Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sindh govt once again requests ECP to delay LG polls

KARACHI: Government of Sindh has once again urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the local bodies elections in Karachi Division for three months. The provincial government has written a letter to the election commission stating that incase LG elections are not postponed, the polls in Karachi should be conducted in two phases. … Read more

LG elections in Islamabad to be held using EVMs, says Shibli Faraz

Fake news, social media are destroying people's cultural and social values: Shibli

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the upcoming local government (LG) elections in the federal capital would be held using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). “The government was cooperating with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the use of the EVMs,” he said while addressing a news conference … Read more

PTI accepts defeat in first phase of K-P local govt elections

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday accepted its defeat in the first phase of local government elections in 17 districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Addressing media in Peshawar, Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz said the PTI lost the LG elections because it had a contest against itself. Many of the PTI workers were … Read more

Polling for local govt elections in 17 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa underway

PESHAWAR: The votes polling process in 17 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhaw (KP) for local government elections has been started here on Sunday (today). The polling was started at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:00 pm without a break. Over 77,000 policemen and law enforcers are deployed outside of polling stations and booths for security … Read more