ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday expressed its readiness to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming local government elections in Punjab. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja to ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan has warned Prime Minister Imran Khan from not visiting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital in wake of the upcoming local government elections. Reports in local media said the Regional Election Commissioner of Peshawar served a notice to the premier for ...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was offering several important facilities to foreign investors, including e-visa. “American companies can benefit from these facilities and earn profit by investing in different fields,” Shah Mahmood Qureshi said ...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has formed committees to implement legislation on electronic voting machines (EVMs) and i-voting, days after the joint session of Parliament approved bills regarding them. According to the ECP, three committees have been formed with one ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet has approved to hold the local bodies elections in Islamabad. According to sources, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will soon take steps with regard to the local bodies elections. The cabinet formed an inter-ministers committee over the electronic ...

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday threatened that a protest would be staged outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s office if it did not implement the law related to overseas Pakistanis in 90 days. “Prime Minister ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against the disqualification of PML-N MPA Muhammad Kashif Mehmood. The apex court upheld the disqualification decision of Member Punjab Assembly from Bahawal Nagar, Kashif Mehmood. The Lahore High Court had disqualified him in a fake degree case. ...

LAHORE – The provincial administration of the country’s most populous province has decided to hold local government elections in the first quarter of next year. Reports in local media quoting sources said Buzdar led government will get the new Punjab Local Government Act 2021 passed from the ...

ISLAMABAD – Despite the legislation by the parliament, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is still not sure if electronic voting machines (EVMs) will actually be used in the next elections. This observation came from the ECP during a meeting of the members of the National Assembly’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notice to information minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry to appear before it on October 27 to explain his darogatory remarks against ECP and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). Sources told that Information Minister had been ...