Weekly Election Newsletter, Issue No 2

Election Newsletter

Issue No: 02 E – Alert Issue Date: 31-07-2017
 
Date: July 31, 2017
Parliament to elect new PM on Tuesday
The News International
ISLAMABAD: As President Mamnoon Hussain has already summoned the National Assembly session to meet on Tuesday…

Date: July 29,2017
By-elections on Nawaz seat (NA-120) most likely in September
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The by-elections on NA-120, the seat fell vacant after Nawaz Sharif stepped down as Prime Minister…

Date: July 28, 2017
Elections Bill 2017 calls for imprisonment of lawmakers submitting incorrect asset details
Dawn News
The Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) has approved the draft of Elections Bill 2017, which proposes up to Rs0.1 million fine…
ECP moves intra-court appeal against IHC verdict
The Nation News
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday moved an intra-court appeal (ICA) before the Islamabad High Court (IHC)…
Religious parties agree to form alliance
The Nation News
PESHAWAR: In the first round of talks, almost all religious parties agreed to a great extent to form an electoral alliance…

Date: July 26, 2017
Ishrat warns govt of election-year fiscal challenges
Dawn News
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is once again on an economic growth trajectory, which must not be interrupted, according to former State Bank governor Dr Ishrat Husain…

Date: July25, 2017
Election rules to be framed by ECP under new bill
The News International
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the new Elections Bill 2017 will start immediately the formulations of new election …

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