Govt gives NC seven days to announce PFF election date
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination has asked the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee to announce a date for the elections of the country’s football governing body in a weeks’ time, otherwise the government will approach global football body FIFA over the matter. Federal Minister for IPC Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari held a meeting with PFF NC […]
No law requires ECP to consult governor for election date
LAHORE: Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Shan Gul told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that there was no provision in the Constitution or any law requiring the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to consult the governor for the announcement of election date in the province. A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal and Justice […]
President’s move to set election date draws political ire
KARACHI: President Arif Alvi’s move to set a date for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections has drawn sharp criticism from his political opponents, who have accused him of acting like a PTI worker, though at least one legal expert has suggested that Mr Alvi was “well within his rights” to announce the poll dates. On […]