Tag: Polls
Polls close in Singapore presidential vote
Polls closed Saturday in Singapore’s first contested presidential election in 18 years, following a heated campaign marked by calls for stronger checks on the...
Syndicate polls held in Arid University
In accordance with provisions of the University Act, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi held its elections to elect one member each from the different cadres...
There will be no snap polls: Gilani to Nawaz
Rejecting the call for snap polls by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said elections would...
Prepare for polls instead of long march, Kaira tells Nawaz
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary and former federal minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif...
Nawaz demands snap polls
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday finally demanded immediate general elections in the country, saying they were the only solution to...
Musharraf vows to return before polls
Shrugging off arrest warrants and threats to his life from terrorists, former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf said he would end his self-imposed exile...
PIAF finalises strategy for upcoming LCCI polls
Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has finalized its strategy for selection of candidates for upcoming LCCI polls scheduled for September 21 and...
No reason to avoid LG polls: Gilani
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said there was no reason to avoid holding elections for local government bodies in the provinces. In...
Fair polls impossible under Zardari: Imran
Ruling out any alliance with ‘corrupt and dishonest’ parties, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday said fair elections could not be expected in...
PPP demands July 10 polls under Rangers’ supervision
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab Tuesday demanded that Azad Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly election for LA-37 Valley II scheduled on July 10 in...
SHC disposes of MQM’s petition on AJK polls
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday disposed of the constitutional petition filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) over the postponement of polling...
MQM to take part in polls for two AJK seats
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday announced its participation in the postponed elections for certain seats of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative...
AJK’s 2 Karachi seats’ polls to be held on July 20
Azad Jammu Kashmir’s (AJK) Election Commission has announced to hold polls of 2 seats of immigrants in Karachi on July 20, SAMAA reported on...
Gilani eyes the finish line, sees no mid-term polls
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani rejected on Sunday the opposition’s call for mid-term elections, saying it was time for local government elections in the...
MQM moves SHC against deferral of AJK polls
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday filed a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the postponement of scheduled election for...
Ahl-e-Hadith chief backs AJK polls criticism
Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith Chief Ibtasam Ilaahi Zaheer has called the criticism on federal government ‘natural’ after alleged rigging in AJK polls. Ibtasam considered it a result...
MQM boycotts proceedings over polls postponement
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) boycotted the proceedings of the Sindh Assembly on Saturday to protest the postponement of elections on two general seats...
