Noticias

The ruling PML-N may not have the best of chances of making an impact in Bahawalpur’s local government polls due to groupings and rifts at various levels.

Other parties like the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) also have their problems but differences among the PML-N’s prominent figures are all too visible.

Amir Wasim.-

The Election Commission of Pakistan announced on Thursday that army and Rangers would remain deployed in and outside polling stations till completion of counting of votes in the coming by-elections in Punjab.

The ECP said in a statement: “The personnel of Pakistan Army/Rangers may start patrolling / flag-march in the constituencies No NA-144 (Okara-II), NA-122 (Lahore-V), PP-147 (Lahore-XI) and PP-16 (Attock-II) before, on and after the said by-elections till midnight following the consolidation of results by the returning officer.”

Iftikhar A. Khan.-

The Election Com­mis­sion of Pakistan which had taken notice of the Rs 341 billion Kissan package annou­n­ced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of local government elections reserved on Tuesday its judgment on the issue.

The commission had summoned secretaries of the Ministries of Information and National Food Security to justify the package and its publicity in the print and electronic media.

Iftikhar A. Khan.-

To be consistent with evolving laws, and to amend for its mistakes, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has withdrawn the schedule for local government elections in the federal capital, it announced on August 28.

An ECP official told Dawn that a fresh schedule will be announced around the middle of October but the polling date of November 30 will remain unchanged. He said the ECP was also awaiting the notified rules, under which elections are to be held.

Officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan will brief a sub-committee of the parliamentary body on poll reforms about arrangements made for a mock exercise for voting by overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday.

According to the agenda of the meeting, the sub-committee headed by former law minister Zahid Hamid will also review the “final draft” of unified election laws.

Iftikhar A. Khan.-

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to scrap Nawaz Sharif’s Rs341 billion Kissan package on Tuesday.

The Kissan package was announced ahead of the local government elections in the province.

According to sources, secretaries of the Ministry of National Food and Security and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting are set to appear before the ECP to justify the announcement of the package and its publicity after the issuance of the local bodies election schedule.

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have submitted a draft constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly Secretariat, seeking merger of Fata in the Provincially Administrated Tribal Areas (Pata) of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The proposed 22nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2015 was submitted by Fata parliamentary leader MNA Shah Jee Gul Afridi to National Assembly Secretary Muhammad Khan.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that the government is ready to back Pakistan People’s Party (PPP-P) candidate Raza Rabbani as Senate Chairman.

During a pre-luncheon press conference at the Prime Minister House on Tuesday, the PM heartily welcomed the nomination of the opposition and said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will not nominate its own candidate for either Chairman or Deputy Chairman.

The PM went on to say that the government wanted a unanimous decision and has consulted all parties and taken decisions based on national interest.