Tag: 2018 general elections
Attempts to maneuver polls unacceptable: HRCP
--Says PML-N, PPP & Awami Workers Party have reported being harassed
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is gravely concerned over what it sees...
ECP finalises punishments for negligence by polling staff
ISLAMABAD: Punishments for negligence by polling staff were finalised by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday.
Any changes by the polling staff to...
‘Break the shackles,’ says Nawaz in audio message
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan has been turned into a prison and that it is time to "break the shackles",...
Political parties fail to chart out civil bureaucracy reforms
--Manifestos of PML-N and MMA keep mum over restructuring bureaucratic set-up
--PPP aims to establish task force for reforms comprising stakeholders, experts
Pakistan Today examined the...
Banners of PTI, PML-N burnt in Lahore
LAHORE: Unknown persons on Sunday burnt posters and banners of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Lahore’s NA-131 constituency.
The incident took...
Law enforcement agencies dealing with antisocial elements: CM Askari
LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi said on Sunday that police and other law enforcement agencies were “heedfully playing their...
‘Moderately corrupt’ candidate hopes to become next prime minister
LAHORE: A candidate running for Lahore’s NA-125 has adopted a rather strange slogan during electioneering. It reads: “Thori rishwat, kaam ziyada. Wazir-e-Azam, Amber Shahzada!”...
NADRA allows CNIC renewal without submitting old one
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on Saturday allowed people to renew their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) without the submission of the...
EU observer faces delay to monitor elections
ISLAMABAD: European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) has said that monitoring of certain matters related to the electoral process in Pakistan has not been conducted...
ECP directs uninterrupted power supply on polling day
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed the Ministry of Water and Power to ensure uninterrupted power supply on the polling day of...
Fractured MMA unlikely to pose serious threat to rivals in 2018...
--Interest-driven religious alliance caught up in widening distrust between coalition partners
--The seat adjustment likely to benefit JUI-F, not JI
ISLAMABAD: Despite the presence of a considerable...
Zardari ‘best choice’ for PM if coalition govt formed: Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said in an interview to a local media outlet that his father, former president and PPP Co-Chairperson...
Bilawal warns against polls delay as KP admin raises security fears
KP admin advises PPP chairman to avoid public rallies in Peshawar, Malakand, suggests staying within cantonment areas
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) was...
Bankers to perform election duties due to ‘shortage of staff’
KARACHI: In a first, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought the services of financial institutions’ employees for performing election duties in the country as...
Academics ask CM Askari to resign if he’s unable to make...
LAHORE: Prominent academics have called on the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Hasan Askari Rizvi to resign from his position if he’s unable to...
Terror has a field day as State NAPs
Over 130 people, including BAP candidate Siraj Raisani killed, more than 100 injured as ‘IS-affiliated suicide bomber’ targets election gathering in Mastung
Four...
Four dead as Akram Durani’s convoy comes under attack in Bannu
JUI-F leader Durrani remains unhurt in the attack; 32 people are reportedly injured
BANNU: At least four people were killed and 32 others were...
