Tag: Elections

Best security arrangements being made amid threats to electoral candidates: CM

--Askari for settlement of polls-related issues in consultation with all political players --Seeks cooperation of political parties to deal with terror threats, maintain law and...

Protection of masses state’s prime responsibility: CM Askari

--Sardar Tanvir Ilyas says govt will extend any necessary cooperation to NAB for Nawaz, Maryam’s arrest   LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi on...

NA-32: Tough competition expected between PTI, PML-N and MMA

KOHAT: As general election draw near, candidates of mainstream political parties have geared up their election campaign to mobilise their voters and supporters to...

Rifts taint MMA as JUI-F, JI field separate candidates in FATA

JUI-F gets to place majority of candidates on MMA’s platform PESHAWAR: Rifts and divisions have tainted the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam...

Polls to change nation’s fate: Pervaiz Elahi

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) senior leader and former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday said the general elections would change the fate...

Govt to deploy 259,000 police personnel for election duty

--CM Askari reviews security situation ahead of polls -- High-level meeting devises strategies to deal with dengue, flooding LAHORE: Punjab caretaker government on Saturday decided to deploy...

Ali Pervaiz expected to contest from NA-127 following Maryam’s ouster

--ECP to issue new ballot papers after removing Maryam Nawaz’s name --PML-N election offices wear deserted look   LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supported candidate Ali Pervaiz Malik is...

25 transgenders hired as electoral observers

KARACHI: In an attempt to make Pakistan’s electoral process more inclusive for the minority members of the society, around 25 transgender persons were appointed...

PPP candidate served notice for violating ECP’s code of conduct

MUZAFFARGARH: District Monitoring Officer (DMO) on Wednesday issued a notice to Daud Jatoi, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate from Alipur’s NA-186 constituency, for holding a...

ECP summons NACTA chief to assess threats to politicians

Former PM Abbasi, Sheikh Rashid, Imran, Bilawal, Fazlur Rehman under threat of terrorist attacks during ongoing election campaign ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan...

106 political parties in fray for 849 seats in general elections:...

Symbols allotted to 106 parties out of 120 Spokesperson says requirements of CNICs of party workers, registration fee discouraged political parties from registering ISLAMABAD: As...

Bilawal claims PPP enjoys full support of masses

HYDERABAD: The Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that PPP was having deep roots among the masses and no one can make...

Jeep turning into electoral symbol of aliens: Maryam Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday said that “jeep was turning into the electoral symbol of aliens”. “The nation should set a...

1.77mn registered Hindu voters to elect lawmakers in upcoming polls

ISLAMABAD: As many as 1.77 million Hindus are registered voters and will exercise their right to elect members of national and provincial assemblies in...

Six high-profile political figures face terror threats

As many as six high-profile political figures are facing terror threats ahead of the 2018 polls, officials of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)...

Election roundup: Damp campaigns and hanging up the rainboots

It was a particularly slow day on the election front, mostly because of the spat of bad weather that has hit many parts of...

Section 144 limits electioneering in South Waziristan

Threat alerts mar election campaigns in North and South Waziristan regions PTM members face threats from pro-government militants besides admin’s restrictions PESHAWAR: Amid security threats that...