By Ali Raza in The News, Dec 11, 2023LAHORE: Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) has prepared a list of constituencies of National and Punjab Assembly where they want to field their candidates under a possible seat adjustment with the PMLN. Sources claimed the IPP’s committee consisting of Ishaq Khakwani, Aun Chaudhry and Nauman Langriyal has prepared the list of candidates, which will be given to the PMLN’s committee on Monday (today). According to different media reports, IPP…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 8, 2023Ruling Awami League is yet to come to an understanding with the alliance and partners regarding the election. Their ally Jatiya Party (JaPa) and partners of the 14 party alliance first want the Awami League candidates in their seats to be withdrawn. They also want assurance that no independent candidate of Awami League contest in the seats left to them. Over the past three to four days, Prime Minister…
Report in Dawn, November 8th, 2023BAJAUR: The Awami National Party has named its candidates for the four provincial assembly seats in Bajaur tribal district, a statement issued here on Tuesday said. It said the ANP’s provincial parliamentary committee made the nominations on the recommendations of the party’s Bajaur leadership. As per the decision, Malik Hikmatullah Khan Mamond has been noaminated for PK-19 constituency, Gul Afzal Khan (ANP district president) for PK-20, Rasheed Khan for PK-21…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 7th, 2023WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Monday that the United States was committed to ensuring that the next elections in Pakistan would be free and fair, benefiting the Pakistani people. However, when questioned about the potential exclusion of a prominent leader like Imran Khan due to his imprisonment, the department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, mentioned they “did not have an assessment on the makeup of candidates…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror on line, Sept 1, 2023Reports of internal discord over presidential candidacy prompted both the National People’s Power (NPP) and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) to unveil their presidential candidates well ahead of the usual timeline, Daily Mirror learns. NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently announced that he will contest the next year’s presidential election, though it is customary for any party to announce its candidate close to the election…
by Anowar Hossain in Prothom Alo, May 19, 2023Awami League wants to ensure victory of its candidates in upcoming elections to five city corporations and simultaneously keep control of the streets in the face of agitation of the opposition parties. AL would continue its counter movement if BNP creates any anti-government agitation. However, the ruling party would focus more on city corporation elections if BNP does not take to the streets in this time. The…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, Apr 17, 2023Barishal dominated the talks when the ruling Awami League’s nomination board sat on Saturday to pick mayoral candidates for five cities. Held at the Gono Bhaban with AL President Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the meeting didn’t take long to finalise nominees for Khulna, Gazipur, Rajshahi and Sylhet. But for Barishal, there was a lengthy discussion between Hasina and Abul Hasnat Abdullah, the MP from…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 12, 2023The coalition partners of the ruling alliance have decided to field three leaders as candidates for the post of Vice President. The parties at a meeting of the alliance held at the prime minister’s residence on Saturday decided to register the candidacies of the three candidates as they could not agree on a common candidate. One candidate from the Janamat Party, and two from the Janata Samajbadi Party…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 6, 2023Independent candidates who rebelled against their parties when denied election tickets in the November polls have started returning to their mother organisations. Of them, the winners have been making a beeline to the parties they quit. Such lawmakers’ return becomes a win-win situation for both sides because the lawmaker can again become active in the old organisation while the party gets one more seat in Parliament,…
by Tika R Pradhan & Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 11, 2022The seven political parties that earned the national party status in the recently-concluded polls finalised the candidates to be elected under the Proportional Representation (PR) category and submitted their lists to the Election Commission on Saturday, the deadline set by the election body. “We have received the PR lists from all the concerned parties,” said Guru Wagle, assistant spokesperson for the Election…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 9, 2022After the publication of the results of the November 20 elections, political parties are not only engaged in the formation of a new government, but are also considering possible candidates for the post of President. The ruling alliance is two seats shy of a majority (138) in the federal parliament and expected to form the new government with the support of fringe parties. The Constitution of…