Tag: ELECTIONS 2018

Politicians get ‘noticed’ for violating code of conduct

ECP summons Imran for violating ‘secrecy of ballot’ code while voting Notices also issued to Shehbaz, Bilawal, Khawaja Asif for making speeches...

PML-N, PPP, others reject polls outcome

PML-N rejects preliminary election result, alleging ‘massive irregularities’, PPP, MQM-P, MMA, others join in the chorus as Imran Khan’s PTI leads the race ...

In a first, women get to vote in Upper Dir

UPPER DIR: Women in Upper Dir stepped outside their homes to cast their votes for the first time in the area on Wednesday. It was...

ECP takes notice of election candidates taking part in talk shows

ISLAMABAD: An Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) spokesperson said that the commission had taken notice of candidates participating in TV talk shows after the deadline for...

ECP takes notice of code of conduct violations by political leaders

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday took notice of several candidates who allegedly violated the code of conduct set for the 2018...

Sindh CM reviews arrangements at polling stations, asks authorities to stay...

KARACHI: Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Fazal-ur-Rehman reviewed the arrangements and facilities being made at the polling stations in a high-level meeting held here at...

NRTC completes installation of CCTV cameras at polling stations

KARACHI: National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) Managing Director on Tuesday said that installation work of Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) in each polling booth has...

Nation goes to polls today

105, 955,407 registered voters to choose their representatives from a total of 12,570 candidates vying for national and provincial legislatures Various surveys show...

Keeping Bhutto alive, PPP brings ‘fake Benazir’ to attract crowd

In a rather new tactic to attract the crowd during the election campaign of 2018 polls, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) local leadership brought a...

Elections 2018: Pak-Afghan borders to remain closed for two days

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's borders with Afghanistan at Chaman and Kharlachi will remain closed for two days because of the general elections taking place on July 25. It...

Military fans out across Pakistan ahead of elections

Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of Wednesday's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in a short...

VIDEOS: Sportsmen urge Pakistan to go out and vote on July...

LAHORE: Sportsmen, including cricketers, a hockey player, squash champion, wrestler and boxer, urged people of Pakistan to go out and vote on July 25. In their...

Fake ballot papers seized, five suspects nabbed by police in Sindh

Ballot papers were being taken to PP-52, according to police UMARKOT: Five suspects on Tuesday were arrested by police in an alleged fraud case and...

Various polls predict no party will win majority in GE-2018

Surveys show neck and neck competition between PML-N and PTI LAHORE: With elections just around the corner, various nationwide surveys carried out by research organisations...

Transgender community to vote for ‘educated, honest politician’: report

LAHORE: Punjab University Institute of Applied Psychology conducted a survey which revealed that the transgender community are looking to vote for a candidate who will not...

FAFEN, GIA laud appointment of transgender persons for polls monitoring

KARACHI: A seminar regarding the transgender community's visibility was organised by the Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA) and the Free and Fair Election Networking (FAFEN) and the...

ECP clarifies conditions for votes to be valid

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday clarified requirements for a vote to be counted as valid or invalid during the polls...