Explanation

Second and final phase of Local government elections held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Date: 15 January 2023

PPP won: 91 seats

Jamaat-i-Islami won: 85 seats

PTI won: 42 seats

 Boycotted by: MQM

Explanation

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the then chief minister of Punjab, won a vote of confidence from parliament early on 12 January 2023.

Pervaiz Elahi secured 186 votes.

Explanation

Sardar Tanveer Ilyas became Azad Jammu & Kashmir Prime Minster on 18 April 2022

Disqualified: 11 April 2023 (by AJK High Court) 

Case: Contempt of Court 

Tanveer Ilyas is the first AJK PM to be disqualified being a member of the legislative assembly for contempt

Explanation

Second and final phase of Local government elections held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Date: 15 January 2023

PPP won: 91 seats

Jamaat-i-Islami won: 85 seats

PTI won: 42 seats

 Boycotted by: MQM

Explanation

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the then chief minister of Punjab, won a vote of confidence from parliament early on 12 January 2023.

Pervaiz Elahi secured 186 votes.

Explanation

By-election held in Rajanpur

Date: 26 February 2023

Winning candidate: Mohsin Leghari

Winning party: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)

Note: The seat was vacated due to demise of PTI’s MNA Sardar Muhammad Jaffar Khan Leghari.

Explanation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly by getting 180 votes.

Voting date: 27 April 2023

The resolution for the trust vote was moved by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

Explanation

Second and final phase of Local government elections held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Date: 15 January 2023

PPP won: 91 seats

Jamaat-i-Islami won: 85 seats

PTI won: 42 seats

 Boycotted by: MQM

Explanation

SC Timeline for Punjab Polls on May 14

The Supreme Court ruled on 4 April 2023 that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polls to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8 was “unconstitutional” and fixed May 14 as the date for polls in the province.

The ECP had on March 22 announced that the elections in Punjab would be held on October 8. The date was earlier set on April 30, in consultation with the president.

The reserved verdict was issued by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan.

The last date for filing appeals against decision of the returning officer rejecting/accepting the nomination papers is April 10

The last date for deciding on appeals by the Appellate Tribunal is April 17

The revised list of candidates will be published on April 18

April 19 will be the last date for the withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised list of candidates

Electoral symbols will be allotted to contesting candidates on April 20

The court directed the federal government to release election funds worth Rs21 billion to the ECP by April 10 for elections to the assemblies of Punjab and KP.

Explanation

About By-elections held on 16 October 2022

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) won two National Assembly from Karachi and Multan.