ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan on Thursday claimed victory in the general elections, even as the parties that took on his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf at the hustings pointed to the painfully slow counting of votes and said the polls had been rigged.
In a 25-minute speech delivered some 22 hours after polling ended … more
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is set to form its second consecutive government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on its own by securing a simple majority in the provincial assembly.
The Imran Khan-led party had secured 34 provincial assembly seats in the 2013 elections before installing government with the support of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qaumi … more
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after winning 119 National Assembly seats have emerged as major political party, however it requires 137 seats to form government with simple majority at centre.
For this, PTI has decided to approach five political parties to form coalition government at centre, sources said and added that … more
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad has conceded the failure of the result transmission system (RTS), saying it did not work as expected.
“It is a lesson that technologies should not be introduced before multiple tests. We will see how it can be improved,” he … more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday quashed rumours about the uncertain fate of the upcoming Senate polls by announcing that the election for 52 of the total 104 seats of the upper house of parliament would be held on March 3.
While the schedule for the Senate … more
While the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rejoices in retaining its seat in Chakwal, a report on accessibility to polling stations should attract the attention of the winning candidate if he wants a better turnout in the general elections later this year.
An accessibility audit report for polling stations in PP-20 … more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to launch a door-to-door verification drive aimed at registering 7.3 million computerised national identity card (CNIC) holders, who are not on electoral rolls.
According to the latest figures received by the ECP from the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra), Punjab alone … more
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza will chair a high-profile meeting on Friday (today) to formulate a plan for holding general elections next year.
An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan said the meeting, to be attended by top ECP officials and representatives of the organisations … more
A day after the Senate passed the Constitutional Amendment Bill 2017, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced that it will commence the process of delimitation of constituencies towards the end of December this year and complete the entire process by May 20, 2018.
The bill will … more
ISLAMABAD: In a significant move towards averting the threat of delayed general elections, the Senate on Tuesday finally passed a bill providing for delimitation of constituencies on the basis of provisional census results.
As many as 84 senators voted in favour of the bill. Kamil Ali Agha of the Pakistan