Jowzjan All Elections News

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Wednesday lent his support to Abdullah Abdullah in rejecting the final presidential election results, asking his support to celebrate victory of the Stability and Partnership team in the poll.
Addressing a large gathering of his supporters in Mellat Palace here, Dostum said: “We don’t accept the results announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and consider it a result of the haste of the commission.”

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Thursday said election teams had registered 1,560 objections against the body’s decisions ahead of the official closing time (today).

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A number of women in northern Jawzjan province could not participate in the voter registration process for the presidential elections because they don’t have identity cards or Tazkira, local officials said Wednesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Presidential election hopefuls on Monday termed President Ashraf Ghani’s stay in office beyond May 22 as unconstitutional and warned all options for the creation of a caretaker government were on the table

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Saturday’s Wolesi Jirga elections will not take place in three districts of northern Jawzjan province owing to insecurity, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office said on Wednesday.
Hamidullah Baloch, acting IEC head for Jawzjan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that polling stations would stay shut in Darzab, Mardyan and Khamyab districts where people had also not registered as voters.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Dozens of people with disabilities on Wednesday held a gathering in northern Jawzjan province and warned to boycott the Wolesi Jirga elections if candidates presented no special programs for them
Around a hundred physically challenged individuals attended the gathering in Shiberghan, the provincial capital, and criticized former Wolesi Jirga members’ performance and declared their stance on participation in the Oct 20 polls.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): The prosecutor for northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday alleged gunmen of Provincial Council (PC) members had beaten him. He closed the department to protest the attack.
Prosecutor General Hafizullah Khaliqyar said some provincial council members and more than 10 gunmen forced their way into his office and demanded their “illegal demands” be met.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A security meeting on Tuesday observed that northern Jawzjan province was struggling with shortage of military gear and personnel.
The meeting between a delegation of the Interior Ministry and local officials took place in Shiberghan, the provincial capital.
Lotfullah Azizi, Jawzjan governor, after briefing the delegation about the law and order situation in his province, suggested that it was necessary to establish another military corps in the presence of the 209th Shaheen Military Corps in the north.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)’s office on Monday said there were no technical problems in issuing electronic national identity cards and some political differences in this regard between the president and the CEO had been resolved.
The Council of Ministers had recently decided to launch the cards’ distribution on August 19, but the president opposed the decision because August 19 is Afghanistan’s Independence Day which should be specialised for praising the Afghan security forces.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Expressing satisfaction with the improved law and order situation in northern Jawzjan province, the provincial council head on Tuesday said the way had been paved for implementation of welfare projects.
Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Maulvi Abdul Hai Hayat said the projects in the past 14 years despite better security have not been implemented in a way people expected.
He said there were no asphalted roads in ten districts and residents grappled with a lot of challenges.