Tag: Polls
Hashmi calls for snap polls ‘before it’s too late’
Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani not to insist on completing his...
Thousands protest against rigged polls in Russia
Around 8,000 people protested in Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Sunday against what they say were rigged parliamentary polls handing victory to Vladimir Putin’s...
Punjab govt succeeds in delaying LB polls for another 6 months
Despite opposition’s several attempts to sabotage the official business of the treasury on Wednesday, the Punjab government succeeded in getting the provincial assembly’s nod...
Syrians go to polls amid strikes, killings
Syrians were voting Monday in municipal elections held amid a general strike called by the opposition and as security forces killed another seven people...
Before the polls
Autonomy for the commission
The mere occurrence of elections, we are tutored, does not imply the presence of democracy. There is more to democracy than...
Polls under Zardari will lead to bloodshed, warns Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday ruled out the possibility of fair and transparent elections under President Asif Ali Zardari, saying polls...
7 injured as PML-N, Q supporters quarrel during polls
Seven people were injured when supporters of PML-N and PML-Q clashed in Bahawalpur during PP-275 by-polls.
The clash took place outside Government Elementary School Chak...
PPP to contest Senate polls jointly with ‘Q’
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to contest Senate elections in Punjab jointly with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) while adopting a tough...
Snap polls or bust, PML-N tells govt
The PML-N has turned down an offer of talks with the governmnet, saying talks were possible only if government agreed to early elections.
Sources...
March Syndrome likely to dominate till Senate polls
Though Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has been blaming the opposition of being driven by ‘March Syndrome’, he himself seems to have been caught...
MQM will contest polls from all constituencies, says Altaf
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that some politicians wanted to dissolve the Punjab Assembly and that in case of...
Polls must be held under military supervision, Musharraf tells US leaders
Former Pakistan President and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief General (r) Pervez Musharraf met senior US congress and senate members during his visit...
‘PML-Q, PPP to contest next polls together’
Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would contest next elections from a single platform and PPP would not field its...
SC allows former senator Mir Rind to contest by-polls
Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday permitted former Senator Mir Ali Muhammed Rind to contest by-elections.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan, annulled Balochistan...
New book accuses Musharraf of rigging 2008 polls
A new book to be released this Friday accuses former president Pervaiz Musharraf of massive rigging in the 2008 general elections, according to newspaper...
‘Political parties with militant wings be barred from polls’
Political leaders have endorsed the demand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to barr political parties with militant wings from contesting elections,...
2-4 snap polls won’t harm system: Nawaz
A government that does not come up to the expectation of the people should willingly resign, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said...
