by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Dec 16th, 2023LAHORE: Buoyed by the Supreme Court’s decision, followed by the announcement of the general elections schedule, most political parties on Friday unanimously proclaimed that a “major conspiracy to delay the polls” has failed. PTI, however, refused to join the celebrations, with party leaders continuing to question the biases of bureaucrats to be appointed as poll officers. In a post on X, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif wrote: “The SC’s…
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Report in Dawn, Dec 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and MQM-P on Thursday questioned the PTI’s intentions in contesting the appointment of civil servants as election supervisors, saying that the former ruling party seemed to have no issue with a similar arrangement in the 2018 polls. In a statement, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif accused the PTI of hatching a conspiracy to delay polls. He said the PTI went to court with the intention to delay polls…
report in Daily Times, Oct 27, 2023After President Arif Alvi stirred controversy by raising doubts on the timing of general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday said that there was no possibility of a delay in the polls – which are slated to be held at the end of January. In an interview with a private news channel, President Alvi said he did not see polls taking place in January. He recalled…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: Dispelling the impression of a delay in elections, Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi said on Friday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was performing its duty diligently to further electoral process in a responsible way. The minister was talking to private television channels in two separate programmes on current affairs. He said the ECP had already announced that the election would be held by…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Aug 31, 2023 at 9:30 PMAfghan immigrants in Pakistan criticized the delay of their immigration cases. Immigrants from Afghanistan said that the Pakistani military has mistreated them for the past two years and that their future is uncertain. This situation has caused some immigrants to commit suicide. Maryam Sadat, a citizen of Afghanistan, committed suicide on Wednesday in Islamabad. “Three of our young people have lost their lives in the…