--- title: "ECP refuses to recognise Achakzai as PkMAP chairman" description: "Most outlets reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refused to recognise Mahmood Khan Achakzai as the chairman of PkMAP, with Dawn specifying that this was due to the party’s failure to hold intra-party elections. Aaj News provided a similar account but omitted the reason for the ECP’s decision. Both excerpts framed the ECP’s action as a procedural or legal determination." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1063-ecp-refuses-to-recognise-achakzai-as-pkmap-chairman site: HarZaviya language: en --- # ECP refuses to recognise Achakzai as PkMAP chairman pakistan · latest filing 31 Jul 2026, 6:00 AM PKT · 30–31 Jul 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refused to recognise Mahmood Khan Achakzai as the chairman of PkMAP, with Dawn specifying that this was due to the party’s failure to hold intra-party elections. Aaj News provided a similar account but omitted the reason for the ECP’s decision. Both excerpts framed the ECP’s action as a procedural or legal determination. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Business Recorder** — [ECP refuses to accept Achakzai as PKMAP chief](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432618/ecp-refuses-to-accept-achakzai-as-pkmap-chief) · 31 Jul 2026, 6:00 AM PKT > ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has said that Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) has no chairman currently due to the non-conduct of intraparty elections — a statement which implies that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refuses to acknowledge Mahmood Khan Achakzai, who is the Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, as the head of his political part... - **Dawn** — [ECP refuses to recognise Achakzai as PkMAP chief over failure to hold intra-party polls](https://www.dawn.com/news/2019533/ecp-refuses-to-recognise-achakzai-as-pkmap-chief-over-failure-to-hold-intra-party-polls) · 30 Jul 2026, 11:39 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday refused to recognise National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai as chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) over the party’s failure to hold intra-party elections. A full five-member bench of the commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, heard the matter. Two other cases re... - **The Express Tribune** — [ECP refuses to recognise Achakzai as PkMAP head](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2621222/ecp-refuses-to-recognise-achakzai-as-pkmap-head) · 30 Jul 2026, 9:41 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > Delists four more political parties - **Aaj News (English)** — [ECP refuses to recognise Achakzai as PKMAP chairman](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330465781/ecp-refuses-to-recognise-achakzai-as-pkmap-chairman) · 30 Jul 2026, 5:11 PM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing > The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday declined to recognise Mahmood Khan Achakzai as the chairman of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), stating that the party currently has no chairman because it has not held intra-party elections. A five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard a case relating to the PKMAP’s failure to conduct intra-... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Achakzai urges PM to appoint new CEC and ECP members](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2563-achakzai-urges-pm-to-begin-consultation-on-appointment) · 11 Aug 2026 · 7 outlets · 71% related 4 articles from 4 outlets, 30–31 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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