Federal Cabinet on Thursday approved a release of funds of Rs15 billion for the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct the next general elections in the country. The federal cabinet made some big decisions in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday. In ...

ISLAMABAD – Estranged leader of former ruling PTI Faisal Vawda has been reinstated to the Senate by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), days after Supreme Court issued a detailed verdict in the dual nationality case. The top electoral watchdog has also withdrawn a notification ...

Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja has said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will conduct a pilot test of the electronic voting machine (EVM) in upcoming local bodies elections scheduled to be held in Islamabad and Sindh and in upcoming by-elections. During an informal ...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to continue contempt case hearing against the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The apex court disposed of the case and directed the ECP to continue contempt case hearing against Imran Khan, Fawad ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top electoral watchdog has formally started proceedings to remove Imran Khan from the party chairmanship after his disqualification in the Toshakhana reference. It was reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan sent a notice to the ousted Pakistani premier and ...

MUZAFFARABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of ousted prime minister Imran Khan has emerged as the single largest party with 229 seats in the second phase of the local government elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Sunday it had ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected an appeal filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan against the slapping of fine on him by the commission for breaching the election code. The Election Commission on Tuesday announced its reserved verdict and rejected Imran’s appeal against Rs50,000 fine ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Monday that by-elections would be held if the provincial assemblies were dissolved. “If a provincial assembly is dissolved, there will be by-elections on the seats of that assembly,” said the ECP spokesperson. “The by-elections will be held ...

MUZAFFARABAD – Unofficial results show the PTI leading the race in the first phase of the local government elections, which were held held in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday after a lapse of three decades. According to a tweet by the PTI’s official Twitter handle, it had secured 34 of ...

A three-judge bench of the Lahore High Court has been formed to hear a petition challenging the disqualification of former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan in Toshakhana reference. LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti will head the bench which will be comprising of Justice Abid Aziz ...