Tag: Poll

PML-N surpassing all poll rigging records: Shujaat, Elahi

Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Tuesday alleged that the PML-Nawaz had surpassed all previous records of...

Poll boost for Israel PM after Shalit swap

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu improved his standing among the Israeli public by approving a deal to secure the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit,...

45 percent blame govt for floods: poll

The results of a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan revealed that 45 percent Pakistanis blame the government for flooding disasters...

‘Dude’ dads embarrass their kids most

Mothers who dress like their daughters and dads who use slang like “innit” cause the biggest embarrassments to their children, a new study has...

Merkel team braces for latest poll disaster

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fractious coalition faced another stinging electoral setback Sunday as voters trooped to the polls in state elections in Berlin. The...

‘Q’ to ask PM for funds to stay afloat in poll...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) central leaders including its ministers and parliamentarians will meet Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday (today) at PM’s...

Obama, Republicans battered in new US poll

A new poll Tuesday found Americans are increasingly frustrated with both US President Barack Obama and his Republican rivals over the stalled US economic...

Karzai endorses ruling on Afghan poll row

President Hamid Karzai on Thursday backed a decision by Afghan election authorities to kick nine lawmakers out of parliament in a bid to end...

Rahul Gandhi favourite to be next India PM: poll

Rahul Gandhi, scion of India's Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, is the favourite choice to be the country's next prime minister, an opinion poll showed Monday.Among...

EU opposition in Norway falls after attacks: poll

Seven out of 10 Norwegians are against joining the European Union, a poll showed Thursday, attributing the record opposition to the debt crisis but...

Bilawal to contest poll from Lyari, says Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday announced that his son, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will contest the forthcoming general elections from Lyari. He...

PML-N leads AJK poll in Lahore, loses to MQM in Karachi

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly constituency LA-30, Jammu-1, taking advantage of his party’s popularity in...

Arab world’s ratings of Obama, US plummet: poll

Two years after US President Barack Obama called in a groundbreaking speech from Cairo for a "new beginning" in relations with the Muslim world,...

Karzai mulls election body plan to solve poll dispute

Afghanistan’s election body has presented a 6-point plan to President Hamid Karzai in a bid to end a standoff between the incumbent and the...

Thai red shirts see poll win, return of ‘saviour’ Thaksin

Red shirt supporters of exiled Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra believe they will win Sunday’s election, which will return their “saviour” and improve their...

US voters uncomfortable with Mormon president: poll

US voters are uncomfortable with the idea of a president who is a Mormon, even as Massachusetts ex-governor Mitt Romney, a member of that...

66% Pakistanis believe person killed in US raid was not Osama

A majority of urban Pakistanis believe that the person killed by US special forces during a raid in the garrison city of Abbottabad on...