Pakistan Election Commission
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After Imran, Pakistan election commission disqualifies Qureshi from contesting polls for 5 years
World | Feb 04, 2024, 11:30 AM ISTThe development came with little more than a week left to Pakistan's February 8 elections, where Imran's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is contesting amid a state crackdown and without an electoral symbol.
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Pakistan Election Commission warns of poll delay amid symbol dispute and ballot paper crunch
World | Jan 17, 2024, 04:40 PM ISTPakistan ECP's statement came in response to the requests made by political parties and candidates to change their electoral symbols and the applications pending before the higher courts.
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Will Imran, Nawaz be banned before polls? Pak court to hear case about lifetime disqualification
World | Jan 02, 2024, 07:30 PM ISTThe verdict will determine once and for all the controversy around the period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and the Elections Act 2017.
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Pakistan: Major blow to Imran Khan as EC rejects 90 per cent of PTI leaders candidacy for 2024 polls
World | Dec 31, 2023, 01:59 PM ISTImran Khan's lawyer, Azhar Siddique, said the rejection exposed the Election Commission’s bias. He blamed the commission and “invisible forces” for Khan’s disqualification. Another of his lawyers, Rai Muhammad Ali, described the rejection of Khan’s papers as an injustice to Pakistan.
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Pakistan to hold general elections in last week of January 2024, announces Election Commission
World | Sep 21, 2023, 03:55 PM ISTIn a statement, the election commission said that it reviewed work on delimiting constituencies and decided that the initial list for the delimitation of constituencies would be published on September 27.
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Pakistan Election Commission announces tentative dates for general polls as PM set to handover power
World | Jul 20, 2023, 10:40 PM ISTThe ECP official’s statement about the date of the election comes as political parties, particularly those part of the ruling coalition, increasingly engage in consultations.
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Pak election commission imposes Rs 50,000 fine on PM Khan for violating election code
World | Mar 23, 2022, 02:47 PM ISTThe ECP has banned PM Khan from attending meetings during the second phase of Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa local government elections.
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Hafiz Saeed's MML to contest Pakistan polls under banner of AAT
World | Jun 14, 2018, 11:36 AM ISTThe MML has announced that candidates backed by the party will be participating from the platform of the AAT if higher courts do not rule in their favour before the election. The AAT is listed at number 10 in the ECP's list of approved parties. The AAT, a little known party, is headed by Mian Ihsan Bari from Bahawalpur.
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Pak's EC issues guidelines for polls
World | Apr 14, 2013, 04:55 PM ISTIslamabad, Apr 14: Pakistan's Election Commission on Sunday barred candidates from seeking votes in the name of religion or sect under new guidelines issued for the country's landmark May 11 general election.The poll panel said