Tag: Election

Gymkhana Club’s election on Dec 29

Justice (Retd) Ali Nawaz Chowhan has been appointed Chief Election Commissioner for conducting the annual election of Lahore Gymkhana Club for year 2013 to...

Monti says unlikely to run in general election

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Sunday gave his strongest signal yet that he may not run in February elections, just hours ahead of...

Nisar, CEC discuss caretaker setup, upcoming polls

Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday met Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim and exchange...

Class war in the new Gilded Age

2012 was the first class-warfare election of our new Gilded Age. The first since the middle class has come to understand, in the words...

Italy president dissolves parliament after Monti’s resignation

Italy’s head of state dissolved parliament on Saturday following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, paving the way for a national election in...

Chakwal Bar announces annual election schedule

The election schedule for the annual election of District Bar Association Chakwal announced on Saturday. As per announcement, the nomination papers will be filed on...

Door-to-door voter verification in Karachi from 5th

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced the schedule of door-to-door campaign for verification of voter lists in Karachi. According to ECP, the...

CEC vows to go ahead with delimitation in Karachi

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Thursday said the task of drawing up new constituency boundaries in Karachi would be...

Elahi asks ECP to take notice of Punjab by-polls ‘rigging’

Deputy Prime Minister and PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Sunday accused the PML-N government in Punjab of conducting massive rigging in the December...

PML-N, PTI, JI demand removal of Sindh election commissioner

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Tehreek-e-Insaaf and Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday demanded the removal of Sindh election commissioner in order to ensure free and fair implementation...

SC sets three days for ECP strategy on delimitation of constituencies

The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) strategy with regards to complying with apex court’s order on delimitation of...

Election comes down to coin toss

Democracy is supposed to be of the people, by the people and for the people. When that doesn’t work, it’s time for an old...

Catalonia election: Separatists win majority

Voters in Spain's Catalonia region have given a majority to parties seeking Catalan independence. However, Catalan President Artur Mas, who called the early election and...

Ecuadorians try to enter donkey as election candidate

They may not have received the blanket coverage of the US election, but the presidential election in Ecuador is in full swing. And it's...

Obama in Thailand on first post-election trip abroad

President Barack Obama kicked off a three-country Asian tour with a visit to Thailand on Sunday, using his first post-election trek overseas to try...

Cycling Coaches, Judges election held

The Pakistan Cycling Coaching Association meeting was held under the chairmanship of Syed Azhar Ali Shah Secretary of Pakistan Cycling Federation on Saturday at...

CJ approves ECP’s request for appointment of judicial officers

In a major development, the National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) on Saturday allowed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the upcoming...