Tag: Elections

Over 12m eligible female voters may remain unable to cast vote...

ISLAMABAD:  Due to National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)’s inability to make Computerised National Identity Card (CNICs) in limited time, around 12 million women...

It’s time we work our way towards national unity, says Fazl

PESHAWAR: Head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has stressed the need for national unity to hold next elections on time and signalled...

PPP will not support Nawaz at any cost: Saeed Ghani

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Saeed Ghani reiterated the party’s stance towards former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and remarked that PPP will never support...

Nawaz Sharif is not in need of Zardari’s support: Rana Sanaullah

LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is not in need of Zardari’s support. Talking to the media...

Zubair says elections will be held on time

THATTA: Coming general elections would be held on time and there would be no compromise in this regard, said Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair. Addressing a...

This nation will re-elect its culprits

Until we incentivise education It is, factually, for the first time that this nation has witnessed how an actual opposition operates. How an opposition...

Murad says no one wants elections to be delayed

  MIRPUR: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, while addressing an event in Mirpur Sakro, said Tuesday that no one wants the upcoming general elections to...

Spanish PM headed to Catalonia after imposition of direct rule

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is expected to visit Catalonia for the first time since he imposed direct rule on the north-eastern region a...

Punjab CM, JUI-F chief reject demands for early elections

LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman in a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday dismissed calls for early elections in the country. Both...

Imran reiterates call for early polls to ‘save and strengthen democracy’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday repeated his call for early election, saying the country needs early polls to save and strengthen democracy...

Imran Khan moves SC against amended election law

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday challenged the Election Reforms Act 2017 in the Supreme Court (SC). In the petition filed under Article...

PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry insists on early elections

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesman Chaudhry Fawad said on Sunday that the party does not want a delay in elections but instead demands early elections...

Polling for Supreme Court Bar Association elections begins

ISLAMABAD: Polling on Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections has begun in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta on Tuesday, according to reports. The polling hours are from...

Spain’s direct rule takes hold in Catalonia

BARCELONA/MADRID: Spain’s direct rule over Catalonia took hold smoothly on Monday as employees ignored calls for civil disobedience to turn up for work, and...

PPP to face tough time in elections: Dr Tariq

ISLAMABAD: Capital Administration and Development Division (CADD) Minister of State Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said that Pakistan Peoples Party would face a tough time...

NA-4 by-election: Voting begins at 269 stations in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Polling began at the 269 polling stations in the city's NA-4 constituency at 8 am today. The deputy commissioner has declared Thursday a holiday to...