Tag: Fafen

Between zeros and ones: need for data journalism emphasised

NPC, FAFEN stress need for accessible Parliament as a prerequisite for responsive legislative governance Pakistani media and civil society have joined hands to make joint...

Lawmaking serious business for women legislators

ISLAMABAD As the first parliamentary year of the incumbent 14th National Assembly is near completion, women legislators performed impressively during nine sessions asserting...

ECP fails to dispose of post-poll petitions within 120 days: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD The Election Tribunals and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have decided only 48 percent of the post-election petitions until January 31, says a...

Election 2013 turnout encouraging for democracy: FAFEN

ISLAMABAD Presenting a detailed analysis report on general election 2013, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Friday termed the increasing voter turnout an...

Observers report 349 violations in 15 NA constituencies

Observers deployed by the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) to observe the by-elections reported a total of 349 violations of the code of...

ECP allows FAFEN to observe by-polls

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) to observe by-elections in 16 National Assembly constituencies to...

FAFEN lauds ECP move to release information on counting

The decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to publicly release documentation on counting and consolidation of election results is a major step...

FAFEN to launch citizen’s campaign

The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Wednesday announced to trigger a nationwide citizen’s campaign to bring transparency in ECP finalisation of election...

FAFEN urges ECP to release polling scheme, forms

Summarising its mutual understanding with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) last week, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Monday noted that...

FAFEN demands ECP verify thumb impressions on votes

The civil society on Friday called upon state authorities and political parties to halt harassment, intimidation, persecution, and prosecution of the Free and Fair...

Cases filed against FAFEN for misreporting poll results

Punjab police are reported to have registered at least 16 cases against the Fair and Free Election Network (FAFEN), a polling observer organisation, for...

FAFEN clarifies polls’ turnout data

    The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Tuesday clarified the list of 49 polling stations with more than 100 percent voter turnout released...

Elections rigged, turnout recorded to be over 100%: FAFEN

The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Monday revealed that the elections across the country were badly rigged as the voter turnout witnessed...

ECP should not certify result if women barred from voting: FAFEN

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should re-affirm promptly that election results would not be certified in any constituency where women were barred from...

Surge in pre-poll complaints in last week of April: FAFEN

The number of pre-election complaints increased sharply in the last week of April, with 1,476 complaints being registered with election officials from April 23-29,...

FAFEN calls for collective action against terrorism

The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Thursday said that decisive action is required by the state against terrorist groups attempting to sabotage...

FAFEN observes violation of ECP’s code of conduct

During monitoring of election campaign, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has witnessed violation of code of conduct issued by the Election Commission...