Tag: general elections 2018

LHC tribunal issues detailed verdict in PM poll case

LAHORE: An election tribunal on Saturday issued the detailed order on an election petition challenging the victory of Prime Minister Imran Khan from the...

Was offered seats in general elections, says Khadim Rizvi

Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi said that he was offered seats during the recently conducted general elections. A video doing rounds on social media...

35 contestants lost NA battle despite receiving 100,000 votes

At least 35 candidates contesting for a number of National Assembly seats during the recently conducted general elections lost despite receiving more than 100,000...

ECP accepts resignations of MPAs, MNAs bagging more than one seat

LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday accepted the resignations of members of national and provincial assemblies who were declared victorious in more than...

ECP documents, election forms discovered at Tandoor in Islamabad

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) forms were recovered from a tandoor in Islamabad amid allegations of rigging by opposition parties during the recently conducted general...

Opp parties demand ECP officials’ resignations over poll rigging

--PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif fails to participate in joint Opp's protest outside ECP office --PPP's Sherry Rehman says Opp parties will continue to protest against...

Imran’s vote recount offer a ‘political statement’, CJP says

Chief Justice Nisar says high court acted beyond its mandate by ordering suspension of PTI chief’s notification as MNA-elect from NA-131 Tells Saad...

Four NA seats in Karachi see higher number of rejected votes...

    KARACHI: Four National Assembly constituencies in Karachi had a higher number of rejected votes than the margin of victory of winning candidates. NA-249, from where...

Will bring back Pakistan’s looted wealth, Imran Khan tells UK

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has told Britain he will retrieve wealth looted from Pakistan and stashed in the UK by corrupt Pakistani...

Tens of thousands of presiding officers disappeared on election night

Tens of thousands of Presiding Officers (PO) disappeared and failed to reach the offices of Residing Officers (RO) on July 25 after the polling...

TLP to hold protest against alleged rigging on August 12 in...

KARACHI: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a nascent religiopolitical party founded by Khadim Hussain Rizvi, on Thursday proclaimed to hold a demonstration in Karachi on August 12 against...

Opp parties come together to counter PTI

Joint Opp parties, including PML-N, PPP, MMA, decide to field joint candidates for PM, NA speaker, deputy speaker Vow to give PTI govt...

Religious parties experience decline in vote bank

LAHORE: Religious parties across the country managed to secure 9.58 per cent of the vote bank during the recently conducted general elections, a local...

Army provides job to physically-challenged voter in Lahore

LAHORE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday announced that Fajar, the physically-challenged girl from Lahore who went to cast...

Winning candidates asked to submit election expenses by ECP

ISLAMABAD: All winning candidates in the recent general elections have been asked to submit their election expenses to the Returning Officers (RO) by the...

Shehbaz tells Fazl PML-N won’t boycott parliament

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif along with party leaders Khawaja Asif and Saad Rafique arrived in Islamabad on Monday for...

ECP says will take ‘stern action’ against stamped ballot papers found...

ISLAMABAD: The Election of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday said that strict action will be taken on the alleged recovery of some ballot papers from...