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Congress members express worry over mounting public frustration, poor governance

Report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 31, 2023The Central Working Committee meeting of the Nepali Congress has entrusted its parliamentary board to select the candidates for the upcoming National Assembly elections. This decision came as the three-day central meet of the ruling party concluded on Saturday. The party will follow the candidate selection criteria that are almost final, said Min Bishwakarma, head of the party’s publicity department. The criteria will prefer Congress members who have…

ECP decides to move PHC against verdict on PTI’s ‘bat’

report in The Nation, Dec 30, 2023ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided to move the Peshawar High Court against its decision on PTI’s election symbol ‘bat’. The electoral watchdog will approach the division bench of the Peshawar High Court against the single bench ruling. It was decided at an important meeting of ECP held here following the PHC ruling. It is to be mentioned here that the PHC on Tuesday last…

Rashid Soomro likely to contest elections against Bilawal

By Aftab Ahmed & Imtiaz Hussain in The News, Dec 18, 2023HYDERABAD/ SUKKUR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) secretary general Sindh chapter Rashid Mahmood Soomro said he has applied to the party ticket to contest the election against PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, adding the final decision will be taken by the party. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Sukkur, the JUI-F leader said as to how the PPP will run its election campaign in…

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Polls on Feb 8, 2024report in The News, Dec 16, 2023No Events Date1 Public notice to be issued by the returning officer 19.12.20232 Dates for filing of nomination papers 20.12.2023 to 22.12.2023 3 Publication of names of the nominated candidates 23.12.20234 Last date for scrutiny of nomination papers 24.12.2023 to 30.12.20235 Last date for filing of appeals against decisions of the returning officer rejecting/accepting the nomination papers 3.1.2024 6 Last date for deciding appeals by…

Those afraid of people don’t want polls: PPP

By Asim Yasin in The News, December 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi has said those who are afraid of people’s decision do not want elections. “In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there is a Maulana Fazlur Rehman government and we don’t know what kind of favourable environment they want,” he said while commenting on JUIF Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday. Kundi said the opponents were worried about the…

14-party waits AL’s decision on seat sharing

report in Prothom ALo, Dec 3, 2023The partners of the 14-party alliance led by the ruling Awami League have expressed dissatisfaction over the seat-sharing ahead of the 12th parliamentary election slated to be held on 7 January. Given this situation, alliance coordinator Amir Hossain Amu has initiated informal discussions on behalf of the Awami League regarding the distribution of seats after the process of submitting nomination papers is completed. On Saturday, some top leaders of…

‘Shehbaz was ready for polls after Imran’s ouster’:

By Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 17th, 2023LAHORE: PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif was ready to dissolve the coalition government to go into polls following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in a no-trust vote in April 2022, but claimed the decision was changed at the eleventh hour because “we did not want to give in” to purported threats. “Shehbaz Sharif was all set to resign…

Deputy of MoRR: Pakistan Made Overhasty Decision to Expel Afghans

By Fatema Adeeb IN TOLOnews, Nov 11, 2023 at8:32 PMFollowing the Islamic Emirate officials’ reactions to the expulsion of the immigrants from Pakistan, Mohammad Arsalah Kharoti, deputy of the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), called Pakistan’s decision to deport Afghan immigrants from this country “rushed.” In an interview with TOLOnews, Kharoti added that Pakistan should treat Afghan immigrants responsibly and allow them to return to the country of their own volition. “They have made…

ECP delaying decision on electoral symbol: PTI

By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, October 31, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Core Committee Monday aired serious reservations about the state’s ‘ongoing planned attempts to pollute the election environment by creating uneven playing field ahead of the elections, using coercive tactics against PTI leaders and workers’. The forum also referred to ‘delaying the issuance’ of PTI’s electoral symbol ‘bat’ unnecessarily. In its meeting, the core committee urged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should…

Aurat March calls for stopping deportation of Afghan refugees

Report in The News, October 30, 2023LAHORE: Aurat March has expressed shock at the state’s decision to evict and deport Afghan refugees from Pakistan by November 1, 2023 and has appealed for taking this decision back. In a letter to Interim Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Aurat March has said, “We are appalled at the Pakistani state’s decision.” A statement issued to the press, which is the letter written to the premier, jointly by Aurat March…

SJB opposes Govt. decision to extend IOC’s petroleum licence

report in Daily FT, Oct 30, 2023The main opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday expressed its strong opposition to the Government’s decision to extend Lanka IOC’s petroleum licence for an additional 20 years. Speaking at a press conference held at the opposition leader’s office in Colombo, SJB Deputy General Secretary Mujibur Rahman raised questions regarding the basis on which the licence renewal was granted by the Government. Rahman pointed out that the agreement with…