Tag: general elections
KP announces alternative security plan for elections
Caretaker CM directs authorities to hire drone cameras to monitor polling day, counting and recounting exercises
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khan ordered establishment...
Army to secure polling stations, ECP decides
--ECP says provinces responsible for providing security to political leaders
ISLAMABAD: Army personnel would be deployed both inside and outside polling stations to ensure security during...
PTI to reverse decisions on three NA constituencies
--Fatyana, Tiwana and Ghulam Abbas likely to get tickets in review
ISLAMABAD: In a run-up to the electioneering process, an extraordinary meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Political parties urge ECP to hold polls for provincial FATA seats...
ISLAMABAD: Major political parties from tribal regions have threatened to stage a sit-in in front of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the third...
Bilawal to contest general election from Lyari, Malakand and Larkana
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will contest upcoming general election from Larkana (NA-200), Lyari (NA-246), and Malakand (NA-8), according to a...
Musharraf decides to return before general elections
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Muslim League chief Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf has finally decided to return to Pakistan before general elections 2018, reported a local English...
Timely polls: Ball in CJP’s court
Election watchdog to file appeals against LHC, BHC verdicts on nomination papers, delimitation of constituencies
Interim PM Nasirul Mulk directs Law Ministry to...
It is necessary for umpires to be neutral: Imran
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday discussed the caretaker government, stressing that umpires should be neutral.
Imran was addressing a press conference in...
ECP assures timely polls amid talks of delay
--ECP plays down resolution moved by Balochistan Assembly and KP CM’s letter to commission that seek delay in elections
--PM Abbasi says neither opposition nor...
Delimitation in six more constituencies annulled
--IHC sets aside delimitations made in Kharan, Ghotki, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Bahawalpur and Haripur districts
--Dismisses pleas against delimitation of Khanewal, Chiniot, Kurram, Rajanpur, Mansehra, Swabi, Jacobabad, Gujranwala,...
Resolution seeking one-month delay in polls moved in Balochistan Assembly
QUETTA: A resolution demanding a one-month delay in general elections was submitted in the Balochistan Assembly on Wednesday.
The resolution, submitted by Balochistan Home Minister...
Rabbani seeks clarification over ECP secretary’s remarks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday sought a clarification regarding remarks over the upcoming general elections by the Election Commission...
Workers party’s greatest asset: Zardari
--Bilawal urges PPP leaders, activists to work with full potential ahead of general elections
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said...
ECP rules out interference of ‘aliens’ in 2018 general elections
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan on Wednesday made it clear that no interference will be tolerated in upcoming elections, will repeat...
ECP appoints returning officers for upcoming elections: report
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday appointed district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) for the...
Won’t run away like Musharraf, says Nawaz
---PML-N leadership holds informal meeting in London to discuss important political issues
---Nawaz questions as to who ordered PTI chief Imran Khan to vote for...
Khursheed Shah urges parliament to remove loopholes in election laws
-- Discusses name for the slot of caretaker prime minister with Pervaiz Elahi
ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Thursday...