Tag: Election
Pakistan to make Azad Kashmir election credible for world: Gilani
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the forthcoming elections for Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly would be free, fair and transparent to make...
Egypt PM hints at election delay
Egypt’s premier has said delaying a September parliamentary election would give parties more time to prepare, as the nation debates its political future with...
Saleh wants early presidential election
Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of supporters on Friday that he wants an early presidential election to end a political crisis...
ECP to hear application against Sindh CM tomorrow
Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza will on Monday hear an important case filed by a PPP activist against Sindh Chief Minister...
PU syndicates election campaign – Staining the opponent’s repute!
LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) teachers who are contesting Syndicates Election 2011 have started campaigning against their rivals in the elections. Teachers' Front (TF), a pro-VC group, on Monday distributed the copies of a letter from the University of Leeds that exposed a PU faculty member's forgery, while the Academic Group (AG), a pro-Jamat-i-Islami (JI) group, in a tit-for-tat response, distributed a circular against PU VC and TF teachers, exposing their wrongdoings.
Turkey’s Kurds in uproar over election vetoes
DIYARBAKIR - Kurdish crowds clashed with riot police in street demonstrations Tuesday after Turkey's electoral board barred prominent Kurdish candidates from standing in upcoming elections. About 3,000 people gathered in Diyarbakir, the largest city of the mainly Kurdish southeast, to protest the controversial ruling of the Higher Electoral Board (YSK), pelting the police with stones and fireworks.
The security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and
The security forces used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and
Election in Azad Kashmir will be fair: Firdous
SIALKOT - Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said here on Sunday that the next elections in Azad Kashmir would be held in a fair and free manner.
Addressing a press conference, she said that all political parties were united on the Kashmir issue and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) had always raised a voice for Kashmiris' rights, without giving any consideration to political interests.
"Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan and time has come to
Addressing a press conference, she said that all political parties were united on the Kashmir issue and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) had always raised a voice for Kashmiris' rights, without giving any consideration to political interests.
"Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan and time has come to
Nigeria bids for history in crucial presidential election
ABUJA - Nigerians turned out in large numbers Saturday to vote for a president as Africa's most populous nation sought to make history by holding its cleanest polls for head of state in nearly two decades.
Voting began in a generally calm atmosphere in most of the country, though two explosions hit the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Friday and early Saturday, with no casualties reported.
The same city was hit by two blasts during parliamentary polls last week.
Voting began in a generally calm atmosphere in most of the country, though two explosions hit the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Friday and early Saturday, with no casualties reported.
The same city was hit by two blasts during parliamentary polls last week.
Kazakh leader scores landslide election win
ASTANA - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev scored a crushing win Monday in presidential polls that saw him harvest over 95 percent of votes and raised worries about democracy in Central Asia's richest state.
The Central Election Commission said the first official results showed the incumbent had won 95.5 percent of the vote on mass turnout of 89.9 percent -- both figures beating Nazarbayev's performance in his last re-election in 2005.
The snap poll was boycotted by the
The Central Election Commission said the first official results showed the incumbent had won 95.5 percent of the vote on mass turnout of 89.9 percent -- both figures beating Nazarbayev's performance in his last re-election in 2005.
The snap poll was boycotted by the
Senate passes amendments to election laws
ISLAMABAD - The Senate passed on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill to amend election laws to ensure security of the database of electoral rolls and make exhibition of CNIC mandatory for casting votes.
After the amendment in 'Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011', which will come into force at once, a new section 30A (after Section 30, Act XXI of 1974) would be inserted into the constitution whereby any employee of the Election Commission of Pakistan, if found guilty of breaching
After the amendment in 'Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011', which will come into force at once, a new section 30A (after Section 30, Act XXI of 1974) would be inserted into the constitution whereby any employee of the Election Commission of Pakistan, if found guilty of breaching
Libyan rebels pledge free and fair election
Libya's rebel interim National Council said on Tuesday it would hold free and fair elections to ensure a transition to democracy if leader Muammar Gaddafi were forced from power.
The council, based in the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, said it aspired to create a "modern, free and united state" in a statement issued ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers in London to discuss the future of Libya.
The eight-point statement said the oil-producing north African nation's
The council, based in the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi, said it aspired to create a "modern, free and united state" in a statement issued ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers in London to discuss the future of Libya.
The eight-point statement said the oil-producing north African nation's
Egypt confirms legislative election in September
CAIRO - Egypt will hold a legislative election in September and will lift emergency laws before the vote, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said on Monday. Mamdouh Shaheen, a member of the military council, said a date for a presidential election had yet to be set. The legislative election date means parties that were crushed under Hosni Mubarak's rule have some five months to prepare for the first free parliamentary polls in decades. The military council has ruled Egypt
Canada dissolves parliament, election set for May 2
OTTAWA - Canada's governor general dissolved parliament on Saturday after a vote of no-confidence in Tory Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, setting up a May 2 election -- the fourth in seven years. From the steps of the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II's representative in Canada, Harper announced the official launch of the campaign, contrasting his Conservatives' economic recovery plan with the prospects of opposition parties forming a leftist coalition. "I have met
Gorbachev slams Putin’s ‘election arrogance’
MOSCOW - The last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Monday accused Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin of arrogance over their plan to jointly decide who should run in next year's presidential elections. President Medvedev and his predecessor and current prime minister Putin have repeatedly said they will sit down and privately decide which of them should run in elections scheduled for March 2012.
The decision could effectively decide the fate of the presidency in a country where
The decision could effectively decide the fate of the presidency in a country where
PPP to win AJK election with majority: Batool
LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party Azad Kashmir leader and women rights activist Advocate Amira Batool has said that the Pakistan People's Party will win the upcoming general elections, which is expected to be held between April and July, with majority of votes.
Talking to a group of media persons here on Sunday, Advocate Batool paid rich tributes to the PPP leadership and said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto brought the lingering Kashmir issue in front of the world
Talking to a group of media persons here on Sunday, Advocate Batool paid rich tributes to the PPP leadership and said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto brought the lingering Kashmir issue in front of the world
Senate body okays Election Laws Amendment Bill
ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday passed the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2011 with a few amendments. On Tuesday, the committee could not reach consensus over some clauses of the bill as Senator Raza Rabbani had opposed the formation of local commission, fearing, new body could be used for changing election results.
The committee amended some clauses and deleted the controversial clause for the
The committee amended some clauses and deleted the controversial clause for the
Senate body fails to reach consensus over Election Laws Bill
ISLAMABAD -The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs could not reach a consensus over the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2011. The bill was introduced by Senator Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on behalf of the law minister to the committee that met here under the chairmanship of Senator Kazim Khan.
Senator Jehangir Badar, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Senator Raza Rabbani and officials of the law ministry attended the meeting. Senator Raza
Senator Jehangir Badar, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Senator Raza Rabbani and officials of the law ministry attended the meeting. Senator Raza
