report in Dhaka Tribune,Dec 31, 2023As the country gears up for voting on January 7, violence centering on the election and breaches of the electoral code of conduct continue amid warnings and action by the Election Commission (EC). In Dhaka, at least 12 people were injured in a factional clash among the followers of the Awami League’s Dhaka-10 candidate, Ferdous Ahmed, during an election campaign program in the Central Road area Saturday afternoon. The injured…
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by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, December 31st, 2023• Omar Ayub alleges ‘status quo forces’ resorting to underhanded tactics• Barrister Gohar says ECP failed to perform its constitutional dutiesISLAMABAD: The PTI decried on Saturday the rejection of the nomination papers of several of its election candidates, including Murad Saeed and Sahibzada Sibghatullah. PTI’s Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan has branded these rejections as “politically motivated”, accusing the “forces of status quo” of resorting to underhanded tactics…
By Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Dec 29, 2023Following many claims being circulated that the Tamil parties from the North and the East of the country are planning to put forward a Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, no formal discussion has taken place in this regard thus far, The Daily Morning learnt. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (28), the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District Opposition Parliamentarian Govindan Karunakaran said…
By Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Dec 29, 2023Following many claims being circulated that the Tamil parties from the North and the East of the country are planning to put forward a Tamil candidate for the upcoming Presidential Election, no formal discussion has taken place in this regard thus far, The Daily Morning learnt. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (28), the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) Batticaloa District Opposition Parliamentarian Govindan Karunakaran said…
By Dinasena Ratugamage in The Island, Dec 28, 2023Jaffna District MP C.V. Wigneswaran has said he is willing to contest the next presidential election next year. Retired Supreme Court Justice Wigneswaran, elected on the Tamil People’s National Alliance (Thamizh Makkal Tesiya Kootani) ticket, told the Jaffna-based media that he would contest the presidential poll if all Tamil political parties reached a consensus on his candidature. Wigneswaran served as the Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial…
by Ikram Junaidi | Mansoor Malik | Waseem Ahmad Shah in Dawn, Dec 26th, 2023PESHAWAR/LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: The PTI is expected to approach the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday (today) in a bid to retain the ‘bat’ as the party’s symbol for the upcoming elections. “It is our legitimate right to contest the upcoming general election with the symbol of bat,” party spokesperson Raoof Hasan told Dawn, referring to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s Dec 22…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star , Dec 25, 2023The Awami League’s main focus will be on generating employment in order to make Bangladesh a developed nation by 2041, said several leaders involved in drafting of the party’s election manifesto. The party is likely to set a goal of creating 1.5 crore jobs in the next five years, which was also mentioned in the declaration adopted at AL national council in December last…
report in The News,Dec 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister and senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani says the ground realities in the run-up to the general elections have revived the memories of 1977 elections marred by worst rigging in the history. “Revocation of electoral symbol, snatching of nomination papers, curtailing the right to campaign, and suppressing freedom of expression, is not an election but a selection and this war against democracy will result in the defeat…
Report in Dawn, Dec 25th, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a party considered to be backed by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has fielded candidates for each and every national and provincial assembly constituency in the Feb 8, 2024 general election. Hafiz Saeed’s son Talha Saeed is also in the run. He is contesting from National Assembly’s constituency NA-127, Lahore, while PMML’s central president Khalid Masood Sindhu is taking part from NA-130, against Pakistan Muslim…
eport in Dawn, Dec 25th, 2023SHANGLA: Several local leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and Awami National Party have changed their loyalties ahead of general elections and joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. They made the announcement here on Sunday in two different public meetings. PML-N provincial president Amir Muqam was chief guest at both the meetings. Former MPA and PML-N candidate for PK-28 Fazalullah Pir Mohammad Khan, candidate for PK-29 Mohammad Rashad Khan, Faiz Mohammad and others also…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 24th, 2023FORMER prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s acquittal in two major corruption cases — Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia Steel Mills — over the past month has reignited discussions about his potential comeback in politics. While the development has cleared his path to run in the upcoming elections and reclaim his role as PML-N’s president, it may not be a walk in Hyde Park for Mr Sharif. However, until things get…