Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan challenged a trial court's decision before the Islamabad High Court (IHC), over the maintainability of an Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) complaint seeking criminal proceedings against him in the Toshakhana case, Dawn
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued non-bailable arrest warrants on Tuesday for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan and Ex-information Minister Fawad Chaudhry in a case pertaining to contempt of the electoral body and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), reported D
Advocate Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the court on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. Meanwhile, Amjad Parvez represented the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The case was heard by a five-member commission presided over by the Chief Election Commissioner and the action was prompted by Fawad's absence from the hearing related to the ECP contempt case.
IHC's Chief Justice Amir Farooq announced the petition against the verdict of a trial court that had declared the criminal case, filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), is inadmissible.
The ECP said that the applications can be submitted with the signature of the party leader until July 19. The electoral watchdog further said that the signature of the party leader on the application is a must.
Since the results of the digital census are yet to be formally notified in Pakistan, conducting the upcoming general polls on the basis of the latest delimitation is out of the question, a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said.
After Murtaza Wahab won a close race for mayor of Karachi last week, the JI and PPP have been at odds. In contrast, the JI had the backing of 61 PTI members, bringing the predicted number of votes for Rehman to 192. The PPP had joined forces with the PML-N and JUI-F, increasing their combine
The district and sessions court in Islamabad announced on Saturday that former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry will be charged with making threatening comments to members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) next week, Geo News reported.
The ECP, in the 14-page petition, had asked the apex court to review its decision as the judiciary "doesn't have the authority to give the date of elections."
The electoral authority had postponed the Punjab polls to October, which the PTI had challenged. The Supreme Court, in an April 4 order, declared the ECP's decision to be unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction, void ab-initio and of no legal effect.