Politics

Fake degree: ECP de-notifies 11 ex-MPs

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has de-notified 11 former parliamentarians in fake degree case, media reported. Those de-notified by ECP included three Senators, five Member Punjab Assembly, two from Sindh and one from Balochistan As...

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad resigns

RAMALLAH: Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad submitted his resignation to president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday, despite US efforts for him to stay on, officials said. "Fayyad met Abbas for half an hour in the president's headquarters in Ramallah i...

Electioneering gears up in Balochistan

QUETTA: Political parties and their candidates for May 11 general elections have started opening their campaign offices for making contacts with the voters, following completion of the election commission scrutiny of nomination papers, media reported...

Election tribunals to continue hearing despite Sunday

ISLAMABAD: Election Tribunals will continue hearing of appeals against rejection and acceptance of nomination of papers despite weekly off today (Sunday) in various cities, media reported. It may noted here that election tribunals are hearing appeals...

SC orders flouted in Sindh bureaucracy reshuffling

KARACHI: Flouting Supreme Court and Election Commission’s directives regarding reshuffling in bureaucracy, the caretaker government in Sindh has appointed some junior officers as deputy commissioners while grade 18 officers have been given additional...

PM bars interim federal cabinet from issuing political statements

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has barred the interim federal cabinet from issuing political and personal statements for an indefinite period, sources said. The decision was made in light of a recent statement made by interi...

ANP to protest against withdrawal of candidates’ security

PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP) has decided to formally lodge a protest against the Election Commission’s decision to withdraw security of its candidates, sources said Saturday. The sources said that ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would write...

CJ takes suo moto notice of ex-PMs, others unprecedented security

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo moto notice of unprecedented security arrangements for the former prime ministers Raja Pervez Ashraf and Yousuf Raza Gilani former interior minister Rehman Malik, former Sindh chief mi...

Pak army supervises printing of ballot papers

RAWALPINDI: Pakistani troops were seen getting off their vehicles in the federal capital an hour after the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced that army would be deployed in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad to supervise the printing of ball...

Habib offer clarification of Nawaz statement

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso summoned caretaker Interior Minister Malik Habib and sought a clarification on a statement regarding PML-N President Nawaz Sharif. According to PM House sources, Habib presented his clarificati...

Iraq forces cast ballots ahead of provincial polls

BAGHDAD: Iraqi soldiers and policemen cast their ballots for provincial elections on Saturday, a week ahead of the main vote that comes amid an uptick in violence and a long-running political crisis. The credibility of the elections, the first since ...

Army to supervise printing of ballots: ECP

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to deploy Pakistan Army personnel at Printing Corporation Pakistan Press, Islamabad/Lahore offices and the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi, to supervise the printing of ball...

ECP takes notice of non-reshuffling of bureaucrats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of non-reshuffling of bureaucrats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. As per media reports, in a letter the provincial governments have been advised to implement the commission'...

Chinese ambassador calls on President

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr Friday. Matters relating to Pak- China bilateral ties and mutual cooperation in various areas between the two countries came under discussion duri...

Security the Main Concern Ahead of 2014 Poll: IEC

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) will not struggle financially to manage next year's presidential election given the financial pledges from donors; the greater concern is security for the polling booths, the commission chief said Tuesday. ...

Political Leaders Boycott Karzai's Plan to Appoint IEC Chief

Leading political figures and two government ministers on Tuesday boycotted a meeting convened by President Hamid Karzai which aimed to appoint the new head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). The boycott was a deliberate protest against ...

Karzai Assures Obama: 2014 Afghan Vote Will Be Inclusive

Afghan President Hamid Karzai affirmed his support for fair and inclusive elections in his country next year during a phone call today with U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a White House statement. The two leaders also discussed progress i...

PPP sees thaw in relations with Arbab Rahim

MIRPURKHAS: In what was described a thaw in relations between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former Sindh chief minister and one time close ally of military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Dr Arbab Gulam Rahim both sides have agreed to forget “bitter ...

KP Governor, CM call on President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Shaukatullah and Chief Minister Mr. Justice(R) Tariq Pervez called on President Asif Ali Zardari here on Friday and discussed overall situation in the province and Tribal Areas. According to presidentia...

Date for postal ballot extended by 10 days

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date of making applications of postal ballot to the concerned Returning Officers from 15.4.2013 to 25.4.2013. The ECP has also urged the prisoners and government employees includin...

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