Ahmadis to boycott general election
LAHORE: The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan has dissociated itself from the upcoming general election 2018.
In a press statement, Ahmaddiya community’s spokesman Saleemuddin said though the...
NA-130 braces for tough PTI- PMLN contest
LAHORE: A neck and neck competition is expected between two bigwigs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the Lahore's NA-130...
Is there any truth to PTI, PML-N, PPP’s claims in electoral ad campaigns?
It's election fever in Pakistan and political parties are rolling out advertisements on national media, extolling their performance in the past five years.
Some parts...
Elections 2018: Facebook collaborates with ECP to assist voters
Social media platform Facebook in collaboration with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is helping over 33 million voters, who are users, in Pakistan...
Almost 5,000 polling stations lack basic facilities
--Condition of polling stations in Sindh the worst, reports say
As many as 5,000 polling stations across the country lack basic facilities and pose a...
80,000 prisoners denied right to vote in upcoming elections
KARACHI: 80,000 prisoners in jail cells across the country, who despite having the “right and facility”, have been denied their role in the democratic process...
Pakistan’s main parties now openly campaign in Karachi
KARACHI: For over 25 years, maverick political leader Altaf Hussain had an iron grip on Karachi, able to bring Pakistan’s largest city to a...
Commonwealth Observer Group encourages peaceful, credible elections in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Commonwealth Observer Group Thursday urged the Pakistani citizens, particularly women and youth to participate in general election and urged all the stakeholders to...
People of Punjab want a third option: Bilawal
CHINIOT: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday claimed that the people of Punjab wanted a third option as both the Pakistan...
PTI ruling the roost as it eyes to bag major victories in Jhelum
--PTI’s Fawad Chaudhary, Farrukh Altaf cousin-duo all set to win both NA seats this time around
ISLAMABAD: Out of scores of candidates vying on two national...
Our top priority is free and fair elections: Syed Ali Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Syed Ali Zafar here on Thursday said that the caretaker government’s first and foremost priority is to...
Elections roundup: Shouting fire in a crowded theatre
DONKEY HATE SPEECH:
Times are strange when you’re five days away from election day and what might soon be the largest party in parliament has...
‘Notorious militant’ Shafiq Mengal aspiring to be MNA
In spite of his close links with the notorious terror outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Shafiq Mengal is contesting the upcoming general election on Khuzdar’s National Assembly...
Report terms 2018 polls as ‘dirtiest elections in years’
Pakistan is heading for one of its “dirtiest elections in many years”, observers and political campaigners have warned, with candidates alleging widespread interference by...
PPP, PTI and PML-N in triangular contest in NA-58
ISLAMABAD: A triangular contest is expected among the candidates of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the National Assembly...
SC suspends hearing against candidates till elections
ISLAMABAD: The top court decided on Thursday to stop the proceedings on three separate petitions challenging the candidature of political figures contesting elections from different...
Interim PM orders beefed up security for general election
LAHORE: Interim Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk on Thursday directed the administration to ensure safety and security of the political leadership and the public,...
