Gender gap in electoral role widens to 10.4%
ECP takes steps to increase registration of female residents
ISLAMABAD:
A pilot project of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has revealed the gender gap in the electoral rolls published in March 2021, had further gone down to 10.4%, mainly because many women did not possess their computerised national identity cards (CNICs).
The ECP, in this regard, discussed a strategic plan to mitigate the gender gap in electoral rolls in a meeting at the ECP Secretariat on Thursday, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, said an ECP statement.
The pilot project was carried out in the recent past by the ECP in 20 districts to verify the gender gap in the electoral rolls and to identify reasons. During the meeting, the findings of the pilot project were shared by Nighat Siddique, the ECP Additional Director General, Gender Affairs.
ISLAMABAD: In a surprising move, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) that had last week hailed the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to allow its founding and disgruntled member Akbar S. Babar to get assistance of financial experts for perusal of all financial documents pertaining to the party’s foreign funding has now decided to challenge it.
A team of the ruling PTI led by their counsel Syed Khawar Shah on Monday presented before the ECP an “application for partial review” of its order dated April 14, 2021 questioning the proposal of associating “Chartered Accountant or Financial Expert during Scrutiny Process”.
NA-75 Daska by-poll: CEC says free and fair environment provided
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Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. File photo
CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja asks the voters to come out and cast their vote without any fear.
Says the Election Commission of Pakistan has established monitoring cells that will be working 24/7.
PTI candidate Ali Asjad Malhi expresses satisfaction with the overall situation in the area.
LAHORE: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Saturday said that a free and fair environment has been proved for a transparent election in the NA-75 Daska constituency.
The CEC said this while talking to
Geo News about the ongoing by-polls in Sialkot which is under strict scrutiny after the February 19 by-poll was aborted due to controversies surrounding the missing presiding officers and violence that claimed the lives of two people.
Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja will personally supervise the electoral process
SIALKOT:
Polling is underway in the hotly-contested constituency of NA-75 Daska with a tough fight expected between the ruling PTI and the PML-N.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) rescheduled the NA-75 Sialkot-IV (Daska) re-polls to March 18 at first then later to April 10 (today) as it declared the by-polls held on February 19 in the constituency void after clashes between workers of PTI and the PML-N. The mysterious disappearance of around 20 presiding officers and suspected tampering with the results was another cause to call for re-polls.
The polling process will continue till 5pm without any break. Ali Asjad Malhi of PTI and Nosheen Iftikhar of PML-N are contesting in the constituency while Khalil Sindhu of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is also a contesting for the seat.
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PTI s Ejaz Chaudhry claims ECP acting as silent spectator
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PTI senator and president of the party’s Punjab chapter Ejaz Chaudhary claimed that the PML-N MNAs and MPAs are openly roaming in the NA-75 constituency with the ECP acting as a “silent spectator”.
The senator said it was disappointing that the ECP was not taking notice of the incident but remained confident that his party would win the by-poll.