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Pak former PM Nawaz Sharif's party concedes receiving funds from Osama bin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has conceded before the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that it had received funds from slain Al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden, said the country's Parliamentary Secretary for Railwa
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Pak petitioner seeks transparency in Imran Khan-led PTI foreign funding ca
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): In an interesting development in the foreign funding case against Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Akbar S Babar, one of the founding members of the ruling party, on Tuesday, submitted an application to the Election Commissio
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PM Modi lauds EC for strengthening democracy, ensuring smooth conduct of p
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made striking contributions towards strengthening our democracy by ensuring smooth conduct of elections, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of 11th National Voters Day.
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ECI to celebrate 11th National Voters' Day on Jan 25
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) is celebrating 11th National Voters' Day (NVD) on Monday and the theme for this year's NCD is "'Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed".
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Pak Election Commission rules out public hearings in foreign funding case
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday clarified that the ongoing foreign funding case against Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will not have public hearings.
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ECI to launch Digital Voter-ID cards on National Voter's Day
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Election Commission of India will formally launch the e-EPIC (Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card) programme on January 25, the National Voter's Day.
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CAPF must be deployed 15 days before polling day in WB: BJP writes to ECI
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 22 (ANI): As elections in West Bengal are inching closer, the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit has written a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), urging that the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) must be deployed at least 15 days
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We are apolitical, says BSF on TMC's allegations of being used to threaten
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday said the force was "apolitical" in response to allegations made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) that met a full bench of the Election Commission and claimed that the BSF was intimidating people in border are
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'Deploy Central Forces, people in fear in Bengal', Dilip Ghosh urges ECI
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 21 (ANI): West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deploy Central Forces in the state at the earliest claiming there is a 'sense of fear' among people ahead of elections.
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Pak Election Commission sets new precedent, walks out of its own meeting o
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): Setting a new low, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) scrutiny committee which is auditing Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accounts related to foreign fundings on Wednesday walked out of its own meeting after questions were raised o
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Pakistan's ECP issues notices to 19 political parties over scrutiny of fin
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday issued notices to 19 political parties in the parliament regarding scrutiny of financial statements and funds.
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Pak opposition rallies reach Islamabad to protest against foreign funding
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Separate rallies led by different constituent members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)--the opposition's 11-party alliance--have reached here to hold a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against an 'unacceptable delay' i
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