By Azeem Samar in The News, Dec 30, 2023KARACHI: Despite intense high-level negotiations, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Friday failed to convince the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan on a seat adjustment formula to jointly contest the upcoming general elections in Karachi. Similarly, they also failed to agree on fielding a joint candidate from NA-242 in Karachi. The high-level PMLN delegation, led by its president and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, visited the MQM headquarters…
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By Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Dec 29, 2023Following many claims being circulated that the Tamil parties from the North and the East of the country are planning to put forward a Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, no formal discussion has taken place in this regard thus far, The Daily Morning learnt. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (28), the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District Opposition Parliamentarian Govindan Karunakaran said…
report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023The Election Commission has decided to file a case against an Awami League candidate in Chattogram for assaulting a journalist. The instruction came on Sunday, said EC officials. Enamul Haque, senior election officer at Chattogram District Election office, said they will file the case against Mustafizur Rahman, an AL candidate of Chattogram-16 constituency (Banshkhali), with a court today. On November 30, Mustafizur staged a showdown before he submitted…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 20, 2023Re-elected leader of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) and its founder Basil Rajapaksa (BR) declared last week that the party would definitely win the next national election. The boastful prediction was made at the second convention of the party held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Dec 15, two days after the SLPP voted for President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s (RW) Budget for 2024, presented…
report in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry of Interior has cautioned both illegal and legal Afghan migrants to refrain from supporting or funding any candidate for political or electoral activities in Pakistan. It has warned that a violation of this order will lead to deportation of that individual regardless of their legal status.A statement issued by the ministry on Monday said it is illegal for an Afghan national to support or…
By Deo Narayan Sah in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 13, 2023The government formation process in Koshi Province took an unexpected turn after a group of Nepali Congress lawmakers revolted against the party’s decision to support the chief ministerial bid of Indra Bahadur Angbo, a CPN (Maoist Centre) assembly member. Eight of the 29 Congress provincial assembly members came up with a proposal to field the party’s Kedar Karki for the position against the central leadership’s…
Arifur Rahman in Prothom ALo, Sept 25, 2023Rangpur: Rangpur is called the citadel of Jatiya Party (JaPa). It is home to the party’s founder HM Ershad, who had been in power for 9 years at a stretch. The JaPa candidate Mostafizar Rahman came victorious by a huge margin in the last mayoral election in Rangpur city corporation. Yet, many local leaders think JaPa’s heyday is over in the district. JaPa once had all MPs in…
by Nawaz Farhin Antara in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 13, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has devised a three-tier candidate selection strategy ahead of the national parliamentary elections amidst concerns of legal battles and imprisonment faced by top leaders. The party is actively working to prepare candidates for the crucial elections while simultaneously pursuing its one-point movement for the resignation of the government. Under the strategy, the top tier of candidates will include established party leaders,…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 12th, 2023WASHINGTON: The State Department said on Monday that the United States was not trying to influence the outcome of the expected elections in Pakistan as it did not support any party or candidate. The department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller offered this assurance while responding to a question from a journalist, who asked why an ambassador should meet the chief election official of a country. US Ambassador Donald Blome met…