Lg polls

SHC nullifies inclusion of rural areas into urban ones

Total number of registered voters in the district is 1,076,686

MQM demands taxes for local bodies, PML-N says PPP deprived people of basic rights

While PML-N workers went door-to-door facilitating voters in LG polls, PTI workers were conspicuously absent

The candidates have started visiting courts with litigants

Details of political contenders will be released today

Decision was taken on Monday after local leaders from both the parties failed to agree on the seat adjustment formula

Amjad Afridi's conduct led to party's defeat in K-P LG polls, says notification

The local government laws for each province, in their current form, provide limited autonomy to the local councils

The PTI should've used the time till the 2018 elections to fill the huge gaps in its party organisation

New polling schedule for these UCs will be issued in January 2016

PM vows not to allow anyone to resort to terrorism in the name of religion

Party's vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi says Shafqat Mehmood will contest the election

As many as 12 DROs, 234 ROs and 468 AROs will supervise local government elections

Success of the PPP and PML-N in LG polls lies in the lure and lustre of patronage politics

In Sindh, Asif Ali Zardari said the PPP was “alive and kicking” after 11 people were shot dead in Khairpur

Stranglehold of elected feudalism and dynastic politics has again trumped change

PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry demands annulment of local government elections held in Punjab

The party accused the PPP of manipulating the process

The more power is dispersed among elected institutions, the more difficult it is to dislodge democratic institutions

Police register case under Section 302, 324, 148, 149, 109 and 7 ATA against 30 accused

Move comes in the wake of party’s poor performance in Lahore LG polls

PPP’s Sajida Mir stages demo next to polling station

Candidates for chairman, vice chairman in UC-238 arrested for carrying weapons

Fail to see real change as candidates belong to same old families

Heavy contingent of police and Pakistan Army has reached the site and controlled the violent situation

The party office-bearers said they expected to win in 170 of 274 union councils in Lahore

The LG election today is as important as the 2013 general election; let us not waste this chance

Cases were registered for disrupting law and order on eve of the local government elections; ECP takes notice

Issues such as education, food security and farm subsidies have been relegated with the onset of LG polls

ECP had earlier barred television channels from running the news before official results are released

Agency says installing more filtration plants no remedy

The election authority forms seven teams for registering complaints on election day

Sohail Mahmood Butt and Chaudhry Majeed Alam have faced off in local government elections in 2001 and 2005

Candidates of both parties related to political heavyweights

PTI candidate Haji Fayyaz alleges supporters of PML-N’s Mian Arshad routinely remove his publicity material from area

PML-N’s candidate Arshad Ahmed Khan denies allegations

Candidates can withdraw their candidature on November 10th

Parliamentary panel proposes curbs for caretaker govts

LG elections in 15 districts of Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and Nawabshah divisions are scheduled for November 19

Councillors say several months have passed since LG polls but nothing has been done to alter their situation

Speakers urge the need to encourage home-based women workers to get involved

The ECP also delayed elections in six union councils of Rawalpindi including Khalool

PTI Karachi president Ali Zaidi said the party is ready to participate in the local bodies elections

The RO and his staff have a crucial role in the whole process including conducting the elections

The prime minister has displayed once again his inability to rise to ‘statesman’ standards

Petitioners say they were not allowed inside polling stations

Appointment made despite opposition from members of PML-N Sindh chapter

Says commission has mandate to take own decisions

Dr Naveed Mahar complains of impartiality on part of the returning officer