How Elections Are Rigged – Don’t Try This At Home
How Elections Are Rigged – Don’t Try This At Home Democracy, as described by Abraham Lincoln, is government of the people, for the people, by the people. Fair and unbiased elections are…
ECP Seeks Amendments To Delimitation Law
ECP Seeks Amendments To Delimitation Law Expressing displeasure over the delay in amendment to the law that will pave the way for delimitation of electoral constituencies on the basis of provisional census…
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan? Version 2.0
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan? Version 2.0 I am writing this in continuance to my previous article “How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Unable To Transact Agenda
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Unable To Transact Agenda The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly could not hold a sitting after a large number of lawmakers, suspended by the Election Commission of Pakistan for not submitting…
Election Bill 2017
Election Bill 2017 A session of the National Assembly was called to debate the amendments to a proposed election law forwarded by the opposition parties. The government rejected a suggestion to set…
‘Foreign-Aided’ Party and Prohibited Funds
‘Foreign-Aided’ Party and Prohibited Funds “Other than reasonable restrictions in the interest of the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, any other restriction that abridges or in any manner impairs the free functioning…
Parliamentary Committees And The New Election Commission Of Pakistan
Parliamentary Committees And The New Election Commission Of Pakistan “They sit there in committees day after day And they each put in a color and it comes out grey And we all…
Govt Initiates Process For Appointment Of ECP Members
Govt Initiates Process For Appointment Of ECP Members The government has initiated the process for appointment of four election commissioners and would send the names of probable candidates to Prime Minister Nawaz…
Electoral Reforms: One Key To Many Doors
Electoral Reforms: One Key To Many Doors The importance of identification, investigation and eradication of corruption and the corrupt cannot possibly be undermined. Electoral reforms however, are equally – if not more…
Notice To ECP On Plea Against Mayor Election
Notice To ECP On Plea Against Mayor Election The Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on an application for staying election of the Lahore Mayor…
Notices Issued To ECP And Others On Plea Against Khawaja Ahmad Hassan
Notices Issued To ECP And Others On Plea Against Khawaja Ahmad Hassan Lahore High Court issued notice to Election Commission of Pakistan and other authorities in relation to a petition filed against Khawaja…
Role of Election Commission In Intra Party Elections
Role of Election Commission In Intra Party Elections The political parties play a pivotal role in fostering a constitutional and democratic political culture in a country. The intra-party elections and the practice…
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan?
How Free and Fair Elections are Free and Fair in Pakistan? We in Pakistan have come across the term “Free and Fair” over a considerable time now and every time a general…
Electoral System Suited to Pakistan and The Needful Reforms
Electoral System Suited to Pakistan and The Needful Reforms The preamble of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 elucidates, “the State shall exercise its powers and authority through the…
Dictatorship In The Garb Of Democracy
Dictatorship In The Garb Of Democracy September 15 is commemorated throughout the world as the International Day of Democracy. Yet, for a majority of South East Asians a true representative democracy remains…
NA 122: Should PTI Demand Legal Action Against Election Staff?
NA 122: Should PTI Demand Legal Action Against Election Staff? After examining the judgment of the Tribunal in NA 122 case and the relevant provisions of law, I have determined whether Pakistan…
An Opportunity Lost
An Opportunity Lost The judicial Commission was created pursuant to the General Elections 2013 Inquiry Commission Ordinance, 2015, to; “answer its TORs by uncovering its relevant facts”. To achieve this objective, the…