Tag: Elections

Ahmadinejad hits out at ‘capitalist’ US elections

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday labelled elections in the US as a "battleground for the capitalists" following Barack Obama's re-election as president. An estimated...

Elections cannot be delayed owing to errors in voter lists: CJ

Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heading a three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the next general elections could not be...

Elections not to be delayed by errors in voters’ list: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the next general elections could not be affected or delayed due to errors in the...

Only ECP to supervise next elections: secy

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan has said the general elections will be held under the supervision of no institution other...

EC asked to explain delay in LG elections

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday sought a report from the Election Commission by December 6, on a petition regarding...

Cancellation of transfers/postings in Sindh to ensure fair and transparent elections:...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken serious notice of complaints received from various individuals as well as political parties regarding posting/transfers in...

Zardari must leave before elections: Arbab Khizer Hayat

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Arbab Khizer Hayat has said that elections under Zardari and company will be meaningless; there are strong possibilities of...

‘A new Pakistan next year’

Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has predicted that the nation would see a new Pakistan coming into being in 2013, the year of...

Elections to be held by May 10

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira on Wednesday said the interim governmental set up would take over around March 18, 2013 following the completion of...

Elections after assemblies complete term: Kaira

Information Minister Qamar Zaman Karia said Wednesday that the general elections would be held after the assemblies complete their term. During a news conference held...

PML-N to sweep next elections: Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that his party would make a clean sweep in the forthcoming general elections and...

LB polls after general elections: Siraj Durrani

General elections will be held before the local body (LB) elections said Sindh Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durani. This was decided following...

Elections will be timely, transparent and fair: Badar

Leader of the House in Senate, Senator Jahangir Badar has said that President Asif Ali Zardari has clearly pointed out that next election in...

CEC, CJ discuss general elections

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim called on the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and exchanged views on general elections among other things. The Chief...

Palestinians begin voting in first poll since 2006

Ballot booths opened across the West Bank on Saturday as Palestinians began voting in local elections, in what is the first time they have...

PTI intra-party election on November 2

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has announced a schedule for its intra-party elections across the country, starting the campaign with the polls in Islamabad. According to PTI...