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The Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday formally started process for the May 11 general elections with the issuance of nomination papers across the country. Thousands of intending candidates have started receiving nomination papers from the offices of election commission and also download online, officials said. The candidates will start submitting nomination papers […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Sunday named, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, former judge of the Supreme Court, as the caretaker Prime Minister. Chief Election Commissioner, Fakhruddin G Ibrahim announced that Mr Khoso, also former Chief Justice of the High Court in Balochistan province, will lead the interim government. Justice Khoso,84, was the nominee […]
The Election Commission meeting for naming a caretaker Prime Minister ended without reaching any decision on the first day of consultations on Saturday. The Commission has now only one day to make a decision on Sunday. The Commission’s member from Sindh, Roshan Isani, could not reach Islamabad during the day time. Officials said […]
The election commission will name a caretaker Prime Minister within its specified two days after the country’s former ruling party and the major opposition group failed to reach on a consensus name in six days, a senior official said Saturday. The matter was then referred to the Election Commission late Friday which has time […]
Deadlock over the nomination of a caretaker Prime Minister persisted Friday night despite six days of consultations. A parliamentary committee, tasked to name Prime Minister for the caretaker set up, failed to reach consensus on a name in the list of four proposed names for the post of the interim Prime Minister, members of […]
The Election Commission on Friday issued schedule for the May 11 polls. The candidates will submit nomination papers from March 24 until March 29. The scrutiny will be held on March 30-April 5. Appeals against the acceptance and rejection of nomination papers will be filed on April 9. Decisions on appeals will be announced […]
The Election Commission Tuesday allotted symbols to different political parties for the upcoming general elections. Symbol of Tiger has been allotted to PML-N‚ Bicycle PML-Q ‚ Scale Jamaat-e-Islami‚ Lantern Awami National Party‚ Kite MQM‚ Flower Pakistan Muslim League-F‚ Wheel Jamhoori Watan Party‚ Missile Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Pakistan‚ and Book has been allotted to JUI-F. The […]
Political and religious leaders have demanded judiciary supervision of elections in the tribal regions to block any attempt of rigging. The leaders also called for vote right to hundreds of thousands of tribesmen who are still living as displaced persons, particularly from South Waziristan and Khyber agencies. Speaking at a joint press conference […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday directed that voting right should be granted to the overseas Pakistanis. He was hearing a case pertaining to voting right to overseas Pakistanis. He also directed that the overseas Pakistan should be made a part of the voting in the election process. He directed the Election […]
The army on Friday assured the Election Commission its complete support in peacefully holding the upcoming parliamentary polls, the military said. The assurance comes at a time when the recent series of deadly bomb attacks in parts of the had raised concerns over peaceful elections, likely to take place in May. Ministers say the […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has launched an SMS service of Code number 8300 to facilitate the general public for verification of their votes through their cell phones in February, 2012, the Commission said Friday. By using this service, the eligible voters are able to send Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) number (without hash […]
Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Friday observed the elections cannot be called fair and transparent if millions of overseas Pakistanis are deprived of the right. The CJP was hearing a petition on granting voting rights to overseas Pakistanis following the Election Commission’s unwillingness to make arrangements for the voting of overseas […]
