Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to scrutinize Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s funding through donations from overseas Pakistanis. “The more our accounts are scrutinised the more factual clarity will emerge for nation to see how PTI is the only political party with proper donor base premised on proper political fundraising,” … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for early release of its scrutiny committees’ reports compiled after auditing bank accounts of three major political parties, including PTI, PML-N and PPP. “From the first day, we want that the Election Commission make a comparison of … Read more
LAHORE: PML-N Secretary Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down immediately as the foreign funding case report released by the Election Commission of Pakistan has proved him corrupt. Marriyum said that Imran had no legal or moral grounds to continue as Prime Minister of Pakistan after being proven a corrupt … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to benefit from experiences of countries using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Overseas Voting (Internet Voting) technology in elections. On direction of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a high level delegation headed by Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan called on Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Scrutiny report about Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s foreign funding on Tuesday revealed that the PTI provided incorrect information to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the donation money it had received. The scrutiny report alleged that the PTI hid its 53 bank accounts in its assets details submitted to the ECP. It … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday asked to put an end to the tactics aiming to pressurize the commission on the matter of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). In a statement issued on Friday, the ECP maintained that the commission is bound to perform its duty as per constitution and law and it … Read more
ISLAMABAD: : Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has granted 10 more days to committees constituted by electoral watchdog to present their recommendations on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and I-voting. All the bodies on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and I-voting presented their draft report to the Commission. Read more: Larger LHC bench sought on petitions against new … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat on Wednesday said that the date of local bodies elections in Punjab will be decided after consultation with the Election Commission of Pakistan. Replying to a question on Maryam Nawaz’s comments suggesting PTI leaders to wear helmets before approaching masses for votes, the minister said, “We are political people … Read more
With a warning to remain careful in the future, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday accepted written apologies tendered by Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry and Railways Minister Azam Swati for their remarks against the electoral watchdog. Read more: ECP extends duration of door-to-door voter verification campaign Swati and Chaudhry had launched a tirade … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission (ECP) on Tuesday extended the duration of door-to-door verification of voters campaign for as many as 10 days in connection with reviewing of Electoral Roll 2021-22, confirmed an ECP press release Earlier, the institutional body had set December 21 as the last date to review the electoral roll. According to a … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has called a session of its technical committee on Thursday to discuss the possible inclusion of Electronic Voting Machines and Overseas Voting rights in the next general election, informed sources privy to developments. The ECP has constituted as many as three different committees on EVM and Overseas voting … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Election Commissioner to present a comprehensive report including details of all FIRs registered on the polling day (Dec 19) before the commission on December 22. The ECP has called debriefing meeting on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s local government elections on Wednesday (Dec 22). Read … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday asked all the members of the Senate, national and provincial assemblies to submit their financial statements for the fiscal year 2020-21 by December 31. The commission will publish a list on January 1, 2022, carrying the names of members who failed to submit the financial statements, … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday imposed a fine on Pakistan People Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his party aides on violating the code of conduct ahead of the local bodies election in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Khurshid Shah, Murad Ali Shah, Saeed Ghani, Qadir Patel and Nisar Ahmad … Read more
PESHAWAR: Amidst criticism from the Election Commission of Pakistan, Special Assistant to Chief Minister for Information and Higher Education Kamran Khan Bangash clarified on Wednesday that Prime Minister’s visit to Peshawar was official and in no way aimed at influencing the local bodies elections. The electoral body had earlier warned the premier against flouting its … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz has said after signing of the Electoral Reforms Bill, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would now float tenders to select the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM). Addressing the ceremony of signing of the Electoral Reforms Bill 2021, in Islamabad, he said the election commission had already constituted … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formed a preparatory committee to carry out the preparations for the 2023 general election. After the approval of the Chief Election Commissioner and members, the ECP constituted a planning committee to commence the next general elections preparations, BOL News reported. Officials from all wings of the election … Read more
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif has called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make changes in its rules to ensure that illegalities that occurred in the NA-75 Daska by-poll do not happen again. In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, Shehbaz said that … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary, Omar Hamid Khan on Thursday said even though the bill regarding electronic voting machines (EVMs) has passed, the ECP is not bound to hold elections according to it. “It took India 20 years and Brazil 22 years to get themselves on the machines. It will also take us … Read more
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday apologized to the Election Commission of Pakistan for his remarks against the electoral body and the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. The electoral watchdog had issued a show-cause notice to Fawad and Railway Minister Azam Swati in September for their remarks alleging the ECP’s bias towards the opposition. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released another report about the breach of duty by the 20 presiding officers (POs) and security staff overseeing the NA-75 Sialkot-IV by-election held on February 19, 2021. The 133-page fact-finding report blames some police officers for their ‘serious’ involvement in the manipulation of the election process and taking … Read more
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the federal government to complete the new census by December 2022, sources told Bol News on Monday. Officials shared that the ECP, in a letter, informed the government that the census needs to be completed by December 2022 as new delimitations are required after the count. The … Read more
LAHORE: The ongoing tussle between the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Pakistan Sikandar Sultan Raja has intensified over the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next general elections. According to sources from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), CEC Sikander Sultan Raja held a meeting … Read more
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to serve notices to Fawad Chaudhry and Azam Swati over accusations flattened by the federal ministers. According to the details, the Election Commission will take action after allocating the notices. The Election Commission also required a record of the allegations of the ministers from PEMRA, auxiliary action … Read more
Hassan Naqvi LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi claimed on Saturday that the PTI government’s desperation to bring about electronic voting machines, despite ECP objections, indicates that they want to use the technology to rig the next elections. “PTI does not want to accept that the decision of using EVMs rests with the Election … Read more
LAHORE: Any effort to amend the Elections Act, 2017 without a larger political consensus put the legitimacy of future elections at stake, and may cause political instability that can potentially reverse the process of democratic consolidation in Pakistan, said the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in a press statement on Saturday. FAFEN said that … Read more
LAHORE: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government over the threats issued to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). “The PTI government’s comments and allegations on the ECP are completely disgraceful. A constitutional institution has refused to bow down to their demands so, they want to burn it down? Do … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has shared three names, each, to fill the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) vacant seats for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, confirmed Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday. Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted, along with an undated letter, that PM Imran Khan has … Read more
