Secretary Election Commission Ishtiak Ahmad Khan Sunday said that printing of one hundred and eighty million ballot papers is in progress and so far one hundred and fifty million ballot papers have been printed. He told a news conference that printing and dispatch of ballot papers for Balochistan and Sindh have been completed. […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief, Nawaz leader Nawaz Sharif Sunday said that President Asif Zardari and dictator Pervez Musharraf have wasted 11 years of Pakistan. Addressing public meetings in Murree and Havalian‚ he said he has no word of praise for Mr Zardari as he has not done anything good for the people and […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday took notice of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s ‘abusive’ language for the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leaders Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shehbaz Sharif. Imran Khan is using word ‘jackal’ for Nawaz Sharif in speeches he is delivering in election campaign. The PTI Chief started […]
The Election Commission has decided to give right of vote to overseas Pakistani and the decision will be implemented through the Presidential Ordinance, Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan said on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Islamabad today with Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim in the chair. […]
The Election Commission Sunday de-notified 11 former parliamentarians for possessing fake and invalid degrees. The Commission directed to register cases in lower courts against these members. However‚ they can take part in polls until convicted. These former parliamentarians will have to return their perks and privileges to the national exchequer. These include […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Saturday started hearing of fake degrees of former members of the parliament, who are also in the field for the upcoming polls. CEC Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim is presiding over the meeting being attended by four members of the ECP in Islamabad. The deadline, given to former legislators to […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday deferred the controversial decision of including Blank Box in the ballot paper. The ECP decision had been under fire from almost all political parties, the civil society and the media. The Election Commission said it is withdrawing the decision keeping in view the legal complexities involved. […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned 24 fake degree holders to present for hearing in Islamabad on Friday. These include Shafiq Ahmed Gujar‚ Rubina Irfan‚ Tariq Magsi‚ Israrullah Zehri‚ Mir Nadir Magsi‚ Umar Gorgej‚ Mir Mohabbat Khan Marri and Shumaila Rana. Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan has so far received 16688 […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan will contest the May 11 elections for five National Assembly seats. Khan will contest elections for five national assembly seats from the constituencies NA-1 (Peshawar-II), NA-56 (Rawalpindi-VII), NA-71 (Mianwali-I), NA-122 (Lahore-V), NA-125 (Lahore-VIII). PTI has also announced candidates for many seats across the country. Meanwhile Scrutiny […]
Election authorities across Pakistan have started scrutiny of over 10,000 nomination papers filed until Sunday night, officials said Monday. The authorities will complete the process in a week time and a senior official of the election commission has said that the scrutiny will be merciless. The first phase of the election process has […]
The Taliban and other banned militant groups have planned attacks during campaign for the May 11 elections and during polling, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a report presented in a high level meeting in Islamabad that Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, two other extremist groups – Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jundullah could carry out attacks in different […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered action against fake degree holder members of the parliament in two days so they could not reach the parliament. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, issued instructions while a case about fake degrees. Secretary of Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmed said that the information of the candidates would be […]