LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Punjab chapter president Ejaz Chaudhry has announced the party will not take part in any by-election in the province after resigning from its Punjab Assembly seats.
Mr Chaudhry said the PTI would also not take part in the by-election being held in PP-162 (Sheikhupura) on September 22.
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said that the delay in announcing the final results has no link to the presidential candidates' talks and that the election process moving forward normally.
IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor said that the reason for the delay in announcing the final results is due to the technicalities of the election process.
"There are technical works that are being completed, such as entering the checklists into the system," Noor said reassuring the public.
The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) spokesman, Noor Mohammad Noor said that the 100 percent audit of vote's process has been completed after 48 days on Thursday night, which was set to build confidence between the two candidates so that issues do not arise in the future.
Noor said that the majority of fraud took place by "the government, government officials and supporters of both candidates and not by the IEC employees." Currently, the IEC is working on entering the checklists into the database.
The Libyan House of a Representatives has issued the names of five people who are on its shortlist for post of Prime Minister. Heading the list is the current caretaker incumbent, Abdullah Al-Thinni.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Ageela Issa, has met the heads of municipal councils from across the eastern region to discuss their difficulties.
ISLAMABAD: In a televised address to the nation, a visibly concerned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday requested that a Supreme Court commission investigate alleged irregularities in the 2013 general elections.
"I request the Chief Justice of Pakistan [Justice Nasirul Mulk] to form a three-member commission that will investigate the rigging allegations and give a final decision," he said.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Of the 29 percent of ballots from the presidential election that were audited as recently as Monday noon, 54,000 votes of Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and 31,000 of Dr. Abdullah were found bogus, officials said on Tuesday.
The statistics provided to Pajhwok Afghan News by one electoral team show that Ghani retains enough lead with 1,210,602 votes over Abdullah, who has bagged 1, 081,645 ballots so far. The total votes recounted hitherto amount to 29 percent of all ballots cast in the second round of the presidential elections.
TV presenter Nabil Al-Haj of Libya Ahrar TV has resigned, accusing the new administration of the Qatar-based station of bias and twisting the news.
The two candidates in Afghanistan's disputed presidential election have reached a political agreement that would outline the terms of a power-sharing deal, both camps said on Friday.
"We are putting the past behind us. We are looking into the future," said Ghani Ashraf, one of the candidates.
Hassan Al-Amin, one of the first members of the former General National Congress to resign over what h
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Tuesday declared the results of 33 polling stations in PP-97 Gujranwala null and void, Express News reported.
The tribunal also ordered re-elections in the district.
Former Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MPA Nasir Cheema had challenged the success of Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz (PML-N) member Muhammad Ashraf Warraich in PP-97, alleging that the polling results were rigged during May 11, 2013 general elections.
Cheema had asked the tribunal to check the results and re-count the votes.
The president of the former General National Congress Nuri Abu Sahmain and the Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadik Al-Ghariani have said that the new House of Representatives, elected in June and which held its inaugural meeting yesterday in Tobruk, is unconstitutional.
In a late session in Tobruk of the new House of Representatives broadcast live on TV, which started at about 8 pm Monday and ended at around 1 am on Sunday, Ageela Salah Issa Gwaider from Guba in eastern Libya was elected as the new head of the House of Representatives in a run-off with Abubakr Bahira.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday declared as final the latest UN-proposed criteria for invalidation of suspected votes, saying extra attention would be paid to the remaining two controversial points in order to gain confidence of both the candidates.
The huge audit remained suspended as of Sunday morning and Abdullah’s team remained locked in talks with UN officials over the recount.
The first session of the newly elected House of Representatives was held this morning in Tobruk.
