by Free and Fair Election Network(FAFEN) stated that although the national voter turnout decreased marginally from 53.62 per cent in 2013 General Elections...

Rejected votes higher than margin of victory in 49 NA constituencies:...

In 49 constituencies for National Assembly (NA) seats, the number of rejected votes was higher than the margin of victory, according to a Free and...

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...

Observers say election ‘credible’ but lacked ‘equality in contest’

--FAFEN says 2018 polls better than those held in 2013, EU observers say ‘overall election results are credible’   LAHORE: While the Free and Fair Election Network...

125 transgender persons to be observers during polls

As many as 125 transgender persons would perform the duty of observers during the elections day on 25th and play their vital role in...

FAFEN to monitor election process on 85pc polling stations

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) will monitor the election process in 85 per cent of total polling stations to be set up...

Fafen to deploy 19,000 observers in 272 NA constituencies on July...

ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (Fafen) will deploy around 19, 000 observers across 272 National Assembly constituencies to monitor voting and counting...

FAFEN report suggests 30% of NA candidates are not registered tax...

ISLAMABAD: A report released by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Sunday stated that nearly 30 per cent candidates for National Assembly are not...

Senator Mushahid says PML-N will resist all attempts to rig elections

Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, chairman of the PML-N Central Media Committee, has made it clear that his party would resist any attempt aimed at...

Equal representation compromised in 92 provincial constituencies: FAFEN

As many as 92 proposed provincial constituencies deviate by more than 10 per cent from their respective provincial average population constitution and exceed the...

Delimitation proposals: FAFEN identifies discrepancies in size of electoral constituencies

ISLAMABAD: Free and Fair Election Network (ECP) identified discrepancies in the population size of electoral constituencies in fresh delimitation proposals laid out by the Election...

FAFEN launches Pakistan’s most comprehensive election portal

ISLAMABAD: The Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability–Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN) launched Pakistan’s most comprehensive election information portal “Election Pakistan” in a ceremony...

FAFEN cautions against deviation from constitutional framework

Says all federating units must be allocated seats on basis of their population Calls for due diligence in the usage of provisional census...