[🇵🇰] Pakistan General Elections -- 2024

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ECP plans test run of result transmission system​

Iftikhar A. Khan
January 24, 2024

ISLAMABAD: With only 16 days left in the general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to conduct a mock test of its system to transmit and tabulate results.
The ECP has written to all four provincial election commissioners and issued SOPs and guidelines regarding the mock exercise for the Election Management System (EMS) on January 26.
The letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn, stated that returning officers (RO) must certify and finalise Forms 28 and 33 in the EMS and map the presiding officers to polling stations till Jan 25.



The said forms carry details of candidates and the number of polling stations in each constituency.

The letter added that dummy Form-45 will be provided to all ROs on Jan 25, and they will ask the presiding officers to send results of 1-2 pages of each NA and PA constituency from their mobile app on Jan 26 at 5pm.

Orders local bodies not to announce development schemes until polls

For the purpose of the exercise, presiding officers can take snapshots of any page, considering it Form-45, which carries results from each polling station.

EMS operators will start data entry from 5pm on Jan 26, and upon completion, ROs will generate Form-47 — the final result.

According to the letter, after the mock exercise, ROs will ensure that all presiding officers have cleared cache data as per ECP’s guidelines.

All EMS operators have also been asked to facilitate presiding officers in clearing the cache on their smartphones.

The provincial election commissioners have been directed to circulate the SoPs with mock exercise guidelines to all ROs.

Guidelines have also been issued for clearing cache from the EMS Mobile App after the mock trial.

 

[Malang]

Sikandar Sultan Raja should be trialled and hanged after the elections. He is the main culprit behind the delay in general elections. He has already rigged the election in favour of PML-N and will likely benefit from PML-N after they come to power

 

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Unlike 2018, troops to stay outside polling stations​

Iftikhar A. Khan
January 26, 2024

• ECP issues code of conduct for army, civilian security personnel
• Cop martyred in attack on Turbat election office

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared on Thursday that, in a departure from the 2018 general elections, army officials assigned to election security will be stationed outside polling stations during the upcoming Feb 8 polls.

“Pakistan armed forces and civil armed forces shall assist in the provision of a secure environment by deploying in quick reaction force mode and outside selected ‘most sensitive’ polling stations from Feb 5 to Feb 10 to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan in the conduct of elections in a free, fair and transparent manner,” the ECP said in a notification, seen by Dawn.

 

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ELECTIONS 2024​

PTI issues show-cause notice to Senator Saifullah Abro for withdrawing from NA-194 in Bilawal’s favour​

Directs Abro to submit response within three days "why action should not be taken" against him.

 

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Nawaz vows to bring ‘good old days’ back​

Ex-PM promises to end inflation, says ‘tabdeeli’ brought Pakistan to a dire situation

News Desk
January 26, 2024

Former prime minister waving to the people during a rally of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Burewala on January 26, 2024. PHOTO: X/ @pmln_org

In a scathing critique of the current state of Pakistan, the supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that tabdeeli (change) has brought Pakistan to a dire situation, vowing to bring “good old days” back.

Nawaz used the term tabdeeli to allude to the widely recognised slogan of the former ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which had pledged to usher in transformative "change" across the nation following their victory in the 2018 elections.

However, the party, which has been embroiled in controversy since the events of May 9, faced criticism for failing to fulfil the promises it had made to the people.