by Jahanzeb Abbasi in The Express Tribune, Nov 2, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has filed an amended petition in the Supreme Court, seeking the court’s intervention to ensure that the general elections are held within 90 days of the dissolution of the National Assembly, as per the Constitution. The petition contended that the elections in Punjab could not be held as ordered by the Supreme Court on May 14. The petition also challenged the…
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by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 31st, 2023ISLAMABAD: General elections would be held by mid-February at any cost, perhaps by late January if the delimitation of constituencies is completed earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) assured the Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday, allaying fears that polls could be delayed indefinitely to extend the interim government’s tenure. The assurance was given during a consultative meeting between the ECP and an ANP delegation to…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, August 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday held out the assurance that transparent polls would be conducted in the country ‘as soon as possible’ and level playing field would be provided to all political parties to take part in the democratic exercise. The assurance came during the first consultative session held with political parties on the roadmap to elections with Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja…
report in Prothom Alo, Apr 4, 2023BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party is least bothered about the election commission’s decisions to use ballot papers in all 300 seats instead of EVMs in the upcoming polls as their main concern is about the election-time government. Speaking at an iftar party, he also alleged that a suffocating situation has been prevailing in the country as the government has been increasingly trying…
by Priyan De Silva in The Island, Mar 17, 2023Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies Manjula Gajanayake says political parties are bent on preventing the election of women local councils.Gajanayake said the sitting female councillors were not allowed to contest their wards and they were placed on the additional list or made to contest other wards or simply denied nominations. Executive Director of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections…
by Tika R Pradhan & Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 11, 2022The seven political parties that earned the national party status in the recently-concluded polls finalised the candidates to be elected under the Proportional Representation (PR) category and submitted their lists to the Election Commission on Saturday, the deadline set by the election body. “We have received the PR lists from all the concerned parties,” said Guru Wagle, assistant spokesperson for the Election…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2022With no clear majority for either the Nepali Congress- or CPN-UML-led alliances in November polls, government formation is proving to be a tough row to hoe. All major and fringe parties have been directly or indirectly negotiating to join the government. As such, government formation will get knottier, said political watchers. The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party, which emerged as the fourth largest force from the…