Tag: Referendum

‘In respect of Muharram’: MQM postpones referendum again

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) referendum on Quaid’s or Taliban’s Pakistan has once again been postponed. The party has this time said that the...

MQM postpones referendum on Pakistan question

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has postponed its controversial nationwide referendum on the question “Taliban or Quaid-e-Azam’s Pakistan”, which was scheduled to be held...

British PM under pressure over EU referendum

Prime Minister David Cameron came under further pressure over Europe on Monday when a senior lawmaker from his party said Britain should exit the...

Apathy or ignorance

At the end of one week, only 62,000 votes have been cast in the KBD referendum out of the millions who have access to...

Jamil Bugti wants referendum to decide Balochistan’s future

Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, son of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has suggested that a referendum should be held in Balochistan so that...

41 Syrian civilians killed ahead of referendum

Syrian forces killed at least 41 civilians on Saturday’s eve of a referendum on a new constitution called by the regime in the face...

Greek leader signals he may ditch referendum plan

Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Thursday he would scrap a referendum on Greece's bailout lifeline if the conservative opposition agreed to back the...

7,000 sign Istehkam-e-Pakistan Referendum Register

The managers of “Istehkam-e-Pakistan Referendum Register” have claimed that over 7,000 residents of Islamabad have signed referendum register in favour of a resolution that...

Turkey hopes for Cyprus referendum in early 2012

Turkey hopes terms for the reunification of Cyprus can be agreed by the end of the year so that a referendum can take place...

Berlusconi faces another test with Italy referendums

Italians began voting in four referendums on Sunday that could strike a new blow against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who is still stinging from...

Struggling Berlusconi brushes off referendum worry

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi played down the significance of a coming referendum on nuclear power, seen as his next big test with voters...

MQM public referendum continues on 5th day

Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Public Referendum continued on the 5th day while MQM Provincial Organizing Committee Joint In-charge Shabir Qaeem Khakani and National Assembly...

MQM to hold people’s referendum on Osama’s killing

On the second day of becoming part of federal government, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) announced on Wednesday that it would hold a people’s referendum...

British referendum set to reject voting change

Britons looked set Thursday to reject a change in the way they elect their lawmakers as they voted in a national referendum that has...

Egyptian army says referendum in 2 months

CAIRO - Egypt's ruling Higher Military Council hopes to finalise constitutional amendments within 10 days and put them to a referendum within two months, paving the way to democratic elections, members have told youth activists. Wael Ghonim said on his Facebook page that he and seven other activists involved in protests that brought down Hosni Mubarak last week met two members of the council on Sunday evening.
Ghonim, a Google executive who was detained for two weeks during the

Nisar supports PIA union referendum

ISLAMABAD - Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked the treasury on Friday to take notice of a notification issued by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to stop the PIA unions' referendum on the pretext of security concerns. Speaking on a point of order during the national assembly session, he said if by-polls could be held in Shangla, why a referendum could be postponed in PIA.
Labour Minister Khurshid Shah said that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government's policy