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PTI Sindh tour: Khan asks lawyers to continue fighting for judiciary
Holds joint press conference with Awami Tehreek President Ayaz Palijo.
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2013 Election: ECP envisions bigger army role
Over 600,000 polling staffers will be required for about 80,000 polling stations across the country.
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Law and order challenge: Agencies fear ‘violence’ in poll
Say terrorists are plotting attacks against high-profile political leaders in an effort to disrupt election process.
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Elections on time, please
We need a wide consensus that consolidating the democratic transition is the only solution to the mess we are in.
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Free, fair elections are the only way forward: CJ
Calls local body elections a ‘constitutional obligation’.
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Redrawing Karachi: MQM files review petitions against SC verdict
CEC says voter verification and delimitation of constituencies will continue despite MQM’s review petition.
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40 dead in a week: Violence across Pakistan raises fears for elections
"Taliban are on a major onslaught to destabilise the country and create chaos to shake people's faith in the state."
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Stability: Imran warns against delay in elections
A delay or postponement of the elections will jeopardise stability of Pakistan: PTI chief
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Upcoming polls: Caretakers to be installed on March 17, says Wattoo
Says elections will be held less than two months after setup is in place.
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Election campaign: Bilour’s killing an attack on humanity says Gilani
“The country is in one piece due to democracy. Without democracy, Pakistan will face tougher challenges,” says...
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‘Save the state, not politics’: Qadri returns, in style
Minhaj-ul-Quran International chief gives govt until Jan 10 to bring about ‘change’.
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Analysis: MQM running out options to challenge Karachi delimitations
Best option for MQM is to muster public support & ECP from changing constituencies, preparing new voters list.
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Preparing for elections: Imran Khan to embark on 3-day tour
The three-day tour will commence with Khan spending the first day in Karachi.
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Imran Khan woos the people of Karachi
Imran Khan takes a trip around Karachi and reminds people of his agenda against corruption on Saturday.
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Governor’s replacement: For PPP, new nominee is part of South Punjab strategy
Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood’s resignation irks PML-F.
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Changing sides: Another MPA parts ways with PML-N, joins PPP
Mehar Sultana vows to fight for the area’s people.
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Hinting at delays: Local govt polls unlikely before general elections, says Bilour
Highlights incumbent administration’s achievements, development projects.
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2013 polls: For fairer elections, engage the youth and ensure women participation
Four-member assessment mission issues recommendations for upcoming elections.
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Imran Khan to embark on 3-day Sindh tour
PTI chief to visit rural areas to garner support.
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New faces, please
The nation has tried PPP and PML-N twice and every time, the two parties have failed to provide good governance
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‘See for yourself’: PTI boasts new strategies for election campaigns
Party to use documentaries, short films as part of its marketing strategy.
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25% of tickets to go to young members: Imran Khan
PTI chairman says PTI will implement a uniform education system throughout the country.
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Redrawing Karachi: ECP snubs MQM, goes ahead with delimitation
Punjab election commissioner to supervise the exercise.
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The limitations of delimitation
The ECP will start redrawing Karachi’s constituencies most likely by the end of December.
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Delimitation: SC sets the ball rolling
Recent verdicts handed down by Supreme Court reflect its concern about holding free, fair, all-inclusive elections.
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Delimitation for dummies
What is delimitation and what does it have to do with the census? Does it matter to the average voter?
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In defence of reserved seats for women
Patriarchal sociocultural, economic and political structures hinder women’s equal participation in mainstream politics
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PPP trying to buy voters, alleges PML-N
Party leader Tariq Azeem urges chief election commissioner to take notice.
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Upcoming elections: Days of bogus votes are gone, says PM
Former PML-N MNA Mushtaq Khan announces joining PPP.
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Sindh’s changing political matrix: the PPP’s reply
It is time that we start respecting the political consciousness of the common man. This consciousness is irreversible.
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Hands off the reserved seats for women, please
Forcing a tiny pool of qualified women to compete for small number of seats will damage gains women are making.
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Elections in Balochistan: Polls not priority for BNP, says Akhtar Mengal
Speaking from Dubai, Mengal says party yet to make decision, but ‘nothing has changed’.
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Election favours: Likeminded deprived of development largesse
Nasir Chattha accuses both PML-Q and PPP of holding back schemes.
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Election preparations: Sindh EC sacked after parties express mistrust
Sonu Khan Baloch was accused of involvement in anomalies in voter lists in Karachi.
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Why the PPP needs to call a snap election
PPP has to think twice before deciding to ask for votes in Punjab, if Shahbaz Sharif remains in control there.
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Elections 2013: Capital’s polling stations list released
January 1, 2013 will be the last day to file any complaint or suggestion.
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Alliances against the PPP will fail: Sharjeel Memon
Memon says opposition parties and Sindh nationalists are trying to deceive the people of Sindh.
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Sindh’s changing political matrix
Sindh, among all the provinces, has become the centre of contestation as it seems to be slipping away from the PPP.
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Next elections: Hopes of PML-Q and PPP alliance slowly fading
Ruling party’s representatives want candidates to contest separately.
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Presiding officer’s powers extended for next polls: ECP
Will have power to jail troublemakers for three months after summary trial.
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Elections will be held on time, insists Zardari
President says democracy is flourishing due to ‘reconciliation policy’ conceived by Benazir.
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Election campaign: ‘Main contest between leaders of Lahore and PPP’
Gilani says PTI does not have a manifesto.
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Elections 2013: Sherpao says prime minister using FATA’s funds for his own party
Qaumi Watan Party chief alleges that funds for Benazir Income Support Programme are being used for political gains.
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General elections: PPP predicts victory over PML-N, PML-F
Says Kalabagh Dam construction was not planned during ZAB, Benazir govts.
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Tehreek-i-Insaf: Imran’s public campaign starts from Gujranwala on Saturday
‘The tsunami is alive and heading in the right direction’.
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PML-F sets the stage for elections with milestone rally
Party’s first ever rally will be held today over 72 acres to accommodate 600,000 people.
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ECP meeting: Army out of barracks, into the polling stations
Soldiers to be posted inside stations in sensitive areas.
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Next general elections: PTI wants to be consulted on caretaker setup
Hands over evidence regarding alleged pre-poll rigging by PPP, PML-N to ECP.
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Democracy: the only way forward
Time for making pressure groups to engender change in official policies was nigh & democracy gives us right to speak.
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Constitutional lacuna: ECP in a fix over foreign-born Pakistani lawmakers
Cases of ‘natural born’ Pakistani MNAs forwarded to SC for advice.