Tag: Election

Algeria election may be postponed, protests continue

ALGIERS: Algeria’s imminent presidential election looks likely to be postponed, a source said on Friday, as protesters returned to the streets for the 13th...

Thailand goes to polls as coup leader eyes return to power

BANGKOK: Thailand voted on Sunday in a long-delayed election that Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general who led the coup against the country's last elected government five...

Bangladesh cricketer Mashrafe to stand in election

DHAKA: Bangladesh´s one-day international captain Mashrafe Mortaza will stand in next month´s election, the ruling party announced Monday, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina endorsed...

Govt to include senators in committee probing poll rigging, reveals Khursheed...

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Khursheed Shah on Thursday said that the government has accepted the demand made by the opposition parties and...

Russian Communists say election stolen by pro-Putin candidate

VLADIVOSTOK: Hundreds of Russian Communist Party supporters took to the central square of Vladivostok on Monday to protest against what they said was the...

ECP extends registration date for overseas Pakistani voters

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date of registration for overseas Pakistani voters from September 15 to September 17. According to an...

Application filed to expedite hearing of plea challenging Imran’s election as...

LAHORE: An application has been submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking to expedite the hearing of a case against Imran Khan’s election...

ECP says completed all election related responsibilities as per law

ISLAMABAD: With the opposition parties in the National Assembly crying foul over the alleged irregularities in the July 25 elections, the Election Commission of...

Fazl reluctant to try his luck in Bannu by-poll

Analyst says family-centered politics, resentment among people led to JUI-F chief’s defeat ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Maulana Fazlur Rehman is reportedly reluctant over...

Poll candidates claim to have spent within ECP’s set limit

Imran spent less than Rs1m, Shehbaz Rs2m on election campaign Following the directives by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to the candidates to...

Presidential election likely to be delayed

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday said that the presidential election is likely to get delayed, as President Mamnoon Hussain completes...

Ali Zafar lauds official media for comprehensive election coverage

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Ali Zafar on Monday lauded the official media for comprehensive and professional coverage of the general...

People of erstwhile FATA in high hope of change after polls

ISLAMABAD: Citizens of newly merged areas of the Federally Administered Tribal area (FATA) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have high hopes from the recently elected...

Pakistanis ultimate winners of peaceful, free, fair and transparent election: Ali...

ISLAMABAD: Interim Minister for Information and Broadcasting Barrister Syed Ali Zafar congratulated the nation and candidates of various political parties on a free, fair...

Religious parties secure over 4.6 million votes in July 25 election

ISLAMABAD: As the results of July 25 polls were released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), it was revealed that 4,674,545 votes were...

MMA top guns fail to secure home constituencies

ISLAMABAD: The top guns of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) could not protect their home constituencies seats, putting a question mark on the interest-driven religious group's future. The...

Election campaign on social media continues despite ECP’s opposing orders

ISLAMABAD: Only social media campaign continues despite the deadline of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to stop campaigning 48 hours before the election. According...