report in Daily Times, Dec 15, 2023Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif Thursday hoped the people would back his party when elections take place next year after he secured major victories from courts. “I am hopeful that you [the people] will announce your judgments on February 8, [2024] and end the punishments meted out to you,” Nawaz said in a recorded message to the nation, aired live on television channels. Nawaz has time and…
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report in The Nation, Dec 14, 2023The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce the schedule for the forthcoming general elections, scheduled for February 8, 2024, in ‘two days’. Sources told ARY News that the electoral watchdog has completed all the preparations for the general elections, including the appointment of Returning Officers (ROs). The ECP has also imposed a ban on the appointment and transfer of Deputy Commissioners (DCs), they said, adding that…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, Dec 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the general elections on Sunday, December 17. The general election will be held on February 8, next year. Nomination papers will be received on the next day of the announcement of the schedule. Sources in the ECP told The News on Wednesday the commission had decided to give 54 days for the whole process,…
report in The News, December 12, 2023ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif apparently all set to take a fourth shot at power during the upcoming elections, “political scientist” Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has hinted at joining the race for the coveted slot of prime minister. In an interiew with a private news channel on Monday, the “king of reconciliation” said: “I can be a candidate for prime ministership…
report in The News, Dec 11, 2023ISLAMABAD: PPP leader and former federal minister Abdul Qadir Baloch has suggested postponing elections in areas that are under security threat. He said that by-polls could be held in these constituencies later. In an interview on private TV channel on Saturday, PPP’s Baloch said in a country with 236 seats, it was not appropriate to postpone elections for seven to eight seats and derail the democracy. “Attack by TTP…
by Javid ur Rahman in The Nation, Dec 9, 2023ISLAMABAD – The top election body has rejected Akbar S. Babar’s appeal for the re-conduct of the recently conducted intra-party elections of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). The ECP’s five-member bench led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja announced this decision after hearing the case. The bench heard a series of petitions filed by PTI founding members Akbar S. Babar, Tahir Nawaz, Noreen Farooq, and others,…
report in The Nation, Dec 7, 2023LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif accompanied by PML-N president Mian Shehbaz Sharif visited the residence of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) chief Ch Shujat Hussain on Wednesday, marking their first meeting in almost 15 years to initiate discussions for seat adjustments ahead of the February 8 elections. This encounter follows a prior meeting in 2009 when Nawaz Sharif offered condolences to Ch Shujat Hussain on…
Report in The Nation, Dec 6, 2023LAHORE – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Tuesday expressed doubts regarding the upcoming general elections scheduled for February next year as he called for ensuring a conducive environment for the electioneering. While speaking to reporters after participating in a meeting of Wifaqul Madaris Al-Arabia (WMA) here, Maulana stated that two provinces, KPK and Balochistan, are currently grappling with terrorism, and areas like Dera Ismail Khan Tank, and…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Dec 5, 2023The rebel SLPP group yesterday (04) accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe of trying to bring the legislature under his control ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls scheduled for 2024 and 2025. Addressing the weekly media briefing at Nawala, top Opposition spokesperson and former External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris alleged that Wickremesinghe’s recent threat to appoint a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to ascertain the status of the Constitutional…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 3rd, 2023QUETTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has called upon his political rival, Nawaz Sharif, to contest elections “on an ideology” and not with “the help of administration”. In a press conference in Quetta on Saturday, when Mr Bhutto-Zardari was asked about the PML-N leader, he said, “Mian Sahib, respect the vote, don’t disrespect the vote.” He said some people have “a misconception that political winds are in their favour”,…
by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Dec 3, 2023QUETTA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday asked PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif to rely on his own strength and popularity in the next elections instead of backing the ‘powerful circles’ to ensure his party’s victory. “Even in Punjab, people rejected you [Nawaz],” Bilawal said while addressing a news conference in Quetta at the end of this three-day visit to the provincial capital of Balochistan. “Don’t…