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Pakistan poll body rejects PTI's plea in foreign funding case

The electoral body rejected the PTI's request seeking a cross-examination of the scrutiny committee and the bank officers. Moreover, the objections raised by the party against CEC Raja's show-cause notice were also dismissed. 

Pakistan: Violence rocks Karachi after controversy erupts over local body polls

Holding the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) accountable for the delay in election results, several political parties, including the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) expressed concerns over alleged mismanagement in the counting process

Why Pakistan's Imran Khan has been banned from holding office for five years

PTI chairman Imran Khan has been disqualified from holding public office for illegally selling state gifts that he received from foreign leaders during his term as the Pakistan PM. His lawyer has said they will challenge the verdict

Ready to hold general elections if required, says Pakistan Election Commission

The ECP's clarification came following media reports stating that the commission would not be able to conduct general elections in three months due to some procedural and legal challenges

Pakistan Election Commission rejects petitions seeking renaming PML-N by dropping Nawaz Sharif's name due to conviction

Pakistan's election body on Wednesday rejected petitions seeking renaming of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) of former premier Nawaz Sharif due to his conviction in graft cases.

PTI chairman Imran Khan to be sworn-in as 22nd prime minister of Pakistan today; Mamnoon Hussain to administer oath

PTI's Imran Khan will be sworn-in as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan on 18 August

Imran Khan's PTI gets 33 reserved seats in Pakistan National Assembly, party 14 seats away from achieving simple majority

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) gets 28 reserved seats for women and 5 for non-Muslims. Party is 14 seats short of the number required for simple majority

Pakistan polls: Election officer in Balochistan claims security forces forced him to submit fake votes favouring MMA

A presiding officer in a voting centre in Pakistan's Balochistan province claims he was abducted by security forces and was forced to submit fake votes to favour MMA

Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar says CEC Sardar Muhammad Raza was possibly 'asleep' on election day

Taking a swipe at Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retired) Sardar Muhammad Raza, Pakistan's Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said that he called him thrice on the polling day but he didn't pick up and was likely sleeping.

Pakistan Election 2018: ECP's over-reliance on software, failure to respond to early warnings led to delay in poll results

Officials in the ECP and others privy to developments revealed that reliance on a technical system developed last year was the major cause of the embarrassing delay in results for the Pakistan General Election 2018