Tag: Elections
Polling largely peaceful across Punjab
Eyebrows raised over acting govt’s efforts to hold free, fair elections
Party activists, polling staff, security personnel violate ECP’s code of conduct in...
Two killed, several injured in sporadic poll violence
LAHORE: The July 25 general election got dirty as clashes and violence were witnessed in some areas of the country despite strict security measures...
ECP’s ‘check your vote’ service down
The Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) message service to "check your vote" stopped responding on election day.
The ECP's message service, deemed as the world’s...
Elections roundup: We’re here
It has been a long, controversial election season fraught with allegations, arrests, disqualifications and death.
At the end of that long, tragic and divisive road...
Pakistan – On the verge of change?
BY UBAIDULLAH
Wednesday, July 25, 2018, may turn out to be another historic day in the political history of Pakistan. Well and truly on the...
Elections – vote for change
It feels good when something negative is said or done to an enemy. We’ve all had that feeling when one’s anger is satiated or...
Senate body directs action against exploiters on social media
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Tuesday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against those who exploit social media for wrong...
Farhan Saeed requests Pakistanis to not take country’s future for granted
With the elections only a couple of hours away, tension and excitement levels are soaring considering their significance in the country's future.
Pakistani celebrities are...
Sheikh Rasheed to sit out general election
Top court backs ECP's decision of postponement of polls in NA-60
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the plea of Awami Muslim...
Electioneering concludes with a whimper in twin cities
--PTI, PPP take lead in campaigning as PML-N takes a slightly back seat
ISLAMABAD: With the election campaigns in the federal capital officially ending late last...
Nip and tuck expected in Rawalpindi, DI Khan polls
--Opponents expected to give Ch Nisar, Fazlur Rehman, Sheikh Rasheed a good run for their money
ISLAMABAD: The three well-known political heavyweights, Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief...
Prominent DG Khan chieftains to confront each other in polls
BY USMAN MUJTABA LEGHARI
DG KHAN: NA-191 DG Khan-III, a constituency which includes DG Khan City and consists mostly of the urban population, has been...
305 women to contest election on general seats of NA
ISLAMABAD: As many as 305 female candidates will contest on general seats of National Assembly in the election scheduled to be held on July...
Of political fervor: Party anthems, slogans add to election carnival across...
LAHORE: With elections approaching, workers of all political parties are exhibiting their enthusiasm by not only decorating party offices with banners and panaflexes, but also...
Youth track down trends of electoral hate speech in country
LAHORE: Even though there are 32 million active monthly Facebook users against only 3.5 million Twitters users in Pakistan, hate speech and political campaigning has...
ECP postpones polls in NA-60 after Hanif Abbasi’s disqualification
--Sheikh Rasheed, PPP’s NA-60 candidate protest decision, dub it ‘unconstitutional’
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday postponed polls in Rawalpindi’s NA-60 after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
PTI leader ‘opens fire’ on Syed Ali Musa Gilani’s convoy: reports
The convoy of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate for Multan’s NA-157 constituency and former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son, Syed Ali Musa Gilani,...
