ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday denied the allegations, leveled by some political figures against the commission, Chief Election Commissioner, and deemed them as “baseless and untrue”. An ECP spokesman in a statement said that the ECP has made elaborate arrangements for holding free, fair, and transparent by-elections in 20 constituencies of […]
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ECP resolves 17 complaints out of 22 received in Balochistan LG polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) Central and Provincial Control rooms had promptly resolved as many as 17 rules violation complaints from out of 22 registered during Balochistan LG polls on Sunday. According to official sources, the instructions had already been issued to resolve remaining five complaints at the earliest. A control room was […]
Local government elections in Balochistan to be held on May 29
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan is all set to hold poling for local government election Scheduled to be held on May 29 in 32 districts of Balochistan in a free, transparent, and peaceful atmosphere. According to Provincial Election Commission, the total number of registered voters in these districts is 3,552,398 including 2,006,274 male and […]
ECP arranges students voters’ awareness session
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday organized students voters’ education and awareness session at Government Associate College for Women Tehsil Chakwal. Ms. Zile Huma, Public Relations Officer of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan apprised the female students about the role of gender in the electoral process and the importance of casting vote. She […]
ECP to continue proceedings without any pressure: Spokesperson
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will continue its proceedings and decisions without accepting any pressure. According to an ECP spokesperson, the Election Commission was a constitutional body and all decisions were made in the light of constitution and law. Contrary to the intentional and malicious facts, he added, some people were giving the […]
ECP contradicts statements on delaying foreign funding case hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday contradicted some statements appearing in sections of the press on intentional delaying the hearing of the foreign funding case. According to ECP, these statements are baseless as the scrutiny committee was working on applications received related to the foreign funding case from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Peoples […]
Sindh LG polls: PTI files plea in SHC against ECP schedule
On Monday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) challenging the schedule issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the local government polls in Sindh. Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, Firdous Shamim Naqvi and other PTI leaders filed the petition. In […]
LG Polls in Balochistan: ECP extends nomination papers’ submission date
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date for submission of nomination papers for local government elections in Balochistan. According to ECP, the commission has extended further three days, and now the candidates can submit their nomination papers by April 21 to the Returning Officers (ROs) of respective districts. As per the schedule […]
ECP announces schedule for first phase of LG elections in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the schedule for the first phase of local government elections in the Punjab province. According to the ECP, in the first phase, LG elections will be held in 17 districts of Punjab on June 9.
ECP denies issuing any statement on elections
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has contradicted the news item appearing in some sections of the press on issuing any statement on elections. The ECP spokesman clarified that no such statement on elections was issued by the commission.