Sindh CM reviews arrangements at polling stations, asks authorities to stay alert

KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Fazal-ur-Rehman reviewed the arrangements and facilities being made at the polling stations in a high-level meeting held here at...

NRTC completes installation of CCTV cameras at polling stations

KARACHI: National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) Managing Director on Tuesday said that installation work of Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) in each polling booth has...

Politicians present manifestos at Youth Vote Conference in Karachi

KARACHI: Youth Parliament (YP) the other day organised Youth Vote Conference to educate, encourage and motivate youth to use their right to vote and...

PTI and PML-N running neck and neck in election: Gallup poll

--Survey finds PTI ahead in the national vote bank while PML-N going strong in Punjab --Gallup Pakistan ranges expected votes between 30pc and 32pc for...

Candidates on UN terror watchlist ordered to submit CNIC, passport copies

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday directed three election candidates from the Allahu Akbar Tehreek (AAT) to submit copies of their...

PML-N battles PTI in political heartland

Driving through the flooded rice paddies of Narowal, the sunlight streaming in through the monsoon clouds, Ahsan Iqbal is in turns confident and concerned,...

Hundreds of CNICs found dumped in sewer line in Lahore’s NA-125

--NADRA spokesman says CNICs, stashed in three bags, had expired in 2010, are useless in 2018 general election LAHORE: Only a day prior to the 2018...

Various polls predict no party will win majority in GE-2018

Surveys show neck and neck competition between PML-N and PTI LAHORE: With elections just around the corner, various nationwide surveys carried out by research organisations...

Urban youth rise up against feudal fiefdoms in elections

Near the rural town of Badin in southern Pakistan, about a four-hour drive from the financial capital of Karachi, dozens of men wait through...

Imran Khan seeks election win over jailed ex-PM’s party

ISLAMABAD: Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan is hoping to become prime minister after 20 years of being dismissed at the polls, as the country prepares...

Sheikh Rasheed to sit out general election

Top court backs ECP's decision of postponement of polls in NA-60 LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Awami Muslim...

Ali Zafar says caretaker govt completely impartial

Information minister says govt has nothing to do with who would win or lose election or which party would emerge successfully ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for...

Shehbaz urges caretaker govt to show impartiality

PML-N president says caretakers must ensure transparent elections ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has said that his party would win the general...

Electioneering concludes with a whimper in twin cities

--PTI, PPP take lead in campaigning as PML-N takes a slightly back seat   ISLAMABAD: With the election campaigns in the federal capital officially ending late last...

Former MQM-P leader Tessori quits election race

KARACHI: Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Kamran Tessori has withdrawn from July 25 parliamentary elections. “The entire authority of the MQM-Pakistan falls under Khalid Maqbool...

BB’s mission to be completed, pledges Bilawal

  PPP chairman hopes to get better results on July 25   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said he would complete the...

Nip and tuck expected in Rawalpindi, DI Khan polls

--Opponents expected to give Ch Nisar, Fazlur Rehman, Sheikh Rasheed a good run for their money   ISLAMABAD: The three well-known political heavyweights, Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief...