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…
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by Saleem Shahid | Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, December 16th, 2023ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Caretaker Interior Minister Senator Sarfaraz Bugti on Friday resigned from the federal cabinet, sources told Dawn. In a related development, Balochistan caretaker Minister for Sports and Culture, Nawabzada Jamal Raisani and Adviser to the Chief Minister on Mines and Minerals, Mir Umair Muhammad Hasni, also resigned from the interim provincial cabinet on Friday. They said that Mr Bugti had submitted his resignation to…
by Rizwan Shehzad in The Express Tribune, Dec 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued the much-awaited election schedule for the general elections to be held on Feb 8, 2024, after the Supreme Court suspended an order of the subordinate judiciary, which had led to pausing the training of the returning officers responsible for monitoring electoral activities and casting a shadow over timely elections. A cloud of potential delay loomed large…
report in The Nation, Dec 14, 2023The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce the schedule for the forthcoming general elections, scheduled for February 8, 2024, in ‘two days’. Sources told ARY News that the electoral watchdog has completed all the preparations for the general elections, including the appointment of Returning Officers (ROs). The ECP has also imposed a ban on the appointment and transfer of Deputy Commissioners (DCs), they said, adding that…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, Dec 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the general elections on Sunday, December 17. The general election will be held on February 8, next year. Nomination papers will be received on the next day of the announcement of the schedule. Sources in the ECP told The News on Wednesday the commission had decided to give 54 days for the whole process,…
by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Dec 8th, 2023• CEC says printing, delivery of final electoral rolls completed• Judiciary refuses to spare officers for poll duty• DROs, ROs to be selected soon from among district administration officials ISLAMABAD: With the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) all set to unveil schedule for the Feb 8 polls next week, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Thursday said printing and delivery of final electoral rolls had successfully…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, December 08, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the much-awaited general elections, possibly on December 14, triggering cut-throat electioneering across the country. The commission recently published the final list of delimitations clearing a major hurdle to the announcement of the polls. It is in the final phase of appointment of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant officers as per the provisions of…
Report in Dawn, December 6th, 2023PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday informed the Peshawar High Court that under the law, the schedule of general elections was to be declared at least 54 days ahead of the Feb 8 polling day, so it still had many days to do so. The court directed it to produce the election schedule after its formal announcement. The directions were issued by a bench consisting of Justice Abdul…
report in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2023.ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is expected to release the schedule for the next general polls scheduled to be held on February 8, 2024 till December 5. The polls supervisor will publish the final lists on redrawn constituencies for national and provincial assemblies on Nov 30. According to sources, the list of the constituencies in light of the fresh delimitation based on the 7th Population and…
By Asim Yasin in The News, November 28, 2023ISLAMABAD: The political and electoral dialogue committee of the Pakistan People’s party has decided to make contacts with all the political figures of the national and provincial levels and assigned important tasks to the committee members to schedule meetings with national and provincial personalities for possibilities of electoral seat adjustment. The meeting of the dialogue committee of the PPP was held with the chair of Secretary General…
Report in Dawn, November 22nd, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court decided on Tuesday to conduct regular hearing of the appeals, filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, against his conviction in two corruption references. An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb had, on October 24, revived Mr Sharif’s appeals in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references. Justice Farooq noted that since the hearing may continue for a longer period,…