Weekly Election Newsletter, Issue No 14

Election Newsletter

Issue No: 14 E – Alert Issue Date: 23-10-2017
 

Date: October 23, 2017
NA-4 by-polls: ECP asks candidates to follow law provisions
Pakistantoday
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked political parties and candidates vying for the NA-4 Peshawar-IV by-election to follow the provisions of law…

Date: October 23, 2017
Senate to take up Elections Act amendment bill
Dawn News
ISLAMABAD: The Senate is set to take up on Monday a crucial opposition bill seeking an amendment to the recently-passed Elections Act, 2017…

Date: October 20, 2017
ECP to deploy Pak Army troops at all polling stations of NA-4, Peshawar by-election
The Nation
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to deploy Pakistan Army personnel inside and outside at all the polling stations of the NA-4…

Date: October 19, 2017
Number of registered voters’ reaches 97 million: ECP
Pakistantoday
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Thursday that the total registered voters in the country have reached the figure of 97 million…

Date: October 19, 2017
Electronic voting machines to make a debut in NA-4 by-elections
Pakistantoday
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised all arrangements for the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) as pilot test in NA-4 Peshawar by-elections…

Date: October 19, 2017
Cabinet allows delimitation on basis of provisional census data
Dawn news
ISLAMABAD: In a tacit endorsement of the findings of recently-held census, the federal cabinet on Wednesday…

Date: October 18, 2017
2018 elections cannot be held based on census results: PBS
Daily times
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) told the Senate on Friday that the 2018 elections could not be held on the basis of the 2017 census results…

Date: October 17, 2017
ECP suspends membership of 261 legislators
Daily times
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday suspended the membership of 261 legislators…

Date: October 16, 2017
ECP to ensure registration of all eligible women voters before 2018 elections
Pakistantoday
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will ensure the registration of all eligible women as voters in the electoral rolls before the 2018 general elections…

Date: October 16, 2017
ECP writes to govt for creating new constituencies
Pakistantoday
ISLAMABAD: Raising apprehension that questions will be raised if the next general elections are held without delimitation of new constituencies…


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