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Intra-party polls: Jamaat-e-Islami elects new provincial heads

16 Oct 2015
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

LAHORE: After an intra-party electoral exercise that kicked off around two months ago, the Jamaat-e-Islami announced its new provincial heads on Thursday.

Mian Maqsood Ahmed has been elected as the party’s Punjab chief, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief, Dr Merajul Huda as the Sindh chief and Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi as the Balochistan chief.

JI chief Sirajul Haq will administer oath to the newly-elected provincial heads of the party on October 21 at JI headquarters in Lahore’s Mansoorah suburb.

ECP order on Kissan package set aside

16 Oct 2015
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

 

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ISLAMABAD: 

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has accepted a government request to set aside the election supervisory body’s order of staying parts of the Kissan relief package.

A division bench comprising Justices Noorul Haq Qureshi and Aamer Farooq announced the short order on Thursday. After hearing the arguments of both parties a day earlier, the bench had reserved the judgment. A detailed verdict will be issued later on, said court officials.

Polls, Loya Jirga hold key to govt’s legitimacy

16 Oct 2015
Afganistán
Fuente: 
Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Congress Party on Thursday asked the government to set dates for the long due parliamentary and district council elections without further delay.

Mohammad Aziz Asefi, the party’s leadership council head, told journalists here the government should announce dates for the elections to Wolesi Jirga and district councils since the ballots and a subsequent Loya Jirga were necessary for resolving of the current problems and legitimising the government.

Today’s Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Keneş released pending trial

14 Oct 2015
Turquía
Fuente: 
Todays Zaman

The İstanbul 8th Penal Court of Peace ruled on Wednesday to release Today's Zaman Editor-in-Chief Bülent Keneş pending trial after deliberating on a petition by the lawyers of Keneş, who was arrested on Saturday and detained at Silivri Prison.

Keneş's lawyer, Hasan Günaydın, challenged on Monday the decision to arrest his client, submitting a 14-page petition to the İstanbul 7th Penal Court of Peace. Günaydın asked the court to reconsider its ruling or send the petition to another court to look into.

PTI seeks NA-122 voter lists from ECP

14 Oct 2015
Pakistán
Fuente: 
Dawn

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is gathering the evidence of changes in voter lists of the Election Commission of of Pakistan (ECP) for NA-122 by-polls, which the party lost to the ruling PML-N candidate on Sunday.

Led by PTI Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar, a cell has been set up to probe into the reports after receiving at least 100 complaints by voters.

The cell on Tuesday wrote to the ECP to obtain the computerised voter lists used for the by-polls on October 11.

RO rejects plea for NA-122 vote recount

14 Oct 2015
Pakistán
Fuente: 
Dawn

LAHORE: The Returning Officer of NA-122 rejected on Tuesday applications of two candidates who sought recount of votes cast in the Oct 11 by-election.

Rejecting the applications of Abdul Aleem Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and independent candidate Khurram Qureshi, RO Zahid Iqbal said he had invited all contestants and their representatives before announcing the final results, but no-one turned up.

NA-122: Nisar rejects PTI's allegations of pre-poll rigging

14 Oct 2015
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan rejected on Wednesday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) allegations of pre-poll rigging in the recently held by-polls in NA-122, Lahore.

 

“Allegations have been levelled on the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) without any basis,” Nisar told media men in Islamabad, claiming he had rigorously investigated the allegations but could not find anything substantial.

 

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