report in The Express Tribune, Nove 28, 2023.ISLAMABAD: In a bid to solidify its political footing, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to deploy its negotiation team in discussions with various political parties for alliance or seat-to-seat adjustments ahead of the upcoming general elections. The strategic move follows the strides made by the PML-N, prompting the PPP to proactively seek alliances to counter its rival’s advancements. The PPP finds itself confronted with unprecedented challenges,…
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Report in Dawn, November 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The PML-N on Monday notified a 35-member central parliamentary board, led by Senator Ishaq Dar, to award tickets to aspiring candidates for the 2024 general elections, slated to be held on Feb 8. According to the party’s spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, the board was constituted after the approval of party supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and President Shehbaz Sharif. Some of the members are Khawaja Asif, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Ahsan Iqbal,…
Report in The Nation, Nov 23, 2023CHITRAL/ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday said that people’s rule would be established after winning the February 8 general election. He said leaders of opposition parties have disappointed people and masses of KP were looking now to PPP for resolutions of their problems. Addressing party convention here, he said that veteran leaders of opposition parties failed to address the masses’ problems during their tenures…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 22, 2023Jatiya Party believes that no transfer of power is possible in a democracy without elections, said the party Secretary General Md Mujibul Haque alias Chunnu on Tuesday. “We want a fair and credible election. Till now, the atmosphere for a 100 per cent credible election remains elusive. Jatiya Party Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader will announce our decision regarding participation in the election,” he said. Chunnu’s statement could be perceived…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Sunday any electoral alliance between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) would have no political significance and the PPP would clean sweep the coming general elections. Addressing a press conference at the Bilawal House, Memon said before every elections, the political opponents tried to form an alliance against the PPP in Sindh…
Report in Business Recorder, Nov 9, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday constituted a five-member political engagement committee to open communication lines with other political parties for the upcoming general elections. A notification issued by PTI secretary general said that the political engagement committee comprising Ali Zafar, Dr Humayun Mohmand, Ali Muhammad Khan, Ali Asghar Khan and PTI’s central information secretary Raoof Hasan. The formation of the committee comes a day after rival Pakistan Muslim…
Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2023• Urges caretaker govt to give all political parties equal opportunities to contest polls• Forwards letter addressed to him by PTI general secretary ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conveyed to caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar the concerns raised by the PTI about the “erosion of fundamental rights” and urged the caretaker government to provide level playing field to all political parties in the run-up to general elections…
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,…
The United Nations reiterated the call for free and fair elections in Bangladesh and urged all to refrain from violence. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary general, told reporters in New York on November 1 that the UN also spoke against harassment or arbitrary arrests during this period. “I think our viewpoint on Bangladesh and the need for a free and fair election… I think we’ve spoken out very clearly [about those],” Dujarric said…
By Ansar Abbasi in The News, Nov 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: Time is running out for Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan to get their convictions reversed in order to take part in the upcoming general elections. As the election date – Feb 8, 2023 – has been announced, these top leaders have nearly one month period to get chit from courts to become eligible for taking part in the elections. The Election Commission of Pakistan has to…
Report in The News, November 01, 2023LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has decided to start the process for general elections from Wednesday (today) and will seek applications for seats of national and provincial assemblies till November 10. The last date for submitting applications for national and provincial constituencies would be November 10, said PMLN Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal while talking to the media at Jati Umra on Tuesday after a grand consultative session of…