Noticias

Nasir Jamal.-

AS night falls on Sunday, a dozen or so supporters of Arshad Baloch collect outside his main election office in a bustling Kasur neighbourhood, Kot Haleem Khan. They are preparing to leave for yet another hectic night of door-to-door campaigning to convince around 3,600 voters (from Ward No. 22) to vote for him.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to take action against thee LG poll candidates who manhandled Returning Officer Allah Ditta Warraich in Hafizabad.

The candidates are: Aman Ullah Sandhu, Manzoorul Hasan Chatta and Fazal Qadir.

Terming the incident a criminal act to sabotage elections, the ECP ordered Chief Secretary and Inspector General of Police, Punjab, to take action against culprits under the law and submit a report to the commission by 2pm on Wednesday.

Rana Tanveer.-

LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya (JA) will not partake in the forthcoming local government polls to register its protest against what it calls the step-motherly conduct of the state towards it.

Muhammd Shahzad.-

Residents of the area say that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has neglected the area for too long. “The government has failed to deliver and the people are tired of their empty promises,” says one of the residents.

Nasir Iqbal.-

ISLAMABAD: The massive earthquake which hit large parts of the country on Monday disrupted the Supreme Court hearing of the election dispute for the NA-154 Lohdran National Assembly seat, but the brief proceedings suggested that the court took notice of the absence of petitioner Mohammad Siddique Baloch.

“Your client should be present in the courtroom,” observed Justice Mian Saqib Nisar who was heading a three-judge bench that had taken up an appeal moved by Mr Baloch of the PML-N against his Aug 26 unseating by an election tribunal from NA-154 Lodhran-I.

Khalid Hasnain.-

LAHORE: Participating in corner meetings and rallies of local government candidates, eating and enjoying till late hours has become a favourite pastime for youths in the city these days.

They know well about the daily schedule of candidates contesting local government elections for various slots in their respective union councils. Whether they receive invitation or not they make sure they attend corner meetings of major candidates. And raising slogans, having a good time and consuming refreshments seems to be their core objective.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has postponed the all parties conference it had called to formulate a strategy on alleged discrepancies in voter lists discovered in NA-122 by-polls on account of Ashura.

Iftikar A. Khan.-

ISLAMABAD: In order to determine where army and Rangers personnel should be deployed, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought reports from governments of Punjab and Sindh about ‘sensitive polling stations’ to be set up for the upcoming local government elections.

“Army and Rangers personnel cannot be deployed at all the polling stations,” ECP Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad told reporters on Tuesday after screening of a video clip prepared for training of presiding officers and other election staff.

Xari Jalil.-

LAHORE: After a hectic day of door-to-door campaigning, Rubina Shaheen finally gets some time to breathe but not for long as local elections are just around the corner.

Rubina is contesting for the chairperson slot on PTI’s ticket for UC 200 which encompasses parts of Gulberg. And though the city is already marked with posters and banners, these are mostly of men. Nowhere around the main roads is there even the printed name of any woman contesting election.