National
February 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: After Prime Minister Imran Khan showed his willingness to accept fresh elections in areas falling under 20 polling stations of the NA-75 Daska constituency, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) must now decide whether to order partial or complete re-polling for this National Assembly seat.
After the prime minister’s tweet stating that he would request the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate to ask for a re-poll in 20 polling stations the opposition has been crying hoarse that PTI nominee Ali Asjid Malhi is not averse to this eventuality. Following his post, a number of PTI leaders also endorsed the same idea.
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The results of Sialkot s NA-75 by-election have been withheld after the PML-N accused the ruling PTI of attempting to rig the by-polls. The voting was held from 8am to 5pm on Friday. Voting at some polling stations in Dask was halted after two people were killed and seven injured in a firing incident. After the counting, the Election Commission of Pakistan received results of 337 polling stations, while the results of 23 stations came in late after the presiding officers went missing last night. The presiding officers approached the ECP in the morning and said that they came in late because of fog. The ECP has ordered an inquiry into presiding officers going missing and subs.
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ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the National Assembly on Friday raised the issues of price hike and inflated power bills, criticised the government move to reappoint National Accountability Bureau’s prosecutor general and to change mode of polling for Senate elections through ordinances and demanded that both ordinances be tabled in the assembly for debate.
As the government defended the rising power tariff while blaming the previous governments for electricity crisis and heavy liabilities in the power sector, the opposition staged a protest and surrounded NA Speaker Asad Qaiser’s dais, compelling him to adjourn the proceedings till Monday evening.