by Krishna Prasad Gautam/ Hariharsingh Rathaur in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 25, 2023Fifty-two-year-old Nar Bahadur Mahar moved his family of seven from the tarpaulin tents they had been living in since the November 3 earthquake to a hut he had built using corn stalks as protection from the cold. He was hoping to make better arrangements with the grant he was to receive from the government to build a temporary shelter before the December cold…
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by Rizwan Shezad in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday hinted at a possible delay in the holding of the next general elections as the 54-day mandatory period for campaigning for the February 8, 2024 polls began from December 16, but the three-day training of the officers responsible for supervising electoral activities was halted because of a Lahore High Court order over a PTI petition.…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023It had been a long time since Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa and senior leader of the party Shekhar Koirala shared a podium. Thapa won the election of the party’s general secretary from the Koirala camp, but Koirala himself lost the contest for party presidency to Sher Bahadur Deuba at the 14th general convention in December 2021. According to party insiders, initially, it was thought…
Report in The Daily Star, Dec 12, 2023The Election Commission is planning to deploy the armed forces for 13 days from December 29 to January 10, said sources. The 12th national election is scheduled to be held on January 7. The armed forces will work as striking forces and act as per instruction of the Election Commission. However, the sources said all decisions regarding the deployment will be finalised if President Mohammed Shahabuddin approves the…
ISLAMABAD: One of the founding members of the PTI, Akbar S. Babar has rejected Imran Khan’s nomination of Barrister Gohar Ali Khan as a candidate for the party chairman’s slot, calling it “selection instead of an election”. In a press statement, Mr Babar, who had filed the foreign funding case against the PTI, said the nomination of the new PTI chairman has raised serious questions about the transparency and credibility of the entire PTI intra-party…
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 Daily FT, Mar 28, 2023Claims poll will take place before December but fails to say what typeSays SLPP is prepared to face any election and all rifts within party will heal once an election is declared Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday hinted that an election will be held prior to the month of December this year. Rajapaksa during a visit to the Abhayarama Temple yesterday said he believes an election will be…