by Waseem Shamsi in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023• Fazl rules out alliance with PPP, says JUI-F values ‘loyalty’SUKKUR: Building steam on the campaign trail, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday raised objections to the lack of a level playing field in the run-up to general elections, saying there was a need to do away with outdated methods of running the country. In a response to a question during his visit to Sukkur,…
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by Imran Ayub in Dawn, Sept 10, 2023• Bound by father’s advice in family matters, not party’s affairs, says Bilawal• Asif says ‘delimitations necessary’ before elections; PPP leaders also seek poll date KARACHI: The house of Zardari seems split over the issue of timely polls, after PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari publicly disowned a statement made by his father, favouring a delay in elections due to fresh delimitations in light of the census that was approved…
By Asim Yasin & Imtiaz Hussain in The News, Sept 10, 2023ISLAMABAD/BADIN: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari appeared playing ‘good cop, bad cop’ on the issue of delimitation of constituencies and the election schedule, on Saturday. While Zardari supported the idea of elections after completion of the delimitation process, Bilawal reiterated his demand for polls within 90 days, as obligated under the Constitution. Bilawal, speaking to the press…
report in The Express tribune, Sept 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Tuesday passed a resolution, urging President Arif Alvi to fulfil his constitutional responsibility and announce a date for the general elections as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) insists on pushing the polls beyond the constitutional deadline in order to conduct fresh delimitation of constituencies. During a meeting, attended by chairmen and vice chairmen of the executive committees of bar councils…
Report in Dawn, September 4th, 2023KARACHI: Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said the caretaker government would act in accordance with its ruling if the Supreme Court issues a binding judgement for elections to be held within the prescribed period of 90 days. In a Geo News show Jirga with Saleem Safi, PM Kakar, however, said that at present the law of the land states the Election Commission of Pakistan has the authority to…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, September 2nd, 2023• Official says watchdog to comply with SC order if told to stop exercise• GDA supports new timeline to redraw constituenciesISLAMABAD: In a significant move towards the conduct of general polls “as soon as possible”, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday squeezed the timeline for delimitation of constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies to complete the exercise by Nov 30. Informed sources told Dawn…
report in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has granted the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party until September 13 to present its arguments in the ongoing intra-party elections case. Emphasising the need for timely resolution, the electoral watchdog announced that a decision on the allocation of electoral symbols to PTI would be made after the arguments are heard. A three-member bench, led by Nisar Ahmad Durrani, presided over the PTI…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 30th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce a schedule for the general elections well before the completion of delimitation of constituencies of national and provincial assemblies, informed sources told Dawn. They said a decision on this would not take months or weeks, but days. They said the issue was discussed during the commission’s consultative meeting with the PPP on a roadmap to the…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 27, 2023After the Supreme Court issued an interim order for a second time in the name of the Uddhav Thapa-led Koshi provincial government not to take any important decisions, speculations are rife on the chances of mid-term polls in the province. The court on Thursday ruled that the vote of confidence secured by the chief minister on Monday was unconstitutional. The Thapa government has now been reduced…
report in The Sunday Times, Aug 20, 2023Major political parties are re-positioning to gear themselves for parliamentary elections though when such an event would take place is uncertain. Prompting the exercise are developments in each other’s backyard. Days earlier, Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa held an important round of talks with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) breakaway faction led by Dullas Allahapperuma and G.L. Peiris among others. The SJB is on the…