Monday, June 4th, 2018
ANP hopes to reclaim lost turf in general elections
PESHAWAR, JUNE 04 (DNA) – Although the Awami National Party has been fielding its candidates from Karachi’s various constituencies having Pashtun-populated areas, analysts believe that the upcoming general elections pose a great challenge to the political skills of the party’s local leadership to regain its lost turf in the metropolis. In the 2008 general elections, the ANP, after forging a Karachi-level alliance with the Pakistan Peoples Party, won two seats of the Sindh Assembly from the city’s Pashtun-populated areas of Landhi and SITE industrial areas. But the ANP failed toRead More
ECP starts receiving nomination papers of candidates for general polls
ISLAMABAD, JUNE 04 (DNA) – Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday has started to accept nomination papers from the candidates for general elections 2018. The papers will be received until June 8 while names of the candidates will be published on the same date. The commission has constituted a central scrutiny cell for thorough scrutiny of nomination papers that will be conducted in June 14. The cell will ensure thorough scrutiny of nomination papers under Article 62 and Article 63. The bench will collect information pertaining to dual nationality,Read More