Ballot-printing for certain constituencies has been put on hold in Pakistan due to litigation, an official from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told Dawn.
If orders keep coming to change the election symbols, the elections scheduled for February 8 may have to be delayed again, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned, Dawn reported on Wednesday.
The ECP directed all political parties concerned to comply with Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017, to ensure a mandatory 5 per cent representation of women candidates on general seats after the allocation of election symbols.
The deadline for submitting nomination papers to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections for the National and Provincial Assembly is set to conclude on Sunday, ARY News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided against letting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) retain its 'bat' electoral symbol for the February 8 general election, Dawn newspaper reported.
Top lawyers' bodies in Pakistan have raised concerns over the poll procedure and the conduct of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja, Dawn newspaper reported.
The business community in Pakistan as a whole does not support the notion of prolonging the duration of the caretakers' governance, even if they acknowledge that Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has improved the economic situation of the country, an opinion piece in Dawn read.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday stopped a three-day session to train returning officers (ROs), only a day after its commencement, Dawn newspaper reported.
Amir Muqam on Saturday suggested that the upcoming general elections should be delayed by two to four weeks due to the prevalent security threat and the weather conditions in the tribal belt.
Sikander Sultan Raja said the Election Commission knows its constitutional and legal responsibilities and added that it is committed to holding "transparent and peaceful elections."
Pakistan's Interim Interior Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti on Tuesday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would be given full security needed to hold the upcoming general elections in a peaceful environment, Dawn newspaper reported.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday announced the formation of a "political engagement committee" for reaching out to rival parties ahead of the upcoming polls, Geo News reported.