Report in The Nation, Dec 24, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar Saturday assured that the government would investigate the complaints about hurdles to stop some people from taking part in the electoral process. In an interview with a private television, ……. Talking about the protesters from Balochistan who came to Islamabad, he said everyone had the right to protest with lawful behaviour. However, if a situation of law and order would be…
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by Kashif Abbasi in Dawn, Dec 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Asif Zardari on Monday launched a scathing attack on Imran Khan, saying the former premier supports Afghans because he had allegedly got them included in the voter lists. The former president also hinted at the possibility of a “little delay” in the elections, but said his party had no problem with it. Afghan citizens were registered as voters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the past to…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.KARACHI: PPP Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said the party intended to forge a coalition government with its allies in the upcoming general elections. The statement came as the party is busy manoeuvring to cobble up its own electoral alliances in the wake of the PML-N’s efforts to make a foray into the PPP’s turf — Sindh — and other provinces to solidify its political…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 8, 2023LAHORE : With Punjab safely in the bag, the PML-N has stepped up its efforts to build a grand alliance in Sindh, seemingly to counter their former ally the PPP, announcing an alliance with the MQM. The party now intends to collaborate with other players in the province, including JUI-F, to expand its outreach. This much-anticipated announcement came after a meeting between MQM and PML-N leadership at PML-N’s…
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…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, Sept 12th, 2023• President holds another meeting with law minister on election process• PTI urges head of state to announce poll date as per his mandateISLAMABAD: As a degree of uncertainty prevails regarding the timing of the next general elections, President Arif Alvi on Monday continued efforts to convince the caretaker set-up to expedite the process, only to be informed once again that it was the prerogative of the…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, September 4th, 2023WASHINGTON: Pakistani institutions need to work through the electoral process in consultation with the political parties to ensure fair and free elections, said Elizabeth Horst, the lead US diplomat for South and Central Asian affairs. “We feel very strongly that Pakistan’s future leadership is for the Pakistani people to decide, that the Pakistani people deserve their day at the polls. Pakistani institutions need to work through that process…
report in The Expreess Tribune, Aug 29, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) remained at the centre of conflicting viewpoints as discussions with mainstream political parties continued on Monday, with the Jamat-e-Islami advocating for polls to be conducted within 90 days, while the MQM-P pushing for fresh delimitations. According to a press release issued by the ECP, the electoral watchdog held separate meetings with the leaders of both parties to discuss various aspects of…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/Ashik Abdullah Apu in The Daily Star, Mar 7, 2023With the ruling Awami League apparently reaching out to some right-wing political parties to forge a bigger electoral alliance, a gap with its left allies keeps widening since the national polls in 2018. As the parties the AL is trying to woo include the Islamists who have impressive vote banks, its left allies think such coalitions would only mean a deviation from the…