ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division on Tuesday said it has released Rs17.4 billion to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the upcoming general elections slated to be held on February 8, 2024. The amount was in addition to the Rs10bn released in July 2023, the Finance Ministry said, highlighting that the latest disbursement brought the total funds released for polls …
ISLAMABAD: PTI founding member Akbar S. Babar on Tuesday moved the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the party’s intra-party elections, alleging they were “rigged and fraudulent”. The polls had taken place on Saturday in accordance with the directives issued by the ECP, with Barrister Gohar Ali Khan elected as the new party chairman after being nominated by Imran Khan. However, the …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to conduct the crucial intra-party elections on Saturday (today) to fulfil the requirement of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to retain its party symbol ‘Bat;. Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, recently nominated for the role of party chairman as a temporary arrangement, formally submitted his nomination papers. In a statement released by PTI’s …
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited schedule for the upcoming general election will be announced 56 days before Feb 8, the date set for polling. “You can calculate the date yourself. It would be somewhere around Dec 14,” a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the official, all arrangements have been made for free and fair elections after …
ISLAMABAD: In 2024, countries with more than half the world’s population—over four billion people—will send their citizens to the polls. But many elections are not fully free and fair. Some of these will have no meaningful influence on governments. Economist Intelligence Unit grades countries out of ten according to the state of their democracy and categorizes them from authoritarian regimes to …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has written a letter to the Ministry of Interior for the deployment of military personnel in the general elections. The ECP has asked the Ministry of Interior for a comprehensive report on security in the upcoming general elections by November 27. According to sources, the letter said that due to a shortage of police …