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Pakistan: ECP files another plea seeking stay on top court's reserved seat
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Earlier on Friday, the electoral watchdog, approached the top court to seek its guidance on whether to follow the amended Election Act 2017 or its judgment on the matter of allocating reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
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Pak: Imran Khan's party responds to poll body's objections on intra-party
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Raoof Hasan, the party's federal chief election commissioner, addressed the ECP's concerns, stating that the PTI remains an active and functioning political entity registered with the ECP under Section 202 of the Election Act, 2017.
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Pakistan: Election Commission set for by-polls on April 21 as electioneeri
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
In accordance with Section 182 of the Election Act, 2017, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reminded candidates of the electioneering deadline, which ended at midnight on Friday, Geo News reported.
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Pakistan: Caretaker government receives additional powers after parliament
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A joint session of Pakistan's Parliament on Wednesday passed amendments to the Election Act 2017, granting additional powers to the caretaker government to take important decisions on the economy and engage with international institutions.
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Pak: Election Act to be amended to empower caretaker govt, Finance Ministe
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed on Sunday that the Election Act 2017 is set to be amended in order to empower the upcoming caretaker government to take important decisions until a democratically elected government takes over.
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Pakistan: Interim President approves bill to limit lawmakers' disqualifica
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan Interim President Sadiq Sanjarani on Monday signed into law a bill seeking to limit the disqualification of lawmakers to five years.
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Pak SC permits Election Commission to continue contempt proceedings agains
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Ayesha A Mali issued the orders. According to Dawn, the seven-page document issued today said that the proceedings initiated by the ECP under Section 10 of the Ele
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Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz slams Imran Khan over new laws 'to silence media, O
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Sunday hit out at the Imran Khan government over its recent move to make amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, (PECA) 2016 and the Election Act, 2017 saying they are
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PML-N's polling deadline extension request rejected
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has turned down the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) appeal to extend voting deadline by an hour.
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Pak federal cabinet approves amendment in Election Act 2017
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): The interim federal cabinet of Pakistan has approved an amendment to the Election Act 2017, which limits the number of judges in the election tribunal by two.
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