Tag: Senate election
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Shehbaz, Zardari want a new President before Senate elections
After the power sharing deal, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are thinking about holding the Presidential election before the Senate election, as per The News. According to Article 41(5), “…an election to fill a vacancy in the office of president shall be held not later than thirty days from the…
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Secret ballot for Senate to continue, rules Supreme Court
Announcing its verdict on a presidential reference seeking legal opinion on the holding of Senate election through an open vote, the Supreme Court on Monday said polls for the Upper House will be held through a secret ballot. The 4-1 majority opinion was announced by a five-judge larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan…
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Open ballot in Senate polls: What do legal experts have to say?
While the government continues to stress the need for open ballot/show of hands in the forthcoming Senate election to curb horse-trading marring the process of induction of lawmakers into the upper house of the parliament, the opposition is continuing to allege that it is meant to serve the political interests of the ruling party as…
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Senate election: Bilawal says establishment is ‘neutral’
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that the military establishment is playing a neutral role in the lead up to the Senate elections. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, the PPP chief said that his party criticises the state institutions when they act beyond their constitutional role. “It is heartening to see…