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Elections schedule upset: ECP CNews ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Kanwar Mohammed Dilshad Monday said that Sindh was the province where ECP offices received the most damage.Talking to Geo News, Secretary ECP said the prevalent circumstances upset election schedule, as the electoral rolls have been torched to ashes with a lot of damage received by the ECP offices in Sindh.Commenting on the possibility of elections postponement, Kanwar Mohammed Dilshad maintained that the final decision would be made only after the receipt of reports from all the provinces, as the ground realities could not be overlooked.There had not been any backup for several accessories and electoral apparatus, which were destroyed in the recent tumultuous developments in Sindh. More Stories: 149 killed as Kenya plunges into post-poll chaos CNews NAIROBI: Kenya plunged further into chaos Monday as fresh violence triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election left 149 dead...

Election symbols allotted to political parties ISLAMABAD: The incomplete Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a meeting, which was held today (Sunday) formally allot the election symbols to the political parties.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq presided over the meeting.Pakistan Muslim League was allotted bicycle as the election symbol, arrow to PPP, kite to MQM, flower to PML (F), thumb was allotted to PPP (SB).The MMA had fought the 2002 election with ‘book’ as election symbol. But it has not been able to surmount its internal differences at the moment. It faces division on the question of participation in the electoral process. Germany beat Australia to win Champions Trophy (Updated at 2020) KUALA LUMPUR: Germany won the 29th Champions Trophy after defeating Australia 1-0 in the final held at Bukit Jalil National Hockey Stadium on Sunday.Germany scored the goal in the fifth minute through Timo Wess.In the match for third place, the Netherla...

SC dismisses last petition against Musharraf’s eligibility ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the last petition against President Musharraf's eligibility to contest the presidential elections. The verdict came after a brief hearing of Dr. Zahoor Mehdi’s petition by the full bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Doggar.On Monday, the court had dismissed five petitions against President Musharraf’s nomination, including the challenges from the presidential candidate Justice (Rtd) Wajihuddin and Makhdoom Amin Fahim.Attorney General had earlier said that President Musharraf would quit his army post and take oath as civilian president as early as Saturday if the presidential re-election was approved by the apex court. Lahore: People pouring in camp to show solidarity with Geo (Updated at 1410) LAHORE: People from different walks of life continuously visiting the solidarity camp outside Geo office in Lahore to express solidarity with Geo Tele...

President advises election on Jan 8 KARACHI: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has recommended to the election commission to hold general elections on Jan 8, 2008. He stated this while addressing members of the now dissolved Sindh Assembly at the Chief Minister house here. He hoped coalition parties would again win the election if they remained united. The president said assemblies have completed their tenure for the first in the country's history. He said a few people were trying to create instability and talking about boycotting the election, adding these elements have no confidence even in themselves and declared that election would be held on January 8. The president appreciated performance of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad and Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim and said credit goes to them for running the coalition set-up smoothly. He also appreciated the role of the Sindh assembly speaker for running the house in proper and dignified manner.He also thanked Pir Pagara and MQM...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The United States Government will sponsor election observation programs in support of Pakistan’s general elections, U.S. Ambassador Anne W. Patterson announced Thursday. “The assistance from the United States is part of the international community’s desire to assist Pakistan in holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country,” Ambassador Paterson said. The United States Government has signed agreements with the International Republican Institute (IRI) and The Asia Foundation to conduct activities before, during, and after the election. IRI will deploy 12 long-term and 40 short-term international observers in Pakistan’s four provinces to conduct a pre-election assessment followed by election-day observation. The United States is also contributing to The Asia Foundation’s multi-donor efforts to place independent domestic observers at polling places nationwide. A coalition of 30 Pakistani civil society organizations will conduct nationwide monitoring of the pr...

CNews NAUSHEHRA: The decision has been made to appoint former provincial minister Shams-ul-Mulik, who has also been the chairman of WAPDA, as the caretaker Chief Minister of NWFP. Mr. Shams-ul-Mulik will be sworn as the caretaker Chief Minister of NWFP tomorrow (Thursday). The caretaker cabinet would be announced in few days time. NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai had dissolved the NWFP Assembly on the advice of the Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani. The Law Department had issued notification about dissolution of the provincial assembly. It merits a mention here that former Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani had turned down the request to continue as caretaker chief minister till the announcement of the election schedule for the general elections in mid November 2007.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The 10-member larger Bench of the Supreme Court, while hearing the constitutional petitions against the acceptance of the nomination papers of President Musharraf in the presidential election, today decreed that the presidential election would be held as scheduled tomorrow, but the results of the presidential election would not be announced until October 17. The Bench has further restrained Election Commission not announcing the results tomorrow.The 10-member larger Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Javed Iqbal comprises of Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasirul Mulk, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Syed Jamshed Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan Saturday approved nomination papers of six candidates including President Musharraf, while the nominations of 37 candidates were rejected. The lawyers have said they will challenge approval of Musharraf’s candidacy in court. The Election Commission held scrutiny of the nomination papers of presidential candidates in Islamabad.The Election Commission approved nomination papers of Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Justice (R) Wajihuddin Ahmed, President Musharraf, his covering candidates Chaudhry Amir Hussain and Muhammadmian Soomro and Amin Fahim’s covering candidate Faryal Talpur.Total 18 nomination papers were submitted for President Musharraf, one in Lahore and 17 in Islamabad. The nomination papers filed in Lahore were rejected. The rival candidates objected over the nomination papers of President Musharraf but the Chief Election Commissioner rejecting all objections approved nomination of Musharraf and declared that he can contest the presidential ...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled Friday that military ruler Pervez Musharraf can run in presidential polls next week while keeping his role as army chief, dealing a major blow to the opposition. The court threw out a raft of legal challenges that argued that Musharraf was ineligible to stand for another five-year term in office in the October 6 election. Opposition supporters threw rotten eggs and tomatoes at the imposing marble court building in Islamabad and chanted "Shame! Shame!" and "Go, Musharraf, go!" after the verdict was announced. "The petitions hereby are dismissed as not maintainable" by a 6-3 majority, said Rana Bhagwandas, the head of the panel of nine judges hearing the petitions. Musharraf, 64, has promised to quit his military role by November 15 if he is re-elected. But he had not ruled out dissolving parliament or even imposing martial law if blocked by the court. Six of the nine-judge larger bench gave verdict in favour of dismissing ...

آل پارٹیز ڈیموکریٹک موومنٹ سے تعلق رکھنے والے ارکان قومی و صوبائی اسمبلی 2 اکتوبر کو اپنے عہدوں سے مستعفی ہو جائیں گے جبکہ اسی روز وزیر اعلیٰ اکرم خان درانی گورنر کو سرحد اسمبلی تحلیل کرنے کی سفارش کریں گے۔ یہ فیصلہ پاکستان مسلم لیگ(ن) کے مرکزی سیکرٹری جنرل اقبال ظفرجھگڑا کی رہائش پر ہونے والے اے پی ڈی ایم کی ایکشن کمیٹی کے اجلاس میں کیا گیا جس میں حزب اختلاف کے قائدین راجہ ظفرالحق، مولانا فضل الرحمن، قاضی حسین احمد، اسفند یار ولی خان، عمران خان اور محمود خان اچکزئی نے شرکت کی۔ اجلاس میں لیے گئے فیصلوں کا اعلان قومی اسمبلی میں قائد حزبِ اختلاف مولانا فضل الرحمٰن نے ایک پرہجوم پریس کانفرنس میں کیا۔ مولانا فضل الرحمٰن نے اخبار نویسوں کو بتایا کہ 29 ستمبر کو اے پی ڈی ایم میں شامل جماعتوں کے ارکانِ قومی و صوبائی اسمبلی اپنے استعفے پارٹی قیادت کے پاس جمع کرا دی گے۔ مولانا فضل الرحمٰن کے مطابق اے پی ڈی ایم کی قیادت یہ استعفے 2 اکتوبر کو قومی اور صوبائی سپیکر حضرات کے پاس جمع کرائیں گے جبکہ اسی روز سرحد کے وزیر اعلیٰ اکرم خان درانی گورنر سرحد علی محمد اورکزئی کو اسمبلی کو تحلیل کرنے کی سفارش...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Thursday submitted nomination papers of its presidential candidate Makhdoom Amin Fahim with the Election Commission of Pakistan here. People’s Party leaders Safdar Abbasi, Raja Pervez Ashraf and Babar Awan submitted nomination papers of their party candidate. Iftikhar Gillani, Naheed Khan, Farhatullah Babar and other party leaders were also accompanied with Makhdoom Amin Fahim. Amin Fahim talking to the media on the occasion invited all opposition parties for a joint opposition platform. He said the APDM has divided the opposition parties. He also thanked the party chairperson Benazir Bhutto for nominating him as presidential candidate of the party.PPP central leader Raja Pervez Ashraf talking to media outside the election commission premises, called Amin Fahim a strong presidential candidate. People’s Party workers holding party flags were present in large number outside the election commission building.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, along with top leaders of the government coalition submitted the nomination papers of President General Pervez Musharraf as a candidate for the presidential elections with the Election Commission (EC) today. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, PML President Ch Shujaat Hussain, the chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, along with the proposers and the seconders of the president, submitted the papers on the president’s behalf.Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz presented the nomination papers to the Chief Election Commissioner Justice (R ) Qazi Muhammad Farooque. The chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan, Mushahid Hussain Syed, Rao Sikander Iqbal, Hamid Nasir Chattha, Babar Ghouri, Khurshid Kasuri, Sheikh Rashid, Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, Waseem Sajjad and other government leaders were also reached the election commission office. Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi talking to media said that he had earlier told that the president wou...

پاکستان میں صدارتی انتخابات کی تیاریاں اپنے آخری مراحل میں ہیں اور پیپلز پارٹی کے علاوہ حزب مخالف کی تمام سیاسی جماعتوں کی جانب سے انتخاب کے بائیکاٹ اور انتیس ستمبر کو قومی و صوبائی اسمبلیوں سے مستعفی ہونے کے اعلان کے بعد وکلا کی جانب سے ریٹائرڈ جج کو جرنیل کے مقابلے میں صدارتی امیدوار نامزد کرنے سے دلچسپ صورتحال پیدا ہوگئی ہے۔ سپریم کورٹ بار ایسو سی ایشن کے صدر منیر اے ملک اور ان کے رفقاء کی جانب سے جسٹس وجیہہ الدین کو جنرل پرویز مشرف کے مقابلے میں انتخاب لڑانے کے اعلان پر ملا جلا رد عمل ظاہر کیا جا رہا ہے۔ لاہور ہائی کورٹ بار کے وکلا کےایک سرکردہ رہنما احسن بھون اور پیپلز پارٹی کے سینیٹر عبدالطیف کھوسہ سمیت بعض وکلاء کھلم کھلا جسٹس وجیہہ الدین کی نامزدگی کی مخالفت کر رہے ہیں۔ جبکہ منیر اے ملک ہوں یا جسٹس (ر) طارق محمود وہ اپنے فیصلے کا دفاع کرتے ہوئے کہتے ہیں کہ ایسا کرنا لازمی ہے۔ان کا کہنا ہے کہ ’ہم جانتے ہیں کہ ہمارے پاس عددی اکثریت نہیں ہے اور جسٹس وجیہہ الدین ہار جائیں گے لیکن صدر جنرل پرویز مشرف کی اہلیت کے خلاف سپریم کورٹ میں جو مقدمہ دائر کیا جانا ہے اس کے لیے ان کا امیدوار ...

الیکشن کمیشن نے صدارتی انتخابات کے شیڈول کا اعلان کردیا ہے جس کے مطابق صدارتی انتخابات کے لئے کاغذات نامزدگی 27 ستمبر کو وصول کئے جائیں گے اور 29 ستمبر کو کاغذات نامزدگی کی جانچ پڑتال کی جائے گی اور صدارتی انتخاب 6۔اکتوبر کو ہوگا۔اس کا ایک مطلب یہ بھی ہے کہ صدر انہی اسمبلیوں سے ووٹ لیں گے۔ اس پر اپوزیشن جماعتوں نے تحفظات کا اظہار کیا ہے ۔دوسرا اہم پہلو یہ ہے کہ اس وقت سپریم کورٹ میں صدر کے دو عہدے رکھنے کے خلاف مقدمہ زیر سماعت ہے۔اسی مقدمے کی سماعت کے دوران گزشتہ روز سرکاری وکیل نے ایک بیان عدالت میں جمع کرایا تھا جس میں کہا گیا تھا کہ صدر الیکشن کے بعد فوجی عہدہ چھوڑ دیں گے۔ اس بیان پر بھی اپوزیشن رہنما خاصے سیخ پا ہوئے تھے ۔ صدارتی الیکشن کا شیڈول کیا جلی پر تیل کا کام کرے گا؟ صدر کے انتخاب کے حوالے سے آپ کے تبصروں ، تجزئیوں اور خیالات کا انتظار ہے۔