KABUL (PAN): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday dispatched essential materials to nine northern provinces for the distribution of new voter cards ahead of the April 2014 presidential and provincial elections, an official said.
PUL-I-ALAM/SHARAN (PAN): Hundreds of religious scholars from central Logar province on Tuesday announced their stout support for the next presidential elections.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Monday authorised the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to announce final poll results, recommending the creation of a polling centre in each province of the country’s 35 provinces.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday rejected an article of the proposed election law suggesting a panel of judges to investigate poll fraud claims. Lawmakers insisted such authority rested with the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC).
KABUL (PAN): Some politicians and analysts on Tuesday called for the introduction of a joint electorate regime, denouncing the lower house decision on the Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV) system as contrary democratic principles.
KABUL (PAN): Some senators on Sunday criticised recent suggestions by Wolesi Jirga members for holding provincial council (PC) election ahead of the presidential vote.
HERAT CITY (PAN): Opposition leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday said the Karzai administration lacked political will to hold fair and free presidential elections taking place next year.
JALALABAD (PAN): A key member of the Afghan Millat Party and the Minister of Commerce and Industries, Dr. Anwarul Haq Ahadi, on Saturday said some political parties have launched efforts at creating a pre-election national consensus to ensure a peaceful transfer of power.
KABUL (PAN): A new Independent Election Commission (IEC) chairman would be appointed after the approval of a draft electoral law by the parliament, a high-level meeting agreed on Tuesday.
