ISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observed the by-election for Punjab Assembly seat PP-250 in Rajanpur in 95% of polling stations on January 3, 2009, piloting new election observation techniques to uncover electoral fraud. FAFEN’s 26-member team witnessed widespread campaigning near polling stations, discrepancies in voter turnout data, and irregularities in the handling…
DetailsISLAMABAD, 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…
DetailsISLAMABAD, August 28, 2012: In a major improvement, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) managed to curtail the campaigning and canvassing at polling stations and presence of unauthorized persons inside polling stations in a relatively low turnout yet peaceful by-elections in PK-70 Bannu-I held on Tuesday. However, there continued to be instances of improbable turnouts,…
DetailsISLAMABAD, May 5, 2008: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) notes with concern the second postponement of by-elections by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) through a non-transparent and non-consultative process. The decision to put off the by-elections in eight National and 30 Provincial Assembly seats to August 18, 2008, is against Article 224-4…
DetailsISLAMABAD: A suicide bombing and barring women from voting characterized the NA-28 by-election in Buner on December 28, 2008. FAFEN recommended on Election Day that the ECP should stop the polling and re-schedule the by-election because the chaos and fear after the bombing created an environment conducive for electoral fraud and a vote not reflecting…
DetailsISLAMABAD: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) observed the by-election for Punjab Assembly seat PP-250 in Rajanpur in 95% of polling stations on January 3, 2009, piloting new election observation techniques to uncover electoral fraud. FAFEN’s 26-member team witnessed widespread campaigning near polling stations, discrepancies in voter turnout data, and irregularities in the handling…
DetailsISLAMABAD, 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…
DetailsISLAMABAD, August 28, 2012: In a major improvement, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) managed to curtail the campaigning and canvassing at polling stations and presence of unauthorized persons inside polling stations in a relatively low turnout yet peaceful by-elections in PK-70 Bannu-I held on Tuesday. However, there continued to be instances of improbable turnouts,…
DetailsISLAMABAD, May 5, 2008: The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) notes with concern the second postponement of by-elections by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) through a non-transparent and non-consultative process. The decision to put off the by-elections in eight National and 30 Provincial Assembly seats to August 18, 2008, is against Article 224-4…
DetailsISLAMABAD: A suicide bombing and barring women from voting characterized the NA-28 by-election in Buner on December 28, 2008. FAFEN recommended on Election Day that the ECP should stop the polling and re-schedule the by-election because the chaos and fear after the bombing created an environment conducive for electoral fraud and a vote not reflecting…
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