ELECTION NEWSLETTER

October 2018

Draft of ECP rules framed Dawn News ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of (ECP) has prepared draft rules governing methods and terms and condi- tions of its officers and staff to replace the rules… Read More PTI leads in by-polls, loses Peshawar seat Dawn News KARACHI/PESHAWAR: In another setback to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf after the last week by-polls, the ruling party in Sunday’s by-polls lost a Khyber Pakh-tunkhwa Assembly seat … Read More

PML-N wins AJK by-election Dawn News MUZAFFARABAD: The ruling PML-N party clinched victory in a by-election held on Sunday in the Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir … Read More By-polls on one national, two provincial assembly seats today The News KARACHI: By-polls for National Assembly seat NA-247, Assembly seat PS-111 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-71 will be held today (Sunday) … Read More

Over 10pc women voters cast ballots in KP by-poll: ECP The News PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that over 10 per cent women voters participated in the recent by-election … Read More

ECP secretary to brief Senate panel on RTS controversy Dawn News ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad will appear before the Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday to give a briefing on the alleged failure of the Result Transmission System (RTS) on the election night, an issue that has put a question mark on the transparency and fairness of the July 25 general elections. The Senate committee, headed by Sassui of the opposition (PPP), has invited a number of senior parliamentarians from the government and the opposition, including chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik, chairman of the house committee on law and justice Javed Abbasi, chairman of the house committee on information Faisal Javed, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Senator Usman Kakar and Moula Bux Chandio of the PPP, to attend the meeting. The committee is meeting at a time when the National Assembly has already approved constitution of a 30-member biparti- san and bicameral special parliamentary committee on the demand of opposition parties to investigate charges of rigging in the general elections.… Read More ECP issues notifications of 22 by-poll winners Dawn News ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued notifications of 22 candidates who had won the Oct 14 by-elections held … Read More

Each overseas vote cost exchequer Rs15,000 in by-polls Dawn News ISLAMABAD: Each vote cast by overseas in Sunday’s by-elections cost the national exchequer over Rs15000, informed sources told Dawn … Read More I-voting website survives cyber attacks The News ISLAMABAD: The website dedicated to provide overseas Pakistanis with a right of internet voting sustained multiple cyber- attacks … Read More By-election: 370 candidates vie for 35 NA, PAs seats today The News ISLAMABAD: A total of 370 candidates are in the electoral arena for 35 constituencies of the National Assembly and Provin- cial Assemblies … Read More 1,700 polling stations categorised as ‘highly sensitive’ for Oct 14 by- polls Dawn News ISLAMABAD: As many as 1,727 polling stations out of the total 7,489, set up for by-polls being held in 35 constituencies of national and provincial assemblies … Read More Whoever violates election laws to face jail: ECP The News ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced that anyone convening, holding or at- tending a public meeting or promoting or joining … Read More

73pc polling stations in NA-243 inaccessible for disabled persons The News Islamabad: As high as 73% polling stations in NA-243 Karachi east II are inaccessible to Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in one way … Read More

73% of Karachi's NA-243 polling stations are handicap inaccessible Express Tribune Around 73% of the polling stations in NA-243, which falls in District East, are inaccessible to persons with disabilities, re- vealed a survey conducted … Read More PP-217 by-polls schedule announced The News The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced schedule for by-election in PP-217 Multan-VII … Read More

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