Pakistan, the world's fifth largest democracy, held its 12th General Election on February 8, 2024, marking the lar...

  This is Urdu version of "Pakistan’s 12th General Election (2024) Score Card on On Experts’ Perceptions of Electoral Int...

  Pakistan's 12th General Election was held on February 8, 2024, making it the largest mobilization of po...

  This is Urdu version of "ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF GENERAL ELECTION 2024".  

  As an Independent non- partisan think tank, PILDAT has been analysing and publishing reviews on Citizens’ Report on ...

  The briefing paper on Missing Young Voters of Pakistan addresses the critical issue of the under-representation...

  This is Urdu version of "Missing Young Voters in Pakistan: 2024".  

It is unfortunate that while Pakistan was better prepared than at any other time in its history to hold a free, fair and professionally managed 11th General Election, many political parties and individuals have questioned the fairness and management of General Election 2018 that was held on July 25, 2018.

The state of Civil-Military relations in Pakistan continue to be the biggest stumbling block to consolidation of d...

With the belief that citizens, especially youth, must make informed electoral choices based on understanding of party pledges con...

PILDAT, has termed the perception of the pre-electoral process leading up to General Election 2018 to be Unfair. This conclusion was ...

Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited work ...

This is Urdu version of "Caretaker Government: Role and Functions under the Elections Act, 2017". Political Parties are an essential...

Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited work ...

This is Urdu version of "Elections Act, 2017 | Polling Day and Result Consolidation Process". Political Parties are an essential com...

Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited work ...

This is Urdu version of "Responsibilities of Political Parties and Candidates in Election Process" Political Parties are an essentia...

  Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited...

  This is Urdu version of "The Elections Act, 2017 | Election Disputes Resolution Mechanism". Political Parties are an essential...

  Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited...

  This is Urdu version of "The Elections Act, 2017 | Powers and Responsibilities of the Election Commission of Pakistan". Poli...

  Political Parties are an essential component of any democratic system and the foundation of a strong parliament. A very limited...

  This is Urdu version of "The Elections Act, 2017 | An Overview". Political Parties are an essential component of any democrati...

This is Urdu Version of "Election Commission of Pakistan in 2015 : Second Edition"

Election Commission of Pakistan in 2015' is a PILDAT Analysis that examines the performance of the ECP in view of its Second Five-yea...

This is Urdu version of Report on "Conducting Elections in the World’s Largest Democracy: A Case Study of India".

This is Urdu version of Report on "The Performance of the Election Commission of Pakistan".

Free, fair and credible Elections in Pakistan have been an area of focus of PILDAT under our overarching work on strengthening demo...

Under the, 'Democracy and Governance Programme' PILDAT has initiated to publish a series of, Citizens' Periodic Reports on the Perf...

This is Urdu version of "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, 8th Quarter: Citizen's Monitoring Report on the Implementation of th...

PILDAT Report on State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan has been prepared to present an overview of the status of electoral reforms f...

The First 10 General Elections of Pakistan – A Story of Pakistan's Transition from Democracy Above Rule of Law to Democracy Under Rule of Law: 1970-2013 has been co-authored for PILDAT by Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi and Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, renowned political scientists of Pakistan. The paper traces the electoral history and results of 10 General Elections of Pakistan.

This is Urdu Version of Policy Brief on "Agenda for Electoral Reforms in Pakistan After 2013 General Election".

While Pakistan made huge strides towards putting in place required electoral reforms ahead of May 2013 General Election, the less-t...

Party manifestos are central to a competitive electoral process as well as the larger civic engagement process. PILDAT analysed ele...

The First 10 General Elections of Pakistan – A Story of Pakistan's Transition from Democracy Above Rule of Law to Democracy Under R...

After the conclusion of the General Election 2013 on May 11, 2013, many political parties and individuals have charged that electio...

This is Urdu Version of Citizens Monitoring Report on "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, 7th Quarter: Citizen's Monitoring Re...

PILDAT Report on State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan has been prepared to present the status of the electoral reforms taking pla...

We attempt to make scientific forecast of electoral outcome. However, despite the scientific methodology political forecasts are as...

This is Urdu Version of Report "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan: Monthly Report January 2013".

PILDAT Report State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan: Monthly Report: January 2013 has been prepared to present analysis of the Pac...

This is Urdu Version of Citizens Monitoring Report on "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, 5th Quarter: Citizen's Monitoring Re...

This is the fifth quarterly monitoring report on the implementation of the ECP 5-Year Strategic Plan. We hope that this report will i...

PILDAT Position Paper Delimitation of Constituencies and Voters List for Karachi cautions the ECP against conducting a fresh delimita...

This is Urdu Version of "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, 4th Quarter: Citizen's Monitoring Report on the Implementation of th...

This 4 Quarterly Report prepared by PILDAT since October 2011 to monitor the progress of implementation on the ECP 5-Year Strategic...

Pakistan is a country with the lowest voter turn-out among the countries of South Asia and sixth from the bottom among 169 countries ...

This is Urdu version of "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, third quarterly monitoring report on the implementation of the ECP 5...

This Brief contains proposals about placing checks on the office of the President and the Governors from influencing the electoral ...

Dual nationality of public representatives and officials has recently become a matter of concern in Pakistan; it has been opined ...

This is Urdu version of "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan, second quarterly monitoring report on the implementation of the ECP ...

This is the second quarterly monitoring report on the implementation of the ECP 5-Year Strategic Plan. We hope that this report will ...

This is Urdu version of Report on "State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan".

Participation of citizens in the political process and, more specifically, electoral process of a country is extremely important for ...

This is Urdu Version of Legislative Brief on The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2011.

The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 offers a limited set of electoral reforms partly corresponding to the constitutional requi...

The CGEP (Citizen's Group on Electoral Process) believes that the time to consider and institute required Electoral Reforms in the ...

This Policy Brief includes proposals regarding computerized Electoral Roll and enrollment as a Voter at the time of making of Comp...

This is Urdu Version of State of Electoral Rolls in Pakistan.

In a democracy, holding of free and fair election depends on the up-to-date and error-free Voters List. According to the Constitution...

This is Urdu Version of "CGEP Proposals for Electoral Reforms". PILDAT facilitated the formation of the Citizens Group on Electoral P...

PILDAT facilitated the formation of the Citizens Group on Electoral Process-CGEP in 2006, with the avowed Pgoal of contributing towar...

Weak State, Strong Nation: Pakistan 2009 is a paper compiled by Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Chairman Gallup, Pakistan, is an analysis o...

The Citizens Group on Electoral Process - CGEP, a non-partisan group comprising a number of well-known personalities from the media, ...

Representative Democracy in India: The Indian Electoral System is a paper written by Mr. T. S. Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election...

The Citizens Group on Electoral Process - CGEP, a non-partisan group comprising a number of well-known personalities from the media, ...

The Citizen's Group on Electoral Process - CGEP undertook an Electoral Fact Finding Mission to the Districts of Thatta and Badin on F...

When electoral reforms are discussed in Pakistan, generally, political parties and other stakeholders complain of lack of “powers” an...

The Citizen's Group on Electoral Process - CGEP undertook two Electoral Fact Finding Missions to the Districts of Gujrat and Sialkot ...

In view of the debate surrounding the credibility and fairness of the upcoming General Elections in early 2008, this paper provides...

Based on the electoral analysis of Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Chairman Gallup Pakistan and an esteemed member of the Citizens Group on El...

The Citizen's Group on Electoral Process - CGEP undertook an Electoral Fact Finding Mission to District Attock on Tuesday, January 15...

Citizen's Group on Electoral Process CGEP has termed the pre-electoral process leading up to General Election 2008 to be highly unfai...

The Analysis of Election 2008 Manifestoes of major Political Parties of Pakistan is an attempt to showcase the pledges, promises and ...

The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was issued, amidst a lot of public hostility against its perceived and reported content, ...

The Citizens Group on Electoral Process - CGEP, facilitated by PILDAT, had issued a proposed Election Code of Conduct for adoption by...

An Analysis of the Most Recent Events relating to Elections in Pakistan by the Research and Analysis Team of Pakistan Institute of Le...

This is an Urdu Version of Position Paper on Proposed Electoral Reforms in Pakistan.

The year 2007 is termed as crucial for the future of democracy in Pakistan. Election to the top office of the President of Pakistan...

This is the Urdu Version of "Presidential Elections 2007"

Given the serious nature of the exercise of preparing fresh electoral rolls and its impact on fair elections, the Citizens Group focu...

The CGEP Position Paper on Proposed Model Code of Conduct for General Election 2007/08 carries complete text of the proposed Election...

The coming Presidential Election has assumed an extraordinary significance in the country. A large number of people believe that the ...

This is Urdu Version of the CGEP Position Paper on "Proposed Model Code of Conduct for General Election 2007/08" carries complete tex...

The CGEP Position Paper on Proposed Electoral Reforms presents electoral reform proposals in key areas ranging from appointment of Ch...

The objective of this discussion paper is to contribute to the debate to improve the levels of electoral participation of citizen...

  This report contributes to the debate on improving electoral participation of citizens, especially disadvantaged communities ...

The National Conference on Election 2007 –Challenges and Prospects: with the special focus on NWFP and Balochistan was organised by P...

The PILDAT Backgroup Paper on Elections in Pakistan is meant to give a concise but comprehensive background of the country's politica...

  The Consultative Workshop was held at Peshawar on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 on the topic of Improving Participation of Wome...

  Report of the Consultative Workshop on the topic of Improving Participation of Women, Youth and Non-Muslims in Electoral Proc...

  Given the peculiar conditions in Balochistan, the Consultative Workshop held at Quetta, Balochistan on Friday, November 03, 2...

  Report of the Consultative Workshop on the topic of Improving Participation of Women, Youth and Non-Muslim communities in Ele...

One of the subjects which is currently being debated among politicians and political analysts is that of a neutral care-taker governm...

PILDAT held a regional dialogue on issues of free, fair & credible elections challenges and the way to forward at Islamabad on Ju...

Free and fair elections are a fundamental pre-requisite for democracy. In countries where the election process is flawed, the politic...

This report examines in detail the findings of the post-election survey carried out in January 2003 by PILDAT, in association with ...

This report is an Urdu version of "Why some People Vote and others do not?" listed above.

The study aimed to simplify the choices available to the voters by comparing the programmes and manifestoes of major political part...

This is an independent nation-wide opinion poll released by PILDAT shortly prior to the Elections in October 2002. The survey was c...

The Survey presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the election results in terms of voter profiles. It provides a voter...