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General elections to be held on time, says CEC
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza on Friday stated that the general elections of 2018 will be held on time.
He was...
Delayed polls are equivalent to grave crisis, says JI chief
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq stressed that the elections must be held on time, as delaying the upcoming polls would plunge the...
PTI forms parliamentary board for issuance of tickets in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: After Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has also constituted a parliamentary board for issuance of the tickets for the general...
Utilising new census data can delay elections, PBS informs Senate
--Asif Bajwa says hold elections on old census data
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has apprised Senate that if the government insists on holding the...
ECP secretary claims commission has become powerful, autonomous
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Babar Yaqub Fateh Mohammad on Monday claimed that a powerful and autonomous election commission has come into existence...
PTI to face defeat in next general elections, says Muqam
PESHAWAR: Advisor to Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) provincial President Ameer Muqam, while referring to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said that those...
APML set to hold intra-party elections
LONDON: A veteran activist of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) from Britain, Ifzaal Siddiqui, was appointed by party’s leader General (r) Pervez Musharraf to...
General elections to be held as per schedule, confirms Talal Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Minister for State Interior, Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday rejected a call for early elections by certain factions of the opposition. He further confirmed...
Corporations ill-equipped to print required ballot papers for elections 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has forwarded a summary to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seeking allocation of appropriate funds to procure 16 new printing machines...
PPP to prioritise agriculture, industrial sector in next general elections
LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan People Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday pledged that agriculture and industrial sector will be among top priorities of the...
Masses reject doers of negative politics: Zaeem
Provincial Religious Affairs Minister Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri on Thursday said that PML-N would win the general elections in 2018 as well on the...
Voters list with pictures to be used in 2018 general elections
Electoral rolls in the 2018 general elections will have pictures of every voter, aimed at keeping impersonators away from polling stations.
The decision was taken...
AJK general elections to be held on time: AJK PM
Says electoral alliance cannot be ruled out
Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed said on Sunday that the general elections...
LG polls worse than general elections, says Imran Khan
Blaming the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the wrongdoing, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has alleged that the recently held local government...
NA-118 case verdict reserved till Nov 25
An election tribunal on Tuesday reserved its verdict on an election petition challenging the election of PML-MNA Malik Riaz from NA-118, till November 25.
The...
‘Our performance in KP will hand us next elections, for sure’
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that performance of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government would help his party win the next...
Lanka to hold parliamentary polls in 100 days, cabinet unveiled
Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday unveiled his cabinet that included members from a cross-section of parties and announced fresh parliamentary polls...