Tag: Polls

LG polls next year: PM

LAHORE
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has announced to hold of local government (LG) elections next year, but said a final date would be announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Addressing a gathering of the party's parliamentary leaders at the Governor's House on Saturday, Gilani said proposals from all the provinces would also be collected in this regard. The prime minister said the PPP government respected all institutions and had no intention to challenge the

Local govt polls delayed for another 180 days

LAHORE
The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Thursday passed the Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2010 enabling the Punjab government to delay the local government elections for another 180 days.
The amendments to the bill, which were moved by the opposition, could not be passed but the treasury benches succeeded in passing the bill. Opposition Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Seemal Kamran staged a walkout from the house to express solidarity with the LG

Lahore Bar goes to polls – but no issues are left...

LAHORE: After the logical conclusion of the conflict between the judiciary and lawyers over former Lahore district and sessions judge Zawar Ahmed Sheikh, candidates for the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) elections have nothing on their hands to campaign for, Pakistan Today has learnt.
As the matter was resolved some weeks ago, lawyers could not find any campaign issue now, which was dampening their election campaigns. In this situation, the presidential candidates in the elections