Tag: LG polls

Polls on Punjab reserve seats to be held next month

Members elected in direct elections will elect members on indirect seats for district councils, municipal corporations and metropolitan corporations in September.

Apparently winners can’t be choosers either

Many representatives hold bureaucracy, CDA and CADD responsible for lack of devolvement of functions to elected members.

LG polls on reserved seats in Sindh, Punjab postponed indefinitely

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday postponed indefinitely the local bodies elections on reserved seats in Sindh and Punjab, further delaying the...

ECP to hold LG polls for Punjab’s indirect seats from February...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hold Local Government Elections for indirect seats in Punjab between February 8-14. The elections will be held to...

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...

Karachi falling into MQM hands again!

Major setbacks witnessed as PPP, PTI and JI Karachi presidents thrown out of contest by MQM candidates for chairmen

CEC believes LG polls conducted much better than 2013 elections

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Sardar Raza Ahmed Khan Saturday said the Local Government (LG) elections could be considered better than the general...

Firing at Karachi polling station

  Fring occured twice outside  Shamsi society poling station in Karachi. According to local media, one man got injured. Police has arrived at the scene.  

Fingers crossed as Sindh and Punjab districts vote in third phase...

MQM prepares to take on PPP, PTI and JI in Karachi as PML-N looks to counter PTI in Punjab Heavy deployment of Rangers and police...

‘Bazaar of corruption will rise if dishonest people win LG polls’

Supreme Court Justice Mushir Alam has said that a new bazaar of corruption will originate at the grassroots level if dishonest and tainted people...

Army, Rangers get magisterial powers for Karachi LG polls

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to deploy Army and Pakistan Rangers for local government elections in Karachi. The ECP has also given...

ECP bars payment of Rs 5k under Kissan Package until LG...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday while announcing the verdict of Kissan Package review case has halted the implementation on one of...

Mayor’s election: PTI may still have a horse in the race

  As the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) flexes its muscles to elect the party’s Mayor in the federal capital, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which also...

PML-N dashes PTI’s hopes of capturing Islamabad

Ruling party wins 21 seats while PTI bags 16 seats of chairman

Khan might just be able to grab Islamabad

Unofficial and unconfirmed results show PTI leading LG polls race in federal capital with PML-N following closely

Polling underway for first ever LG polls in Islamabad

Polling for the first-ever Local Government elections in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) is currently underway. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Army, Rangers...

PTI to hold APC on fraudulent polls

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab Organizer Chaudhary Sarwar on Wednesday announced to gather all opposition parties on one platform to initiate a struggle against the...