Pakistan General Elections 2024

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SIC petitions LHC over ECP decision to reject reserved seats allocation​

Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza has challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to reject the party’s plea seeking allotment of reserved seats in the Lahore High Court.
On behalf of Raza, Advocate Ishtiaq A Khan filed the plea, which listed the electoral watchdog as the main respondent.
The petition pointed out that the ECP was neither a tribunal nor a court, adding that the SIC should be allotted the reserved seats based on their representation in the National Assembly.

 

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Oath-taking of MNAs ‘contempt of court’, says PTI’s Omer Ayub​

PTI-backed MNA Omer Ayub Khan has said that the lawmakers who took oath today on reserved seats committed “contempt of court” and their swearing-in should be declared “void”.

Speaking on the floor of the lower house of the Parliament, he stated that PTI leaders were not being allowed to meet incarcerated party chief Imran Khan by the Adiala Jail superintendent.

“We should be told if the jail superintendent is answerable to the court or to the government,” Ayub demanded.

“Today, on behalf of all my opposition members, I demand that the oath taken today should be declared null and void as it has no legal standing,” he said, adding that the opposition would continue to protest until SIC members on reserved seats took oath.

PTI-backed Omer Ayub Khan speaks on the floor of the National Assembly. — DawnNews

 

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ICYMI: Polling for presidential elections to commence at 10am tomorrow​

Polling for the presidential elections will begin at 10am tomorrow and conclude by 4pm, state-run Radio Pakistan reports.

Asif Ali Zardari, the joint candidate of PPP and the PML-N, and Sunni Ittehad Council’s nominee Mahmood Khan Achakzai are vying for the office of president.

It must be noted that the president is elected by an electoral college comprising members of the Senate, National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies. Voting is held through a secret ballot.

A joint session of the Parliament will be convened in Islamabad tomorrow during which the members of the National Assembly and the Senate will exercise their right to vote. Similar sessions will also be held in the provincial assemblies

 

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PHC order applies to eight women reserved seats, clarifies AGP Awan​

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan has clarified that the Peshawar High Court’s order pertaining to the stay on oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats applied to eight lawmakers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

As the National Assembly session convened today, Speaker Ayaz Sadiq administered oath to some MNAs on reserved seats — a move that was contested by the PTI.

However, the AGP stated that none of the MNAs sworn in today were from KP

 

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NA did not receive any notice on oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats, says speaker Ayaz Sadiq​

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has said that the house did not receive any notice or order from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the oath-taking of MNAs on reserved seats.

He passed these remarks after PTI-backed lawmaker Barrister Gohar Ali Khan highlighted that MNAs on reserved seats could not be administered oath in light of the order of the Peshawar High Court.

It must be noted that a day earlier the PHC had deferred the oath-taking of nine women lawmakers, who had been awarded the reserved seats claimed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)

 

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All political parties except ‘cartoons’ want to take country out of crisis: Maryam​

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the public wanted politicians to work for them instead of fighting amongst each other.

Addressing Punjab MPAs today, she said: “The poor are looking towards us. What will they say if these people see us fighting and not doing anything for them?”

CM Maryam said all serious-minded political parties except one whom Bilawal termed as “cartoons” want to take the country out of crisis. “The problems are so serious and intense that no party can solve them alone.

 

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Newly elected MNA on reserved seats take oath​

A number of newly elected lawmakers on reserved seats in the National Assembly have been sworn in.
They were administered oath by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq amid slogans by PTI-backed lawmakers.

It must be noted that the Election Commission of Pakistan earlier this week rejected the allocation of reserved seats to members of the Sunni Ittehad Council — new home of PTI — and distributed those seats among other parties. mainly the PML-N and PPP.

 

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The constitution is in tatters.. by no less than establishment backed, 17 seats winners politicians.

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These two young PTI workers were slain while collecting form 45 in Shangla (Mohsin Khan and Hasan Zia, just 16 years old). They received headshots.

 

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Bilawal hails Maryam for ‘making history’ as first female CM of Pakistan​

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has hailed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif for assuming office as the first female provincial chief executive in Pakistan.

Addressing a PPP-PML-N parliamentary party meeting in Lahore, Bilawal said: “Your election [as the CM] is a message for Pakistan and Punjab. All the women are looking towards you as an example.”

The former foreign minister also praised CM Maryam’s decision to announce a Ramazan package for the poor segments of the society.

 

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai writes letter to ECP seeking postponement of presidential elections​

Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking the postponement of presidential elections.

It must be noted that Achakzai is the nominee of Sunni Ittehad Council — the new home of the PTI — for the coveted post of president.

The letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said that the electoral college prescribed for the election of the president under the law and Constitution was “incomplete”. It highlighted that there were some reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies which were vacant as no one was elected to them.

“[…] If the presidential election is conducted as per the schedule that would be denial of their votes, which otherwise is against the fundamental rights, law and Constitution,” the letter stated.

It pointed out that the completion of the electoral college was not possible unless members on reserved seats were elected.

Achakzai demanded that the presidential elections be delayed or postponed until the complete of the electoral college

 

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Gandapur decries ‘stolen mandate’, urges public to participate in PTI protest on Sunday​

KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has once again claimed that the PTI’s mandate in the February 8 general elections was “stolen” and urged the public to participate in the party’s protest against alleged rigging on Sunday.

In a press conference, he demanded that an independent commission be formed to investigate the claims of poll rigging.

 

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Achakzai bags 91 votes in KP against Zardari’s 17​

SIC-backed Mahmood Khan Achakzai has bagged 91 votes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while the coalition government’s nominee for the presidential elections, Asif Ali Zardari, has managed 17.

A total of 109 votes were cast from KP