Tag: Election
Election of new PM waste of time : Munawar
Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan said the election of a new prime minister was a sheer waste of time and the nomination of Raja...
ECP announces by-poll schedule on NA seat vacated after Gilani’s disqualification
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday announced that by-election in NA-151 Multan-IV of the National Assembly would be held on July 19. The...
US hopes to get back on track with Pakistan after new...
The United States looks forward to working with the newly elected Pakistani prime minister and hopes to get back on track on “all of...
System in danger
Whither circumspection?
The PPP supported by allies has the required number of votes to get its nominee elected as the new PM and another one...
ECP issues notification of Gilani’s disqualification
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued a notification regarding the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gilani as member National Assembly of Pakistan with effect...
EC issues Gilani’s disqualification notification
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued the notification with regards to the disqualification of Yousaf Raza Gilani.
According to the notification, Gilani was disqualified...
Asian shares slip as Spain woes come into focus
Asian markets slipped on Tuesday as Spain's surging borrowing costs replaced the previous day's optimism over Greece's election, while leaders at a G20 summit...
Wall Street Week Ahead Greek elections to keep tensions high
The Greek election, that is. One thing is almost certain to come from the Sunday event, and that is more volatility for U.S. stocks,...
Egypt votes on final day of presidential election
Egyptians were voting Sunday on the last day of a highly divisive presidential run-off between an Islamist and Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, amid...
ECP convenes meeting of all political parties
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has convened a consultative session of all political parties to prepare a code of conduct for the next...
Punjab government may use development funds for election campaign: Zaheer
PML-Q Parliamentary party leader in the Punjab Assembly Choudhry Zaheer-ud-Din on Wednesday dubbed the Punjab budget as anti-people and expressed fear that the Punjab...
India to elect new president next month
India's presidential poll will be held on July 19, the election commission announced Tuesday, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee the leading candidate for the...
Rs 231bn earmarked just for development in election budget
With the election coming ahead and the fifth ensuing budget, the Sindh government earmarked a major chunk of funds worth Rs 231 billion (2012-13)...
PML-Q to play active role in next election: Shujaat
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Shujaat Hussain has said the party will play an active and effective role in the next general election and will...
EC mandated to monitor poll campaigns: SC
The Supreme Court on Friday announced verdict in the election expenditure case. A three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry gave...
ECP responsible to keep election expenses in limit: SC
Supreme Court (SC) said the responsibility to hold back the vote rigging and stanch the electoral expenses rests with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
A...
Musharraf demands elections to be held under army’s supervision
Former President Pervez Musharraf has demanded that the next general election in the country be held under the supervision of the army and not...
