[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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Framework for polls result release finalised​

Over 859 ROs from various regions to be equipped with internet-enabled mobile devices linked with EMS

Amna Ali
January 30, 2024

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ISLAMABAD: With the imminent February 8 general elections on the horizon, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday successfully concluded preparations for the release of general election results.
Over 859 returning officers from various regions across the country will be equipped with mobile internet devices, establishing a link with the Election Management System (EMS).

 

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PTI-affiliated candidate shot dead while canvassing in Bajaur: police​

DPO says incident appears to be a "targeted killing"; 5 injured in grenade attack on PPP election office in Quetta.

 

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Campaigning in full swing in old city areas​

Voters in NA-118 unhappy with previous winners

Bilal Ghouri
January 29, 2024

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LAHORE: With election campaigning under way in full swing in the National Assembly constituency NA-118, local voters are demanding the solution of their problems including infectious diseases due to illegal factories, lack of development work for a long time, as well as unavailability of potable water and gas supply.

The constituency in Lahore is of great political importance, but this time the voters appear dissatisfied with the candidates.

 

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I would vote for Fazlur -ur-Rehman.

At least he is better than Nawaz Sharif or PPP

 

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Parties deny representation to transgender community​

WISAL YOUSAFZAI/ASIF MAHMOOD/RAZZAK ABRO
JAN 31, 2024

Despite their progressive manifestos, no political party has offered a ticket to a candidate of the etherized gender

 

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Editorial: ​

What new depths will the state plumb as it makes clear its antipathy towards Imran?​

For now, we may only spectate as institutions bend to the will of those who think that no elected leader deserves a free pass.

Double down​

Editorial
February 1, 2024

TWO verdicts in two days. A 14-year sentence for ‘corruption’ to accompany a 10-year sentence for ‘divulging state secrets’. First, his top lieutenant, and now his spouse also convicted and jailed.

And still, former prime minister Imran Khan’s troubles are far from over. What new depths will the state plumb as it makes clear its antipathy towards him?

The days leading up to the Feb 8 elections may hold more ‘surprises’. For now, we may only sit and spectate as facts, procedures, laws and institutions bend to the will of those who think that no elected leader deserves a free pass — until they decide they do.

Mr Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have been convicted for under-declaring the value of a jewellery set they received as a gift while the former was still in office. The verdict has been delivered via an accountability court judge who, just days before the last general election, had also convicted this year’s front-runners in the Avenfield reference.

That judgement was overturned in November last year. Most commentators believe this one will not last too long, either. Incidentally — or perhaps by design — the same judge is also supposed to hear a similar case involving items retained from the state’s gift repository. The matter involves several cars allegedly retained by Messrs Nawaz Sharif, Yousuf Raza Gilani and Asif Ali Zardari in violation of Toshakhana rules.

 

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Central KP — The ‘kingmaker’ of the province’s politics​

The Peshawar valley and central KP is the key that can open doors of power for those who succeed in winning over voters.

 

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Khyber candidates counting on their tribal affiliations, personal clout​

Ibrahim Shinwari
February 1, 2024

KHYBER: Tribal affiliations and personal influence of candidates have taken precedence over their political associations or ideological bonds in election campaigns here.

They are seen in videos soliciting votes from people on the basis of their tribe and sub-tribes and demeaning opponents for being part of rival tribes.

With the general election in one National Assembly constituency NA-27 and three provincial assembly constituencies PK-69, PK-70 and PK-71 just a week away, some candidates are reminding tribesmen of how much attention they as lawmakers paid to the development of their areas by neglecting other localities or tribes.

They’re little interested in promoting the political parties that fielded them and are helping them canvass “to an extent.”

Tribal district has one NA, three PA seats

Political observer Khiyal Mat Shah Afridi, who is a former councillor, insisted political ideologies and election manifestos were “conveniently” ignored by candidates of almost all major parties.

“Organisational structures of most parties are very weak in tribal districts, while the local electorates prefer someone from their own tribe instead of an alien imposed on them,” he told Dawn.