By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The interim government on Tuesday defied the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) orders to remove two top officials in the capital over charges of political meddling, citing security concerns ahead of the general elections in February.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi on Monday approved the removal of Ahad Khan Cheema, an adviser to the prime minister on establishment, following an order by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that said he could influence the upcoming elections.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police said on Sunday that they had released all the Baloch protesters who were detained during a demonstration earlier this week that demanded an end to enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of ethnic Baloch people.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday barred the party of former prime minister Imran Khan from using its ‘bat’ symbol in the upcoming general election, citing irregularities in its internal polls.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan announced on Friday that it had extended the deadline for candidates to file nomination papers for the general elections scheduled for Feb. 8 by two days, after several political parties requested more time.
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ISLAMABAD: The main opposition party, led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, said on Thursday it had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking its intervention to ensure it could contest the upcoming national elections.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top lawyers’ associations on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the country’s chief election commissioner, accusing him of bias and incompetence ahead of a general election due in February.
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ISLAMABAD: The interim prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Tuesday defended the country’s controversial program to repatriate millions of undocumented migrants, mostly Afghans, amid criticism from human rights groups and Western democracies.
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan said on Friday night that the country would hold general elections on Feb. 8, hours after the Supreme Court intervened and ordered it to issue the schedule, overturning a lower court’s ruling that had blocked the appointment of election officials.
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday summoned a former spy chief and three others over allegations that they influenced the removal of a high court judge who had accused the intelligence agency of meddling in judicial affairs.
