By Rafiq Mangat in The News, December 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: An election will be held in early 2024, at which the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) expects a victory for the coalition, led by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), under former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, “with help from the military, despite widespread discontent with the government’s austerity measures”. The EIU says in its assessment the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party will lose. “Domestic protests will intensify,…
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Report in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023The confusion over the Awami League sharing seats with its 14-party allies is apparently clearing up as AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said his party will share seats with its alliance partners after observing the political situation. “The Awami League will have candidates in all 300 seats. But if there is a consensus, some seats will be left for the alliance members,” he told journalists at the…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.KARACHI: PPP Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said the party intended to forge a coalition government with its allies in the upcoming general elections. The statement came as the party is busy manoeuvring to cobble up its own electoral alliances in the wake of the PML-N’s efforts to make a foray into the PPP’s turf — Sindh — and other provinces to solidify its political…
by Amjad Mahmood in Dawn, October 23rd, 2023LAHORE: In a bid to bring the political temperature down and focus on securing relief for Nawaz Sharif in graft cases, the PML-N has decided to re-establish “close coordination” with its allies in the former coalition government. This decision was made during a meeting at Jati Umra on Sunday, also attended by legal experts in addition to the Sharif family members. Sources told Dawn that Nawaz Sharif would…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, Aug 29, 2023Most of the old Islamist allies of Awami League remain with the party ahead of the next general election but the ruling party’s initiative to find new allies from the Islamists is not getting much traction. Moreover, the ruling party’s good relation with Islami Andolon Bangladesh was strained recently. Awami League is not getting much positive response about bringing the Islamist parties allied with BNP and other…
by Imran Ayub in Dawn, August 27th, 2023• PPP stands alone on 90-day demand; urges Nawaz, Maryam not to back polls delay• JUI-F unable to grasp rationale behind PPP’s ‘aggressive approach’• ECP invites JI, MQM for consultations on electoral roadmapKARACHI: The ECP’s announcement to initiate fresh delimitation in light of the notification of the latest census results seems to have put the former coalition partners on a collision course. Only a day after the PPP…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, June 29, 2023Members of the 14-party alliance want to start discussions on the poll-time government and distribution of seats right now. However, the Awami League, the leader of the alliance, has a different plan. The ruling party wants to fix these issues later, closer to the election. However, they want to involve the allies in programmes countering the activities of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). There is also talk…
by Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, June 29, 2023Bangladesh National Party will organise rallies, marches and road marches throughout July as part of a final preparation of the one-point demand to oust the government, party insiders have said. The party will hold six rallies and six marches outside Dhaka. More programmes will be announced for Dhaka after Eid-ul-Azha to be celebrated on 29 June. Gonotantra Mancha will also organise separate rallies and road marches. BNP…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/Ashik Abdullah Apu in The Daily Star, Mar 7, 2023With the ruling Awami League apparently reaching out to some right-wing political parties to forge a bigger electoral alliance, a gap with its left allies keeps widening since the national polls in 2018. As the parties the AL is trying to woo include the Islamists who have impressive vote banks, its left allies think such coalitions would only mean a deviation from the…