Tag: Elections

Significant drop in PTI’s votes in tribal elections: FAFEN

--Balochistan Awami Party emerges as a new entry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly PESHAWAR: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant drop in its vote...

Govt to recover expenses incurred on foreign travel by past rulers

--Federal cabinet decides to allow dual-nationals to contest elections --PM Imran directs cabinet members to prevent artificial price hike --Firdous says govt will thwart Opp’s attempts...

2020 Democrats paint contrast with Trump on immigration

MILWAUKEE: Democratic presidential candidates promised major changes to U.S. immigration law, contrasting their ideas to the hardline policies of President Donald Trump during a...

Greek election: Voters crave return to mainstream politics

ATHENS: Greek voters appear set to defy a surge of support populist parties across Europe in a general election Sunday, with the pro-EU center-right...

Biden: It would be ‘great’ to have a female vice president

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be “great” to have a female vice president, but he won’t say whether he’d pick...

Times’ Russia report is ‘virtual treason,’ claims Trump

US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of "a virtual act of treason," after it reported the US is stepping...

Tight security as Indians vote in final phase of mammoth election

KOLKATA: Indians lined up to vote amid unprecedented security in the eastern state of West Bengal on Sunday as the final phase of a...

India votes in penultimate phase of seven-round general election

NEW DELHI: Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India’s north lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of...

Karachi to elect its new deputy mayor on Thursday

KARACHI: The city council's 300 members will elect Karachi’s new deputy mayor on Thursday. The office of deputy mayor was vacated after the Election Commission...

Indonesia votes as ‘everyman’ president battles firebrand ex-general

JAKARTA: Across 17,000 islands, from the jungles of Borneo to the slums of Jakarta, millions of Indonesians were going to the polls Wednesday in...

Exit polls show tight race in Israeli elections

--Netanyahu may be in a better position to form a coalition TEL AVIV: Israelis voted on Tuesday in a fiercely fought election in which Israeli Prime Minister...

Imran says BJP’s attempt to create war hysteria backfired

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday criticised India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for whipping up war hysteria – in an attempt to attain...

Turkey’s ruling party leading in municipal vote

 --State media reports that Turkey's ruling party is leading in the country's municipal election --Elections were carried out in 81 provinces and almost 1,000 towns...

PTI reclaims PP-218 in Multan by-poll

Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Malik Wasif Mazhar Raan on Sunday won the by-election on Multan’s PP-218 against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate Malik Arshad...

APNS members boycott elections

ISLAMABAD: Two groups have practically emerged after a large number of members of the All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) remained absent to boycott the...

Modi chooses Hindu holy city of Varanasi for elections

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again chosen to contest the country’s upcoming elections from the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, his...

General elections in tribal districts to be held in June

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will hold general elections on 16 general seats of the provincial assembly in the merged tribal districts in June. According...