Election Commission | Pakistan

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Election Commissioner Raja Shahbaz Khan on Monday announced the postponement of local bodies polls in the region — scheduled for August 2 — to September 27. Earlier this month, the GB Election Commission had announced conducting the local bodies elections across the region on August 02. Addressing a press conference, the GB chief election commissioner said several religious organisations had approached the election commission, requesting that the local bodies elections not be held during Muharram and the Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA). “Today (Monday) was the last day for filing nomination papers; however, in view of Muharram, the scrutiny date for nomination papers has been extended to August 10, 2026,” he stated. He further said polling for the local body elections would be held on September 27, 2026, and that a total of 1,343 wards would be covered in the elections. Khan emphasised that local government elections were a long-standing demand of the people and that their holding ...

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission has directed that the results of the June 7 election must not be consolidated until re-polling in five constituencies is complete, it emerged on Tuesday. In a circular to the returning officers concerned, dated June 8 and available with Dawn, the GB Election Commission noted that it had ordered re-polling at certain polling stations in their respective constituencies — Skardu-II (GBA-8), Astore-I (GBA-13), Diamer-I (GBA-15), Diamer-II (GBA-16), and Diamer-III (GBA-17). The Election Commission observed that the “process of consolidation of results under the relevant provisions of the Elections Act, 2017 and Elections Rules, 2017 shall be completed only after inclusion of the results of the re-polled polling stations in the constituency-wise result”. The commission told the ROs not to “open, scrutinise or count the postal ballots and not to finalise, consolidate, announce or issue the final result of your respective constituency until the completion of re-polling...

In an aggressive press conference, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera delivered a withering critique on the Election Commission of India (ECI), condemning it for acting as a political tool for the ruling BJP. The remarks came in response to the ECI’s decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Bihar voter list revision […]