The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the Senate election in Punjab. The seat became vacant after PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry was disqualified. The election will take place on September 9. Candidates can submit their nomination papers from August 19 to August 20. The first list of candidates will be published on August 21. […]
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Fawad Chaudhry tried to intimidate the Election Commission, says Ahsan Iqbal
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal says that Fawad Chaudhry tried to intimidate the Election Commission and that the government wants to make the Commission an institution like NAB. He added that they destroyed the national institutions one by one. Talking to the media outside the accountability court, PML-N leader Iqbal said that four secretaries were replaced […]
Plans to make voter lists online in Gilgit-Baltistan
Hussain Shah, Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Information Technology, visited the Election Commission and discussed important issues with Raja Shahbaz Khan, Chief Election Commissioner, Gilgit-Baltistan. According to a press release issued by the Public Relations Department, Election Commission Gilgit-Baltistan, Special Assistant Hussain Shah said in a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz […]
PMLN says Imran Khan wants to replace parliamentary system with presidential
ISLAMABAD: PMLN Information Secretary Maryam Aurangzeb has termed the PTI-led government’s election amendments an attack on the constitution and the Election Commission. In a statement, she said that Imran Khan was trying to impose presidential system on the country by abolishing the federal parliamentary system of democracy. She said these amendments violate the political and […]
India’s Election Commission: buried under tide of complaints, bias allegations
Did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi break election rules by addressing the nation on an anti-satellite test recently? Is it right to have a channel dedicated to the leader? Can the country’s armed forces be called “Modi’s soldiers“? Ahead of a general election that starts next week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) says it […]
Shahbaz writes to caretaker Punjab CM to register protest against crackdown on workers
LAHORE:President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif registered protest through a letter to caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Hassan Askari Rizvi against the recent illegal crackdown of PML-N workers. In its letter ,Shahbaz complained that it was worst act of administration that the PML-N workers were sent to Kot Lakhpat jail for judicial remand without any […]
Abbasi good to go, LHC dismisses tribunal’s lifetime disqualification verdict
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed appellate tribunal’s verdict to disqualify former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for life. During the hearing, LHC cleared Abbasi to contest polls from his home constituency NA-57 Murree on July 25, dismissing election commission’s appellate tribunal’s verdict. LHC also granted permission to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad […]