Tag: Pakistan Election Commission

Politics

PTI to challenge ECP in Supreme Court for Punjab Elections delay

Recently,, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have announced delay in Punjab elections. The election were originally scheduled to take place on 30th April, 2023. However, ECP suddenly decided to move elections to October 8, 2023. According to the Pakistan’s Constitution, ECP must in any case, ensure the elections within ninety days of an assembly dissolution. However, after giving the date of April 30, 2023 itself, the ECP took a U-turn and now given a new date for elections of Punjab province. It is not an ordinary delay, ECP is proposing the six months further delay in the already announced date of elections. Same is the reason that a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Fawad Chaudhry, revealed that PTI is going to […]

General Elections

Higher Education Commission issued a notice to Ex-Parliamentarians instructing them to get degrees verified till 5th April, 2013

Just the government of Pakistan People Party (PPP) is gone and care taker government took over. The winds of change are already blowing. Lots of efforts are being made from Pakistani Supreme court, High courts (Provincial courts), Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) and Higher Eduction Commission (HEC) to make sure that Pakistan General Elections 2013 are free and fair. HEC is in process of verifying the degrees of former parliamentarians. They have already cleared some degrees and proved some of them as fake, which resulted in imprisonment of Ex Parliamentarians. Recently, HEC issued a notice to former parliamentarians about getting their degrees verified till at most 5th of April. This notice reads as follows. Public Notice for Ex-Parliamentarians for Degree Attestation […]

General Elections

Software worth $1.5 Million USD ready with NADRA for voting from Pakistani citizens living in foreign countries

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) have successfully completed $1.5 million worth piece of software to facilitate the Pakistani nationals living abroad. Now these Pakistanis living  abroad will be able to use their right of vote through an online system. These Pakistani citizens will have to visit an online polling both nearest to their currently residential area in their current foreign country. Their vote will directly be recorded into the NADRA’s database here in Pakistan and later will be handed over to Election Commission of Pakistan for inclusion into results of area where in Pakistan that person belongs. NADRA will reportedly not disclose the details like which person voted which party or person but more generalized information will be handed […]

Democracy

Register your vote for Pakistan Elections 2013

In Pakistan their is a rule that you have to register or at least confirm the existence of your name in voter lists before each elections. This time in order to make the voting process fair new registrations were taking place and lots of old names were removed. Election Commission of Pakistan officially announced that preparation of voter lists are complete, also from now on now one will be knocking on your main gate to confirm if every one from your home is listed with election commission. However, you can visit the election commission regional office of your region or call on certain phone numbers they have for each area to confirm if your name is there in voter list […]

Democracy

Vote registration form for Pakistan elections 2013

The voter verification and registration period was just extended by the elections commission of Pakistan recently after the registration process was not completed within previous deadline. If your vote is not yet registered, get it registered as soon as possible, so that you can vote in upcoming Pakistan elections which are scheduled to held in 2013. Being able to cast the vote is right of every citizen. Where as actually going and casting the vote is responsibility of every citizen. Your vote is very important, it decides your future, so I will insist that you get your vote registered, so that on day of election you are able to actually cast the vote. The vote registration process for Pakistan elections […]