LAHORE – Amid security threats and shortage of time, PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has resorted to unconventional way to reach out to the people as a part of his election campaign. So adapting an untraditional, novel or rather modern method PML-N has launched a telephone campaign to convey its message across the country. It is […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The Election Commission has reduced the number of polling stations for the February 18 polls despite the fact that the number of voters in the updated computerised electoral rolls has increased by around 900,000 from that in the list for the 2002 polls. Though the number of polling stations in Islamabad, Punjab, […]
HYDERABAD, Feb 9: A deposed judge of Supreme Court Ghulam Rabbani has said that he believes the Provisional Constitution Order enforced on Nov 3 had been media and judiciary specific. Talking to Dawn after addressing annual dinner of the Hyderabad chapter of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) late on Friday night Mr rabbani said […]
LAHORE, Feb 8: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan has sent a legal notice to a telecom service provider for blocking his phone line. The notice sent through AitzazÂ’s law firm demands Rs10 million damages in four weeks. Advocate Shahid Saeed, on behalf of the firm, said the firm was using the phone […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: Police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse a rally of protesting lawyers on Saturday after they decided to boycott courts till the general election. Police arrested the lawyers when they took to the streets after a convention made the boycott decision. The convention, called by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro has approved the Utility Store ‘Bachat Card Scheme’ under which five essential items will be provided at reduced prices to people of low income. The price reduction will be of about 42 per cent and at least 6.8 million households will benefit from it. The scheme will be […]
KOHAT, Feb 7: The tribal elders belonging to Darra Adamkhel have announced to boycott the upcoming general elections in protest against the indifferent attitude of the candidates during the military operation in the area. In a press release issued here on Thursday, the tribal elders said that despite their appeals the former parliamentarians and candidates […]
QUETTA, Feb 7: Caretaker Information Minister Nisar Memon has said that the government will not allow Commonwealth observers to monitor the Feb 18 elections till they restore the membership of Pakistan. Responding to newsmen’s questions at a pre-election conference here on Thursday, he said: “If the Commonwealth recognises us then we will recognise them.” The […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The Election Commission warned all political parties and candidates on Tuesday against violation of the code of conduct and urged them to follow its provisions in letter and spirit. The secretary of the commission, Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad said in a statement the EC had observed that provisions of the code of conduct […]
ISLAMABAD (February 05 2008): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will spend about Rs 0.7 billion on its two-pronged media campaign to provide information as well as motivate the voters for the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 18, it was learnt. Besides the Election Commission, women and information ministries have their own media campaigns […]
PESHAWAR: Shazia Asif Khan Baghi is a candidate, who started her political career in a male-dominated Pashtun culture after the tragic death of her husband by filing nomination papers for a provincial assembly’s general seat. She is one of the few women candidates who are contesting for the provincial assembly’s general seats in the upcoming […]
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has recently signed an agreement with a television channel for media coverage of February 18 general elections. This service will be provided to all on request, but so far only a local channel has contacted in this regard, a NADRA official said here Sunday. The Authority […]
PESHAWAR: Various government departments in the NWFP have barred their high-ranking officers from appearing on private television channels and radio discussions to avoid stern disciplinary action, sources said. A “most immediate” dispatch to various departments urged upon all the officers on key posts to avoid attending discussions on both policy and public affairs topics. They […]
SAHIWAL, Feb 1: A European Union (EU) delegation has heard a parade of election-related complaints from candidates for the Feb 18 elections and rights activists allegedly being committed by government and local body officials to favour Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) candidates in the district. PML-Q candidates avoided meeting the foreign observers citing their election engagements. […]
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