Tag: LG polls
PTI wins 395 seats in KP LG polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday announced the official results of the local government elections held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The official results revealed that...
Out of party means out of LG council!
Moved by Local Government Minister Inayat Ullah Khan, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday passed with majority the KP Local Government (Third Amendment) Bill, 2015, which incorporates Section 78A for "disqualification on ground defection".
CEC takes stock of obstacles to LG polls
Chairing a meeting comprising members and officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Sindh chief secretary, Local Government secretaries and election commissioners of Punjab and Sindh, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan discussed the proposed schedule for Local Government Elections in Punjab and Sindh
Minorities, women detest being ‘chained’ in Punjab LG polls
Several cry out against Punjab LG (Amendment) Ordinance for taking away right of direct elections from minorities
Asher Waseem Bhatti, a candidate for the non-Muslim...
NA passes Islamabad local government bill
Bill moved by Chaudhry Nisar envisages holding LG polls in federal capital on party basis
ECP moves SC to delay LG polls in Sindh, Punjab
Says both provincial govts have also expressed their inability to spare officials for election process due to flood relief and rehabilitation efforts
ECP decides not to issue schedule for LG polls in Sindh,...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided not to issue schedule for local bodies election in Sindh and Punjab due to flash floods,...
LG polls in Islamabad without legal cover inappropriate: Rabbani
In a ruling on Islamabad capital territory’s local government bill, Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday declared that local government elections in the federal government without a legal cover will be inappropriate.
PML-N leading GB LG polls race
About 600,000 registered voters exercised their polling rights in Monday's elections for six seats from Skardu, four from Diamer, three each from Gilgit, Hunza Nagar, Ghizer and Ganche and two from Astor.
Tribesmen stage rally demanding LG polls in FATA
Hundreds of political activists associated with JUI-F, JI, PML-N, NP, ANP, PPP, PTI, and TA along with their leaders and supporters participated in a...
PTI leads in mismanaged KP polls
As many as seven people, including an election candidate, died while several others were injured in incidents of clashes, crossfire and scuffles as local bodies (LB) elections proceeded in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday.
KP CM blames ECP for LG polls mismanagement
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaz Khattak on Saturday blamed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the mismanagement witnessed across the province during the...
No one can stop women from voting in LG polls, says...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said that no one could prevent women from exercising their right to vote.
Addressing a rally in...
PAT to context LG polls with bucket as election symbol
The Election Commission of Pakistan has allotted the bucket as election symbol to the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) to contest local government elections in...
PTI to contest LG polls in KP jointly with JI, AJIP
A tripartite alliance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan (AJIP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) would contest the upcoming local government elections as a...
Non-party based LG-polls challenged in LHC
Local government (LG) elections in cantonment areas on non-party basis have been challenged in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Petitioner Munir Ahmed’s lawyer Azhar Sidique...
Zardari to put his foot down for party-based LB polls
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said that upcoming local body elections should be held on party basis.
