Tag: Elections2013

ECP continues to plead not-guilty at PERC meeting

ECP secy says material burnt in Lahore school fire does not relate to election 2013 PERC chairman asks ECP secretary to bring minutes of meeting...

Iran celebrates Rouhani’s presidential win

Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has called his defeat of conservative hardliners a victory of moderation over extremism and pledged a new tone of respect...

Latest results put Rouhani ahead in Iran polls

Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has taken a commanding lead in Iran's presidential election based on the latest results, with about 25 percent of the...

Appeals against election results to be disposed of within 120 days

Acting Chief Election Commissioner (ACEC) Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani has said that the general elections were transparent if compared with the past elections. Talking to...

Zardari lashes out at top leaders for PPP defeat

Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and top ranking Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) officials came under fire as President Asif Zardari interacted with party...

Nizami urges parties to respect each other’s mandate

Interim Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Friday urged all political parties to respect each other's mandate and avoid making general...

PTI’s Ishaq Khakwani loses after re-count

Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ishaq Khan Khakwani lost to a PML-N candidate after re-count for the National Assembly seat from Vehari, NA-168. Speaking to...

Cases filed against FAFEN for misreporting poll results

Punjab police are reported to have registered at least 16 cases against the Fair and Free Election Network (FAFEN), a polling observer organisation, for...

ECP Asks Independent Candidates to Join Parties within 3 Days

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued directives for independent winners in the elections, asking them to make a decision about joining a political...

34 independent candidates join PML-N in Punjab

Thirty four independent candidates, who emerged as winners on Punjab Assembly seats, have decided to join Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) unconditionally. In Punjab, PML-N has...

PML-N debates nominations for minister of water & power, petroleum

As the deliberations over the possible ministerial appointees go on, it has been revealed that Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Khawaja Mohammad Asif were...

No thanks: Manmohan turns down Nawaz’s offer

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday declined the invitation of PM-in-waiting Nawaz Sharif to attend his oath taking ceremony as a gesture to...

PML-N fails to receive 12.5% of votes in three provinces

While Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) has attained a simple majority in Punjab, and is poised to do the same in the center...

100 ballot papers stolen from Havelian constituency

An unidentified person on Saturday managed to escape with around 100 ballot papers from polling station-78 of Havelian, police sources said. The presiding officer Sohail...

Polls on two national, five provincial seats deferred

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has deferred election on two National Assembly (NA) and five provincial assembly seats following demise of a nominated...

The numbers’ game!

A day before polling, political leaders and the general public have only one thing on their minds–The game of numbers; who is going to...

CEC wants more troops for elections, army complies

With general elections only two days away, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Thursday expressed “dissatisfaction” over the current security...