Tag: Rigging

Poll rigging committee issues govt’s 33-word-long ToR

--Opp seeks time till Dec 13 to respond to govt's brief proposal --Shafqat Mahmood says general polls were 'transparent, according to constitutional requirements' --Opp leaders accuse...

Opp made allegations of rigging for political survival: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said the opposition parties had been making allegations of rigging just for their political...

Saad Rafique trying to rig NA-131 by-poll, claims Humayun Akhtar

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) candidate for the NA-131 by-poll, Humayun Akhtar Khan, has alleged that his opponent of rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Khawaja Saad...

Govt to include senators in committee probing poll rigging, reveals Khursheed...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah on Thursday said that the government has accepted the demand made by the opposition parties and...

PML-N proposes 4 names for committee to probe ‘poll rigging’

--Ahsan Iqbal, Rana Tanveer, Rana Sanaullah and Murtaza Javed Abbasi’s names to represent party in govt’s proposed body   ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary...

Hamza vows not to let PM avoid promise of rigging probe

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz on Tuesday vowed not to let Prime Minister Imran Khan backtrack from his promise of assistance in investigating the...

ECP says completed all election related responsibilities as per law

ISLAMABAD: With the opposition parties in the National Assembly crying foul over the alleged irregularities in the July 25 elections, the Election Commission of...

A case of missing votes in embattled PP-123

--Two Form 49 issued in Toba Tek Singh’s constituency with no track of 237 votes --RO expresses helplessness amid ‘pressure from certain quarters’ --PTI says ordering...

Grand Opp alliance to move resolutions against ‘rigging’ in NA

ISLAMABAD: The grand opposition alliance on Thursday decided to move resolutions in the parliament against alleged rigging carried out in the July 25 general elections. Protest...

ECP says rigging complaints decreasing with time

--ECP receives over 80 complaints from women regarding July 25 polls ISLAMABAD: The complaints of rigging in elections have decreased with the passage of time, the...

Senate body orders inquiry into rigging allegations, failure of RTS

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior has ordered an inquiry into allegations of rigging in the July 25 polls and the failure of...

Sattar, others appeal to CJP, COAS to take notice of rigging

Say ready to produce evidence, witnesses  Allege disappearance of POs on election night Claim that rigging was targetted to favour PTI KARACHI: Leaders of...

‘Pakistan Alliance for Fair, Free Elections’ formed against rigging: Mushahid Hussain

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain on Friday said that the Joint Action Committee, comprising representatives of nine political parties, had agreed to form “Pakistan Alliance for...

Opp parties come together to counter PTI

Joint Opp parties, including PML-N, PPP, MMA, decide to field joint candidates for PM, NA speaker, deputy speaker Vow to give PTI govt...

PML-N-PPP ‘marriage of connivance’ likely

--PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif to meet PPP's Khursheed Shah today to decide future plan of action --MMA awaits PML-N's decision regarding oath-taking of parliamentarians and...

Polling largely peaceful across Punjab

Eyebrows raised over acting govt’s efforts to hold free, fair elections Party activists, polling staff, security personnel violate ECP’s code of conduct in...

IHC judge goes ballistic on top spy agency

--Justice Siddiqui accuses ISI of manipulating judicial process, says judicial freedom now in control of 'those with guns' --Says 50% of responsibility of Pakistan's current...