Pakistan poll body suspends 261 lawmakers

(IHC) on Wednesday challenging the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan against him in a contempt of court case. Khan's counsel Babar Awan in the petition argued that the ECP had no authority to issue non-bailable arrest ...

In a big setback for cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan, Pakistan's election commission is seeking his arrest on contempt charges. READ MORE SEE LESS

[Pakistan], Oct 11 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday rejected the application for registration of Milli Muslim League (MML), which is the political face of Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD), as a political party. The move was seen ...

[Pakistan], September 30 (ANI): Pakistan's interior ministry has directed the electoral commission to bar a new party, backed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, from politics. The United States has designated Saeed as a terrorist, views him as the ...

The 64-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was issued a show-cause notice to appear before the commission on September 14, but he did not turn up. Islamabad: Pakistan's election commission has ordered the police to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman ...

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah will foray into Pakistan's political scene by contesting the 2018 general elections, a senior member of the outfit said, a day after its candidate finished third in a crucial bypoll. Last month, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba terror group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, announced that it was launching the Milli Muslim League. Sheikh Yaqoob, a JuD-backed candidate who ...

Pakistan's Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) asking it to appoint a new leader to replace former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as its chief.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has directed Islamabad Police to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and to present him before the commission on September 25 after issuing his arrest warrant a day earlier.The directives were given in a ...

[Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sent a notice to deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif asking him to appear on September 13 in a case related to banning him from taking part in any political activity and delisting of ...