ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday dismissed PPP candidate from PK-90, Sardar Hussain’s application for recounting of votes. The ECP told the losing PPP candidate that his application had already been rejected by the election officials in Chitral and his further insistence had wasted the time of the ECP. Sardar Hussain lost to APML's Ghulam Mohamad by seven votes and was dema ...

CHITRAL, May 23: The following is the polling station-wise results of PK-90, Upper Chitral.--Waqar Ahmed ...

By Rahimullah Yousufzai (The News) In a remote corner of north-western Pakistan, the voters came out in record numbers on May 11 to vote for former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League. They felt an obligation to support the fallen dictator’s nominees in the election because he had sanctioned funds while in power for the Lowari Tunnel project for providing an all-weather road ...

CHITRAL, May 16: District Returning Officer has ordered recounting of votes in some polling stations of upper Chitral (PK-90). The decision was taken on the application of PPP candidate Sardar Hussain, who lost the seat to APML's Ghulam Mohammad by just seven votes in the May 11 elections. Earlier, Ghulam Mohammad had been declared the winner by about 60 votes but that came to below 10 after counting of the ...

CHITRAL, May 14: After counting of postal ballots for PK-90 upper Chitral, a tribunal here on Tuesday evening declared Ghulam Mohammad of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) as the winner with just seven votes. According to the returning officer, postal votes of government officials were counted in presence of all candidates. He said Ghulam Mohammad got 159 votes while 123 votes were polled in favour of S ...

CHITRAL, May 13: As much as 63 per cent turnout was recorded in the May 11 elections in Chitral. However, the number of rejected votes was also a record high. As per information gathered from the offices of the returning officers of one national assembly (NA-32) and two provincial assembly (PK-89 and 90) constituencies, out of the total 206,910 registered voters, as many as 131,520 cast their votes raising ...

Report Jehan Zeb Khan DROSH, May 13: Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) candidate for NA-32 Chitral, Irshad Mukarar, on Monday said victory and defeat was a part of politics but he would continue working for the welfare of the people of his area. Addressing a gathering of people here, he said those who voted for him on the May 11 elections were his greatest asset. He said he had always worked for the rights of the peo ...

Report Yousuf Hayat BOONI, May 13: The results of PK-90 upper Chitral may change as a new development on Monday took the issue of who is the winner to a tribunal that will decide the matter on Tuesday. The tribunal of a sessions judge was formed after reports that in the polling station of Chuinj as many as 103 votes polled in favour of PPP’s Sardar Hussain were counted in the name of his namesake (Sardar H ...

Report Jahan Zeb Khan DROSH, May 13: MNA-elect Shahzada Iftikharuddin on Monday said by supporting the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) in the May 11 elections, the people of Chitral have once again proved that they never forget their benefactors. He stated this while addressing a huge crowd at his residence near Drosh where he was brought in a bog procession of vehicles from Chitral after winning the elec ...

CHITRAL, May 12: Abdul Lateef, the PTI candidate for NA-32, after losing the elections held a press conference in Chitral on Sunday and said the contesting of elections by Shahzada Iftikharuddin was illegal as the APML leadership had boycotted the elections.  He demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan to withhold the consolidated result of NA-32 and conduct inquiry against the candidate through an e ...