Report in The Nation, December 20, 2023ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday ordered the removal of Adviser to the Prime Minister on Establishment Ahad Cheema from his post, apparently to ensure free and fair elections. The ECP issued the directives, hearing a petition seeking the removal of Cheema, Privatisation and Inter-provincial Coordination Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Dr Tauqeer Hussain Shah from their posts. The petition…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 17, 2023The acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM), Shah Muhammad Abu Zafar, has said they joined the election with the assurance of a free and fair election. If the election does not seem free and fair or they do not see an electoral environment, the BNM will pull out of the electoral race. The BNM chief made the statement while talking to the media at Madhukhali of Faridpur…
report in The Nation, Nov 20, 2023KARACHI – Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that the country has been moving towards transparent elections. Talking to media here, Zardari said that his People’s Party Party (PPP) is fully prepared for the upcoming general elections. It is to be mentioned here that the Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that the elections will be held in the country on February 08 next year. Zardari reposed…
By Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, November 8th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday assured Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja of all possible support and resources for holding the next general elections, slated to be held on Feb 8. The meeting came a day before the prime minister’s departure for a series of high-level international visits, beginning with the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) summit in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan,…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, Nov 7, 2023WASHINGTON: The US Department of State on Monday reiterated that it seeks free and fair elections in Pakistan. The department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vendant Patel, said the United States’ focus “continues to be on ensuring andsupporting that there are free and fair elections that are conducted in a way for benefit of the Pakistani people.” While responding to a question about the announcement of the election…
Report in he Daily Star, Oct 27, 2023Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has briefed a European commissioner about how the Awami League government is working to create a conducive environment for free and fair elections. During a meeting with European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen in Brussels on Wednesday, the PM also highlighted the party’s efforts to restore democracy in Bangladesh. Hasina spoke about establishing an independent Election Commission, biometric information-based voter list, and transparent…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 17, 2023Washington wants dialogue among the political parties for a free, fair and peaceful election in Bangladesh due in January next year, said Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen yesterday. Momen’s comment came after a meeting with Afreen Akhter, the US deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. “The US government endorsed the recommendations of the NDI and IRI. They also spoke about dialogue bilaterally…
Report in The Daily Star, Oct 09, 2023The pre-election assessment delegation from the US has wanted to know what steps the government had taken to hold free and fair elections. The mission neither mentioned participatory elections nor the polls-time government, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told reporters after meeting the six-member delegation at his office yesterday. The delegates arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a six-day visit. Today, the mission is scheduled to meet representatives…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Sept 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s remarks on the possibility of fair elections without Imran Khan and his party members on Sunday once again raised the spectre of the infamous “minus-one formula” that has haunted the country’s political battleground for decades. In an interview with The Associated Press, the caretaker premier said that fair elections can take place without Imran or hundreds of members of…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 22, 2023Jatiya Party Chairperson GM Quader has called for an “all-party dialogue to ensure a free and fair polling” in Bangladesh. He came up with the call in a telephonic interview with the Hindu. In the interview, Quader created equidistance both from Prime Minister Hasina’s government as well as the BNP. Quader said that it is very important for the government to come forward seeking a dialogue with all political…