by Javaid ur Rahman in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday decided to hold proceedings against former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry on December 13 in the contempt of the commission case. The proceedings of the case against Imran Khan and ex-party leader Fawad Chaudhry will now take place at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. The commission, keeping in the view the Interior Ministry’s denial…
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By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has submitted the results of its recently-held controversial intra-party elections and other required documents to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), asking it to issue a certificate in this regard as early as possible. “All required documents of the intra-party elections were filed before the ECP today. As general elections schedule is to be announced anytime soon, the ECP is ought to publish…
By Rana Ghulam Qadir in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PTI’s intra-party election dispute will now be settled at the Election Commission of Pakistan’s forum. According to sources, the report of PTI’s inter-party election will now be submitted to the ECP. In the decision announced on November 23, the commission had directed that intra-party elections be held within 20 days. It had also directed that the election report (Form 65) should be submitted to…
Report in The Daily Star, Nov 29, 2023BNP needs to inform the Election Commission within the next two days if they want to join polls, said Election Commissioner Md Alamgir yesterday. Mentionable, the last date for submitting the nomination papers is tomorrow. The EC is open to adjusting the election schedule “within the constitutional limits” to facilitate parties who are still undecided to join the election, he said. “If necessary, we will reschedule the polls.…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to release the schedule for the next general polls scheduled to be held on February 8, 2024 till December 5. The polls supervisor will publish the final lists on redrawn constituencies for national and provincial assemblies on Nov 30. According to sources, the list of the constituencies in light of the fresh delimitation based on the 7th Population and…
by Rizwan Ghilzai in The Express Tribune, Nove 28, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has initiated preparations for its long-pending intra-party elections, aiming to fulfil the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) directive by completing the process before December 13. Sources within PTI revealed the decision to kickstart the intra-party election proceedings this week, adhering to the ECP’s order. However, the party’s incarcerated chief, Imran Khan, won’t participate in the elections due to ongoing legal constraints,…
report in Prothom ALo, Nov 21, 2023Some 47 eminent citizens of the country feel that the Election Commission (EC) is playing the role of a supplementary force for the government to conduct a ‘one-sided’ election. They have urged the government to take initiatives to create a conducive electoral environment. They made this statement on Monday. The statement reads, “The government has taken various initiatives to conduct a one-sided election. As part of this, leaders and…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 21, 2023Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) to ensure that the forthcoming general elections were free of controversy. He cautioned that holding contentious polls with “questionable results” would result in squandering billions of rupees. Expressing hope in the role of the ECP and the chief justice of Pakistan, Bilawal stressed the…
By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Nov 15, 2023The BNP activists will take to the streets once the Election Commission unveils the polls schedule, party insiders said. It is likely to announce a siege to the Election Commission Secretariat along with the blockade that is on, they added. The party is also considering replying to the letter from US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu about talks on the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad polls.…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Two former federal ministers respectively belonging to the PML-N and the PPP parties have said it was about time the country abandoned the concept of caretaker governments and strengthened the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the polls oversight authority. “My view is that caretaker experience hasn’t delivered any benefit,” PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said while talking to The Express Tribune in the context of…