BY-ELECTION FOR NA-120 LAHORE

BY-ELECTION FOR NA-120 LAHORE

Weekly English and Urdu Media Monitoring Summary Report

August 28 – September 3, 2017

Produced by IRADA (Institute for Research, Advocacy and Development) for the COALITION ON ELECTIONS and DEMOCRACY (CED)

Monday, August 28, 2017

Not leaving for London, will lead door-to-door campaign: Maryam

Publisher: The News

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said she had no plan to leave for London and would start a door-to-door campaign along with party workers in NA-120.

Asghar Khan, Imran Khan, Fazal Mehmood to contest polls in NA-120

Publisher: The News

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: National

LAHORE: Although the PML-N has been undefeated from NA-120 (previously NA-95), this constituency has witnessed participation of noted national figures which include two former test cricketers and a retired air marshal in various general elections.

Maryam cancels London trip for NA-120 campaign

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans to move the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against Maryam Nawaz for using the Chief Minister Secretariat for running the campaign of her ailing mother for the NA-120 by-election, the daughter of the ousted prime minister has cancelled her planned visit to London for ‘uninterrupted canvassing’.

NA-120 by-poll is a test case: Siraj-ul-Haq

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu

We will not let our enemies take advantage of internal disputes: Saad Rafiq

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 03

*the original news report was published in Urdu

We will defeat PML-N and PTI in NA-120: Faisal Mir

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 09

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Kulsoom Nawaz will emerge victorious by a big margin: Ghazali Saleem Butt

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 09

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Nawaz Sharif chairs discusses election campaign with party leaders in Jati Umra

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 28, 2017

Page: 19

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Kulsoom to be disqualified, says PPP candidate

Publisher: The News

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: Metro Central

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party candidate from NA-120 Faisal Mir has predicted that Begum Kulsoom Nawaz will be disqualified soon for providing fake information to Election Commission.

NA-120 by-poll is about offices, meetings posters

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: As the polling day for NA-120 by-polls is inching closer, electioneering by various candidates is gaining momentum.

ECP moved to stop meetings at CM House

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 13

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) knocked on the door of the Election Commission (Punjab Chapter) to stop meetings and political activities, held in Raiwind and the Chief Minister House, for NA-120 by-poll campaign. 

JI refuses to withdraw candidate in favor of PTI

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu 

NA-120 is and will remain PML-N’s stronghold: Pervaiz Malik

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu 

Party workers should convey the message of change during door-to-door campaign: Aleem Khan

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

PPP’s Human Rights Wing formally initiates NA-120 campaign

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

We will bury elitist politics in NA-120: Adnan Hinjra

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 09

*the original news report was published in Urdu

The voters of NA-120 are still deprived of basic facilities: Yaqoob Sheikh

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 09

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Biometric record of 29,000 voters in NA-120 cannot be found

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 18

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Maryam Nawaz to visit Data Darbar before formally initiating NA-120 campaign today

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 18

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Voters will reject liars and hypocrites in the NA-120 by-election: Saad Rafique

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 29, 2017

Page: 12

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

LHC hears plea against Kulsoom’s candidature today

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: Metro Lahore

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench would hear today (Wednesday) a petition filed by PPP candidate for NA-120 by-poll challenging the decisions of the returning officer (RO) and an election tribunal regarding acceptance of nomination papers of the PML-N’s Kulsoom Nawaz. 

Avenge the insult to ballot, Maryam tells NA-120 voters

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 03

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lea­der Maryam Nawaz visited NA-120 in Lahore on Tuesday in her first public appearance as part of the election campaign in the constituency and asked an impassioned crowd to avenge the “insult” to their votes by electing Kulsoom Nawaz in the by-poll on Sept 17. 

Lahore by-poll to decide country’s future: Imran

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: Backpage

CHAKWAL: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said the upcoming by-election in the National Assembly constituency of NA-120 (Lahore) is crucial for the country’s future.

Kulsoom to win NA-120 by-poll: MNA

Publisher: The News

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: National

PAKPATTAN: Member National Assembly (MNA) Sardar Mansab Ali Dogar Tuesday said the PML-N would win the NA-120 by-elections.

Lahore by-election will decide whether voters are with the judiciary or with a dacoit

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 01

*the original news report was published in Urdu

State resources are being misused in NA-120: Shahzad Arain

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu 

We should be allowed to reach out to NA-120 voters: Saad Rafique

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 03

*the original news report was published in Urdu

NA-120 result will bring about a great change: Zia ud Din Ansari

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Naheed Khan and Safdar Abbasi to inaugurate election office in NA-120 today

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

ECP demands clarification from Chief Secretary for violation of code of conduct in NA-120

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 30, 2017

Page: 03

*the original news report was published in Urdu 

Thursday, August 31, 2017

De-notification allows for Maryam’s NA-120 politicking

Publisher: Express Tribune

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 13

LAHORE: The Punjab government has de-notified 180 H, Model Town as the chief minister’s camp office after the Punjab government was severely criticised for allowing the property to be used as headquarters for Kulsoom Nawaz’s election campaign. The former PM’s wife campaign is being led by her daughter Maryam Nawaz.

‘Vote for Kulsoom is vote against SC verdict’

Publisher: Express Tribune

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 12

LAHORE: Will you vote against the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif on September 17, asked the loyal daughter.

Yasmin complains of code violations

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 17

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s candidate for NA-120 by-poll Dr Yasmin Rashid and the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday met the returning officer and alleged that development works were going on in the constituency despite announcement of the election schedule, also presenting footage showing the “violation”.

Shahbaz forgoes ‘nerve centre’ to facilitate Maryam’s efforts

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: The PML-N campaign for NA-120 spearheaded by Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday made Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif forgo his Model Town residence’s status as CM Secretariat.

PPP rally in NA-120

Publisher: Dawn

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: The PPP took out a rally in the National Assembly constituency NA-120 in support of its nominee Faisal Mir for the by-polls. 

Govt accused of using state resources in NA-120

Publisher: The News

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: City Page Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party workers have condemned alleged threatening tactics by the PML-N government against political rivals in NA-120. 

Bench formed to hear plea against Kulsoom’s papers dissolved

Publisher: The News

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: City Page Lahore

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court three-member full bench formed to hear a petition challenging decision of returning officer and an election tribunal regarding acceptance of PML-N Kulsoom Nawaz’s nomination papers for NA-120 by-poll was dissolved on Wednesday after its head Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan declined to sit on the bench. 

Maryam to get credit or discredit of NA-120 by-poll result

Publisher: The News

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: National

ISLAMABAD: Deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam faces the first real test of her campaigning skills to get her ailing mother, Begum Kulsoom, elected from their stronghold of NA-120 Lahore.

NA-120, Justice Farogh Irfan refuses to hear Kulsoom Nawaz ineligibility case

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Parties are continuously violating electoral code of conduct in NA-120: Naheed Khan

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

N-League wants to win NA-120 by-election through rigging: Hamid Raza

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 09

*the original news report was published in Urdu

NA-120

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: August 31, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

 Friday, September 1, 2017

Maryam continues to interact with voters

Publisher: Dawn

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 18

LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz said on Thursday that her name was linked with the security leaks and Panama because she stood by her father.

‘ECP code of conduct being violated in NA-120’

Publisher: Dawn

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 18

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi while addressing a press conference Thursday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s code of conduct is being violated in NA-120.

NA-120 by-election to end politics of puppets

Publisher: The News

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: Lahore

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Thursday said the nation, not the courts, was to decide the future of Nawaz Sharif adding that the politics of puppets would cease to exist after the NA-120 by-election. 

Poling Scheme released for NA-120

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Record of 29,000 voters in NA-120 not found: Shah Mehmood

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Returning Officer ordered to appear before LHC to clarify the use of state machinery in NA-120

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 18

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Opposition parties will lose by a huge margin in NA-120: N-League

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: September 1, 2017

Page: 02

*the original news report was published in Urdu

Saturday, September 2, 2017

E-voting trial run receives a setback

Publisher: Express Tribune

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 12

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plan to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Biometric Verification Machines (BVMs) during this month’s by-elections at Lahore’s NA-120 has had a setback as fingerprint data of thousands of voters of the constituency is missing. 

A level playing field?

Publisher: Dawn

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 16

All political roads in Lahore are currently converging on NA-120: the former prime minister’s constituency and one from which he has not lost previously. 

Yasmin to continue campaign on Eid

Publisher: Dawn

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 02

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf candidate Dr Yasmin Rashid has said she will continue her door-to-door election campaign on Eid to win a battle against the corrupt government. 

NA-120, ECP sends notice to all candidates instructing them to follow code of electoral conduct

Publisher: Daily Express

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 05

*the original news report was published in Urdu 

Returning Officer issues warning to all candidates against violating code of electoral conduct

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 18

*the original news report was published in Urdu

NA-120 results will also effect Peshawar by-polls

Publisher: Daily Jang

Date: September 2, 2017

Page: 18

*the original news report was published in Urdu

 

This weekly Media Monitoring Summary Report compiled by Miran Rehmat for the Coalition on Election and Democracy (CED). It is released every Monday. The report is for informational purposes only and based on published content. The content, including headlines and first paragraph of content, is reproduced ad verbatim. CED is not responsible for veracity of the content and all content reproduced here may not necessarily reflect the perspectives and positions of CED. The content sources include the Lahore print editions of Dawn, The News, Express Tribune, Daily Jang and Daily Express newspapers.

 

 

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