Tag: general elections 2018

Voting process on election day detailed by ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has outlined and explained the methods of casting a vote for the upcoming general elections on July 25. Ballot...

FDE withdraws 150 officials due to perform duties on July 25

ISLAMABAD:  At least 150 officials were withdrawn from polling duty by the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) from polling duty on election day prompting the district...

Zero-tolerance against any act of sabotage to the electoral process: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh on Thursday said that elections should be held on time and any action or proposal that...

PTI looks set to sweep Multan district

PTI may win five NA, 10 Punjab Assembly seats from district MULTAN: If Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has pulled over any district at 180 degrees,...

Security beefed up in Peshawar ahead of elections

PESHAWAR: Ten more check posts have been established in different parts of the city in a bid to beef up the security ahead of...

Facebook to make an exclusive trend for upcoming elections

Leading social media website Facebook has contacted the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make an exclusive trend for the upcoming general elections. According to...

Deadline for postal ballot extended to facilitate polling staff, others

--ECP issues special guidelines to provincial election commisioners regarding transmission of results   ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure that polling staff, security personnel and inmates could cast...

DROs, POs to administer oath of impartiality to security staff

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday said that District Returning Officers (DRO) and Presiding Officers (PO) would administer the oath of impartiality...

No compromise on law and order on July 13: info minister

LAHORE: Punjab Information Minister Ahmad Waqas Riaz has said that no one will be allowed to disrupt law and order on Nawaz Sharif’s return...

Two Chakwal bigwigs out of poll race

--SC rejects appeals of PTI’s provincial assembly candidate Aftab Akbar and independent NA candidate Ghulam Abbas against disqualification   ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the...

PTI’s ‘Road to Naya Pakistan’ manifesto vows welfare state

--Imran Khan says his party will create state in line with principles that made foundation of Medina --Promises 50,00,000 low-cost houses for the poor, generate jobs,...

National Assembly: Know Your Candidates

                  SINDH BALOCHISTAN   KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA  

Shehbaz starts election campaign in south Punjab

HAROONABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday kicked off the election campaign from south Punjab by addressing public gatherings at Haroonabad...

Social media: A key element in electioneering

ISLAMABAD: Social media expedites political campaigns of contesting candidates with easy access and least expenses to approach and convince their potential voters. Social media not only...

Who will win Islamabad’s NA-53?

Imran and Abbasi in a close fight for federal capital's prime constituency ISLAMABAD: As the General Elections 2018 draw near, all eyes are fixed on...

Bilawal announces farmers’ cards to get interest-free loans, subsidies

PPP chairman calls poverty the biggest challenge for Pakistan RAHIM YAR KHAN: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has said that he is endeavouring to...

TLP set to stun opponents in Hafizabad

--In Punjab’s largest constituency, TLP has fielded a former federal minister and a former MPA --Internal rifts between influential Bhatti clan grow stronger as former...