ISLAMABAD, November 3, 2015: The Senate witnessed low attendance of lawmakers on Tuesday during the second sitting of its 121st session while the House debated two adjournment motions (AM) on LNG pricing and spurious drugs for more than half of sitting’s time, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). The House witnessed low attendance with…
DetailsISLAMABAD, November 3, 2015: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make greater practical investments in the transparency of the electoral processes and enforcement of electoral laws and procedures in an effort to further improve the quality of upcoming phases of the Local Government elections in Sindh, Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory, says FAFEN statement on Tuesday.
DetailsISLAMABAD, November 2, 2015: The Chairman Senate, with the purpose to improve the performance of Senate Standing Committees, did not allow to move a motion seeking extension in time for presentation of two reports, says Free and Fair Election Network in its daily factsheet on Monday. On behalf of Chairman Standing Committee on Petroleum and…
DetailsKARACHI, November 1, 2015: Although relatively better organized, the local government elections were not free from procedural irregularities and tainted by the afternoon clash in Khairpur district that claimed lives of 11 political workers. In addition, the incidents of restrictions on FAFEN observers for the observation of the voting process as well as counting of…
DetailsLAHORE, November 1, 2015: An impressive number of people turned out to vote in the first phase of the Local Government Election in Punjab held in 12 districts, which were relatively peaceful but marked with procedural irregularities and illegalities that continue to show a weaker grip of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the…
DetailsISLAMABAD, October 30, 2015: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) will observe the first phase of Local Government elections in 12 districts of Punjab and eight districts of Sindh tomorrow, says a press release issued here on Friday. The election observation will be conducted by a total of 1,327 trained and non-partisan observers (994…
DetailsISLAMABAD, October 28, 2015: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to define a procedure for media to acquire official results as a prerequisite for a transparent election results management.
DetailsISLAMABAD, October 26, 2015: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has agreed to allow Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on the basis of central undertaking that it will be responsible for the conduct and security of all its observers to be deployed for observation of the Local Government elections in Punjab and Sindh.
Detailsپاکستانی شہری مشاہدہ کاروں کی سیکیورٹی کلیئرنس کا مطالبہ غیر ضروری ہے : فافن اسلام آباد ( 22 اکتوبر 2015 ) : فری اینڈ فیئر الیکشن نیٹ ورک (فافن ) نے مقامی حکومتوں کے انتخابات سے محض چند روز قبل الیکشن کمیشن کی طرف سے رضاکار پاکستانی شہری مشاہدہ کاروں کی سیکیورٹی کلیئرنس کرانے کے…
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ISLAMABAD, October 14, 2015: With an average of 9% lawmakers present at the start and 27% at the end of each sitting, the 120th session of Senate passed four government bills and adopted seven resolutions, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN). The session comprising seven sittings, started on October 5 and concluded on October 13, 2015. One sitting started on time while other started seven minutes behind the scheduled time and lasted three hour and 38 minutes on average.
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