‘Political inclusion’ imperative for ‘financial inclusion’: President ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that political inclusion is imperative for financial inclusion to put the... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Opinion From colonial legacy to digital era Are the election results of the 2024 election influenced by external forces and fail to accurately reflect the will... Updated 11 Feb, 2024 06:01am
Pakistan Alvi underscores advocacy for EVMs President says totals of every candidate would have been available and printed within five minutes of closing of poll Updated 11 Feb, 2024 09:32am
Pakistan EMS: ECP admits facing ‘difficulties’ ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has admitted having faced slight difficulties in the... Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am
Pakistan ECP refuses to hold LG polls in Punjab thru EVMs, i-voting ISLAMABAD: The poll body has refused to hold the local government elections in Punjab through electronic voting... Updated 11 Jul, 2023 08:55am
Pakistan Sindh LG polls: Imran says PPP has no commitment to fair and free elections LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan tweeted on Wednesday that it is apparent from reports on... Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am
Pakistan ECP intends to launch pilot testing of EVMs: CEC ISLAMABAD: “The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) intends to launch pilot testing of electronic voting ... Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Editorials The importance of local governments EDITORIAL: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja made a point the other day when he called the... Published 31 Oct, 2022 06:23am
Pakistan Neither govt nor ‘establishment’ wants free, fair elections: IK ISLAMABAD: The flamboyant former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan Friday... Published 09 Jul, 2022 03:57am
Print President refuses to sign electoral reform bill ISLAMABAD: Once again, President Arif Alvi has returned the highly controversial Elections (Amendment) Bill 2022 to... Updated 20 Jun, 2022 10:06am
Pakistan President Alvi refuses to sign Election Amendment Bill Says the bill is anti-progress and regressive Published 19 Jun, 2022 07:36pm
Pakistan President Alvi returns Election, NAB bills to Prime Minister Bills sent back for reconsideration and detailed deliberation by parliament Updated 04 Jun, 2022 09:01pm
Pakistan NAB, electoral bills sail through Senate as well ISLAMABAD: Amid hullabaloo stirred by the opposition’s strong protests, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani allowed on... Updated 28 May, 2022 09:57am
Pakistan ‘Govt is not taking right of vote away from overseas Pakistanis’ ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar on Friday rejected the claims that the government is ... Updated 28 May, 2022 09:42pm
Pakistan PTI welcomes PM’s offer for talks ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer of constituting a... Published 27 May, 2022 05:50am
Print Govt takes major step to hurt PTI’s electoral prospects NA passes bill which seeks to remove use of EVMs as well as disallows overseas Pakistanis from voting Updated 27 May, 2022 09:56am
Pakistan Elections Amendment Bill 2022 to ensure fair elections: PM Shehbaz Bill scraps electronic voting in elections, restrains overseas Pakistanis from participating in polls Updated 26 May, 2022 07:07pm
Pakistan Shibli Faraz rejects reports of high EVM cost Science minister says cost of manufacturing is anywhere between Rs60-62 billion Published 16 Jan, 2022 06:31pm
Pakistan PMU for EVMs, i-voting: CEC approaches PM for space allocation ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has approached Prime Minister Imran Khan for allocation... Published 16 Jan, 2022 04:17am
Pakistan EVMs and i-voting: ECP gives bodies another 10 days to submit ‘improved’ recommendations ISLAMABAD: The three committees constituted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) last month on Electronic... Published 24 Dec, 2021 05:43am
Print ‘Mini-budget’ likely to be presented before Dec-14th cabinet meeting ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet scheduled to meet on Tuesday (December 14, 2021) is to approve transfer of 33.5... Updated 12 Dec, 2021 10:44am
Opinion New electoral reforms—I Reforms are a process of improvement whereby political institutions are revitalized for better performance and... Updated 08 Dec, 2021 06:48am
Pakistan Balochistan to hold LB polls sans EVMs QUETTA: The Balochistan government has decided to hold local body elections in the government but declared that... Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am
Pakistan EVMs, I-voting: Differences between govt, ECP remain ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) are still unwilling to accept each... Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am
Editorials No EVMs, no election! EDITORIAL: The government will not fund elections sans electronic voting machines. The message was conveyed to the... Updated 03 Dec, 2021 05:29am
Pakistan EVMs, I-voting: Shibli-led ministerial body to ensure close liaison with ECP ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has constituted a five-member ministerial committee headed by Minister for Science ... Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am
Editorials Cadastral mapping shows the way EDITORIAL: That the first stage of digitised cadastral mapping of state land has revealed encroachment worth Rs5.5... Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am
Print ECP seeks funds from govt to buy 800,000 EVMs ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought funds from the federal government for the ... Updated 26 Nov, 2021 09:27am
Pakistan Overseas Pakistanis demand i-voting facility ISLAMABAD: Scores of overseas Pakistanis, accompanied by close aides of Prime Minister Imran Khan, assembled at the... Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am
