ECP Urged to Ensure Women’s Access to By-polls in Kohistan

ISLAMABAD, November 22, 2011: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take pro-active measures against any informal agreements among candidates and other local stakeholders to prevent women from voting in the by-election for PK-61 Kohistan-1 in violation of the Constitution, election laws, and international legal…

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Suspicious Voting, High Turnout in NA-203 Candidate Bagged 99% Votes

ISLAMABAD, November 4, 2011: Suspicious voting pattern at 14 polling stations and heavy police presence underlined the one-sided contest in NA-203 Shikarpur-cum-Sukkur-cum-Larkana (Old Shikarpur-II) as people of the constituency went to the polls at 47 polling stations necessitated by the judgment of an election tribunal in Sindh, reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN)…

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Partisan Polling Station Officials, Violence and Police Presence in PP-220 By-Election

Partisan polling station officials, Violence and Police presence in PP-220 By-Election, Preliminary Report of PP-220 By-Election Observation PS officials stamping ballot papers at 14 polling stations Women barred from voting at one polling station ISLAMABAD, October 13, 2011: Partisan polling station officials, violence and heavy presence of police and security officials inside polling stations marked…

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Low Turnout, Suspicious Voting Patterns Mark NA-172 By-Election

ISLAMABAD, March 29, 2011: A relatively low turnout, suspicious voting pattern at 11 polling stations, relatively higher participation of women voters and procedural irregularities marked the by-election on NA-172 Dera Ghazi Khan-II held on March 29, 2011 that followed a competitive but expensive election campaign by candidates of major political parties, reports Free and Fair…

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More Than 59,000 Women Voters Barred from Voting in Shangla By-Election

More than 59,000 women voters were not allowed to vote in PK-87 Shangla-l by-election held on January 29, 2011. Women voters were disenfranchised as per accord among all the contesting political parties and candidates at 14 female polling stations and 69 combined polling stations, according to FAFEN’s report on by-election observation. Of 145,854 registered voters…

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FAFEN withdraws from PS-94 by-election observation for security concerns

ISLAMABAD, October 17, 2010: Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has withdrawn from its observation of the by-election in PS-94 due to the deteriorated security situation in Karachi over the past 24 hours, raising concerns for the safety of its observers – as well as voters — on Election Day on October 17, 2010. FAFEN’s…

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Heavy Presence of Police, Restrictions on Observers Mark Low-turnout PP-13 By-Election

ISLAMABAD, August 25, 2010: Low turnout, incidents of fraudulent voting, heavy presence of police inside polling stations and police restrictions on observation marked the by-election for the 13th constituency of the Punjab Assembly [Rawalpindi-XIII], reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of PP-13 By-Election Observation. The seat was vacated after…

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Suspicious Voting Pattern at 18 Booths and Extremely High Security Observed in NA-100 By-Election

ISLAMABAD, August 5, 2010: Extremely high security, police barricades, Rangers patrolling and suspicious voting patterns at 18 polling booths marked the by-election for the NA-100 constituency of the National Assembly [Gujranwala-VI], reports the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Preliminary Report of NA-100 By-Election Observation. The by-election was necessitated after the disqualification of Muddassir…

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