Amjad Mahmood | Imran Ayub in Dawn, Dec 30, 2023• Teams up with GDA, secures MQM-P’s assurances during his Karachi visit• Pledges water, transport projects for metropolis if PML-N comes to power• Dar says seat adjustments with other parties ‘to be very limited’ KARACHI/LAHORE: In a decisive push to forge an anti-PPP electoral alliance in its stronghold Sindh, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif wrapped up his two-day Karachi visit on Friday after finalising a deal with…
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report in The Express Tribune, Dec 17, 2023KARACHI / LAHORE / PESHAWAR: The political heat in the country picked up steam further after the ECP announced the election schedule with major political parties readying to plunge into the fray and designating ground zero for the poll campaign. The electoral battles began to take shape as bigwigs of parties spent a busy Saturday, highlighting their priorities after coming to power, convening ’emergency sessions’, naming candidates for…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, Dec 16th, 2023• Apex court opens its doors after working hours, live-streams proceedings as ECP boss seeks halt to stay order on appointment of poll staff• SC regrets LHC judge acted in ‘haste’; questions ‘bona fide’ nature of PTI’s plea, hints at contempt action against lawyer who petitioned high court ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court (LHC) order staying the appointment of…
by Rizwan Shezad in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday hinted at a possible delay in the holding of the next general elections as the 54-day mandatory period for campaigning for the February 8, 2024 polls began from December 16, but the three-day training of the officers responsible for supervising electoral activities was halted because of a Lahore High Court order over a PTI petition.…
By Rashidul Hasan in The Daily Star, Dec 07, 2023The main opposition in parliament, Jatiya Party, last night requested the ruling Awami League to reach a consensus with them over seat-sharing for the January 7 polls. A JP delegation made the request in a meeting with an AL team at a house in the capital’s Gulshan, meeting sources told The Daily Star. JP Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu and Senior Co-chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud and…
report in The News, December 06, 2023ISLAMABAD/GUJRANWALA: JUIF chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said there is lawlessness in two provinces and asked how the election campaign could be run in these circumstances. Talking informally to newsmen here on Tuesday, Fazl raised questions over possible conduct of the February 8 general elections and said a peaceful environment was required, so that elections could be held on time. He said instead of police, armed people were roaming…
by Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 5th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday expressed concern over terrorist attacks on security forces days after the announcement of the general election date. The party issued the statement hours after nine terrorists were killed as security forces foiled a terrorist attack on the Mianwali Training Air Base of Pakistan Air Force. A day ago, 17 soldiers and five civilians were martyred in militant attacks in Gwadar, Dera…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 12, 2023Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif met with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Amir and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the former’s residence on Tuesday. The meeting took place amid reported differences between the former coalition partners over date of next general elections in the country. Yesterday, Fazl lashed out at the PPP and PML-N, saying that the two parties had…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, September 23rd, 2023ISLAMABAD: With criticism growing over the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) failure to announce a specific date for general elections, a senior ECP official told Dawn on Friday that it was “not technically possible” to do so. The official, who asked not to be named, argued that the official announcement of an election date will kick-start a formal process that must follow specific timelines in the lead-up…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: …….According to sources, the EPC convened a meeting on Thursday to review the president’s letter. Dr Alvi in his letter has supported the position of the ECP and the commission would decide about whether to respond to it or not after consulting with other authorities…… In a related development, the federal and all provincial law ministers resolved that as per the Constitution, the conducting of the general…
by Tehseen Raza | Zulqernain Tahir in Dawn, Sept 14th, 2023• Calls for unified approach to handle country’s problems; broadsides PDM for abandoning ‘charter of economy’MUZAFFARGARH / LAHORE: In a thinly-veiled criticism of former coalition partner PML-N, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Wednesday that no one knew when the general elections would be held, but a “certain party” already had such information. “No one knows when the elections are supposed to be held, not…