Tag: 2018 elections

Manzoor Wattoo to contest polls as ‘independent’

LAHORE: Aiming to secure a seat of the National Assembly, Manzoor Wattoo will not be contesting the forthcoming polls under the flag of Pakistan People’s...

Elections 2018: Mustafa Kamal predicts clean sweep for PSP in Karachi

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday predicted a clean sweep for his party in Karachi from Sindh and a surprise...

General elections 2018: Deadline to submit nomination papers today

KARACHI: The last day to submit the nomination papers for general elections 2018 is the June 11, Monday as the candidates start preparing for...

PTI’s Yasmin Rashid moves ECP against ‘irregularities’ in NA-125

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Dr Yasmin Rashid has moved the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against alleged irregularities in NA-125. Rashid had previously contested from...

The Battlefield of NA-123: Local leaders warn PTI not to award...

--Only three out of 12 PTI ticket aspirants for NA-123 from Shahdara --PTI’s candidate faced defeat in 2013 for being an outsider LAHORE: The local cadre of...

Jibran Nasir to run for NA, PS seat from Karachi in...

LAHORE: Human rights activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir has decided to contest the upcoming general elections from Karachi. Nasir confirmed that he would file his nomination...

General elections 2018: Major political parties face rifts over ticket allocation...

ISLAMABAD: The major political parties – Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are facing apparent internal tensions over the distribution...

Political parties in a fix over developments ‘aimed at delaying polls’

LAHORE: Even though the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule for the 2018 general elections, major political parties of the country including...

Former chief secretary Fazalur Rehman to take oath as Sindh caretaker CM

KARACHI: Political parties in Sindh named former chief secretary Fazalur Rehman as the caretaker Sindh chief minister of Sindh on Thursday night following a meeting...

Elections 2018: PTI to start distributing tickets to candidates from 31st

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday had announced that it will start distributing tickets to its candidates on the last day of this...

Around 46m young voters to play decisive role in polls

ISLAMABAD: Around 46 million young voters are expected to play a decisive role in the result of the upcoming general elections. There are 17.44 million voters...

PTI reaches out to PML-Q to form joint election strategy in...

-- PML-Q leadership contacts Zardari to discuss possibilities of cooperation in elections -- Aleem Khan says Chaudhry Shujaat a nice, big-hearted man; no harm in...

ECP recommends holding 2018 polls between July 25th and 27th

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has forwarded a summary regarding the forthcoming elections to President Mamnoon Hussain, proposing that the polls should be...

ECP finalises security plan for 2018 elections

ISLAMABAD: After seeking proposals from all provinces, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised a security plan for the upcoming general elections which will...

Transparency concerns arise within PTI over ticket allotment: report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers have expressed their fear of conflict of interest in the ticket allotment as most of the regional and district...

Secretaries, officials reshuffled from CM’s secretariat ahead of elections

LAHORE: The current government is close to completing its tenure and prior to that the Punjab government on Thursday transferred and posted about two...

Date of 2018 elections yet to be announced: ECP

ISLAMABAD: After Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) website mentioned July 31 as the date of 2018 general elections, the commission later clarified that the date...