Tag: general elections

IK demands judiciary supervision for LB elections

Imran Khan has demanded the supervision of judiciary for conducting local bodies elections in a media conference on Saturday. Talking to the media from his...

Credibility of general elections is lost: Aitzaz

Credibility of the general elections has been lost after the statement of the interior minister, as poll results are being questioned even after the...

Imran accepts defeat, alleges rigging

Chief of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has alleged rigging in the elections after accepting defeat while also indicating that the party would...

Nawaz greeted by Singh on victory, invited to negotiate by Karzai

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif received a call from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulating him on his early victory in the...

PTI vice-president loses from Multan

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) vice-president Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi lost the elections in NA-148 Multan I constituency to Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate...

Altaf congratulates ‘Punjab representative party’ on winning

Congratulating Pakistan Muslim League-N on its big win on Saturday night, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain called the Nawaz Shairf-led party which...

Nawaz declares victory

Pakistan Muslim League's (PML-N) Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and brother Shahbaz claimed victory in general elections of Pakistan, announcing that the elder Sharif would...

Women stopped from voting in Waziristan

Women were stopped from voting in Pakistan's elections on Saturday in the northwestern tribal district of North Waziristan, a notorious Taliban stronghold, residents said. North...

Jamhori Watan Party, Sunni Itehad Council, Mohajir Qaumi Movement boycotts elections

After the Jamat-e-Islami's boycott of elections in Karachi, Jamhori Watan Party, Sunni Itehad Council and Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM-H) have also boycotted the elections....

Grenade attack in Baldia town; polling delayed in various areas

In Baldia Town, a grenade attack on a polling station resulted in polling being temporarily suspended there. Several clashed between rival groups led to polling...

PPP’s Firdous Awan withdraws in favour of PTI candidate

Pakistan Peoples' Party's Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has withdrawn from NA-110 in favour of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate contesting from the same constituency. PTI candidate...

Blast in Peshawar wounds eight

A bomb attack targeting female voters in Peshawar wounded eight people as historic elections got underway, according to police. "The bomb was planted on a...

Jamat-e-Islami boycotts elections in Karachi and Hyderabad

In an emergency press conference called Saturday, the Jamaat-i-Islami announced that it was boycotting elections in protest against what they called the threatening and...

New govt’s first challenge: IMF bailout

Foreign aid is a vicious circle, and Pakistan is wallowing in the midst of it. The biggest challenge for the newly elected government shall not be the militants hiding in its territory but potential bankruptcy and the consequences attached with trying to avoid it.

PPP confident of winning a substantial number of seats

Although opinion surveys and analyses generally write off the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in tomorrow’s general elections, top PPP leadership is very confident it...

Elections postponed in NA-83; candidate from NA 162 disqualified

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday postponed elections in National Assembly constituency NA-83, Faisalabad after an independent candidate, Amjad Rabbani, died of...

Caretaker govt liable to ensure law & order: Fakhruddin

Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin Ebrahim has said that without establishing peace and maintaining law and order‚ holding free‚ fair and impartial elections are impossible....