Report in The Nation, Dec 04, 2023LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Sirajul Haq has reiterated the call for providing equal opportunities to every political party in the election, stating that it is the constitutional duty of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). During a press conference at Mansoorah on Sunday, he also announced that JI Youth will initiate a 63-day-long campaign to bring about real change through votes starting from December 08. In response to a…
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ECP prods caretakers to ensure level playing field for all
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 25, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday instructed all caretaker governments to ensure a level playing field for all political parties in the upcoming general polls. Taking cognisance of a political party’s complaint of not providing a level playing field, the commission has sent an urgent letter to caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar and chief secretaries of the provinces. The letter read that a political…
Bilawal says will win polls with or without a level playing field
Report in Business Recorder, Nov 9, 2023KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed on Wednesday that his political party would win the general elections with or without level-playing field. While addressing a press conference in Karachi’s Ibrahim Hyderi Wednesday, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that Karachiites are standing with PPP and they will also form government in the Centre on February 8. “For the first time, mayor, chief minister and prime minister would…
PML-N asks PPP to ‘stop crying’, face it in polls
by Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, November 7th, 2023LAHORE: As PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday directed the party leaders to pull up their socks for Feb 8 polls, the former ruling party took a jibe at its erstwhile ally PPP, advising it to stop crying over apparent lack of level playing field and face it in the political arena. While PML-N says Nawaz Sharif would soon hold talks with the leadership of parties which were…
Next PM will not be from Lahore: Bilawal
by Imran Ayub in Dawn, November 7th, 2023KARACHI: A reported contact between PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has seemingly failed to thaw the ice between the two former allies, with the latter sticking to its complaint of an uneven playing field in the run-up to polls. In separate statements on Monday, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and his father Asif Ali Zardari vowed to win the upcoming elections and in…
Fazl, Bilawal have ‘no problem with PTI being on the ballot’ sans May 9 rioters
Report in Dawn, Oct 8, 2023PESHAWAR / JACOBABAD: With elections due in just a few months, two major political parties have ostensibly demanded a level playing field for all stakeholders, including the PTI, except for those elements who were involved in riots on May 9 incited by the arrest of party chief Imran Khan. JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman did not name Imran Khan, but said it was not fitting for him (Fazl) to make…