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  After Imran, Pakistan election commission disqualifies Qureshi from contesting polls for 5 years

  World | February 04, 2024 11:30 IST

  The 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 | January 17, 2024 16:40 IST

  Pakistan 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 | January 02, 2024 19:30 IST

  The 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 | December 31, 2023 13:59 IST

  Imran 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 | September 21, 2023 15:55 IST

  In 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 | July 20, 2023 22:40 IST

  The 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 | March 23, 2022 14:47 IST

  The 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 | June 14, 2018 11:36 IST

  The 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 | April 14, 2013 16:55 IST

  Islamabad, 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