By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, October 30, 2023ISLAMABAD: The election in the country could be held in the third week of January, a week earlier than indicated by the Election Commission of Pakistan more than a month ago. The schedule for polls will be announced in the first week of December and elections may be held in January. Sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told The News here Sunday that no…
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by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Oct 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: n Tuesday, two former prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, will be in Islamabad, using Constitution Avenue as they separately appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as accused individuals. Constitution Avenue, situated in the capital’s Red Zone, is adorned with various key buildings, including Parliament, the Prime Minister’s House, the Supreme Court, the Foreign Office, the…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 26, 2023Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman has said the Election Commission has nothing to do if any political party does not take part in elections. “Political parties know it very well what is mentioned in the manual [a book prepared for officials and candidates with all electoral laws and regulations and the code of conduct]. It is up to the political parties whether they will participate in polls. The…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Oct 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: n Tuesday, two former prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, will be in Islamabad, using Constitution Avenue as they separately appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as accused individuals. Constitution Avenue, situated in the capital’s Red Zone, is adorned with various key buildings, including Parliament, the Prime Minister’s House, the Supreme Court, the Foreign Office, the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Sept 29, 2023The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday said it was seriously concerned about attacks and abuse on doctors and health workers involved in treating patients and vandalism in health institutions. In a statement, the constitutional body requested those involved in such incidents to refrain from attacking doctors and create an environment for seamless delivery of health services. Issuing a statement, Tikaram Pokharel, the spokesperson of the commission, said…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, September 23rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: With criticism growing over the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) failure to announce a specific date for general elections, a senior ECP official told Dawn on Friday that it was “not technically possible” to do so. The official, who asked not to be named, argued that the official announcement of an election date will kick-start a formal process that must follow specific timelines in the lead-up…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, September 23rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: With criticism growing over the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) failure to announce a specific date for general elections, a senior ECP official told Dawn on Friday that it was “not technically possible” to do so. The official, who asked not to be named, argued that the official announcement of an election date will kick-start a formal process that must follow specific timelines in the lead-up…
report in THE NEWS, Sept18, 2023PESHAWAR: JUIF chief Fazlur Rahman Sunday urged the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to form a joint commission for resolution of mutual issues causing confrontation. Addressing a meeting of the party’s consultative body here, he said the JUIF was ready to play its role in bringing the two governments together for resolution of their issues. The meeting, presided over by the party’s provincial president Ataur Rahman, was aimed at reviewing…
By Norman Palihawadane in The Island, Sept 10, 2023Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith says that even though many including the Church authorities were unaware of imminent terror attacks on Easter Sunday 2019, almost 15,000 other persons had prior knowledge of it according to the reports of the Special Presidential Commission. Addressing Holy Mass celebrating the blessing of marble structures of the 12 apostles gifted by people of Brechia, Italy to St Sebastian Church at Katuwapitiya,…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News,Sept 7, 2023ISLAMABAD: The ECP is holding meetings regularly and concentrating on completing the process of constituency delimitation in an error-free manner. As such, the commission will not be rushing to announce the schedule of the general elections, with sources saying that: “it is unlikely that polling day will be determined any time soon and even before the end of the month as the specific question isn’t on the…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday held out the assurance that transparent polls would be conducted in the country ‘as soon as possible’ and level playing field would be provided to all political parties to take part in the democratic exercise. The assurance came during the first consultative session held with political parties on the roadmap to elections with Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja…