Tag: Vote

India votes in penultimate phase of seven-round general election

NEW DELHI: Voters in Delhi and elsewhere in India’s north lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of...

Egyptians to vote on changes that may see Sisi in power...

CAIRO: Egyptians vote this weekend on constitutional changes that will potentially allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and bolster...

ECP sets Dec 31 as last date for getting addresses changed...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced December 31 as the last date for getting addresses changed in the voter list. According to a...

ECP decides to remove voters with third address on NIC

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to remove voters from their lists who have an address other than a permanent and...

Calgary 2026 Winter Olympics bid dead after ‘no’ vote

CALGARY: Calgary’s hopes of hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics were dashed on Tuesday after citizens voted resoundingly against the western Canadian city’s plan to...

Nawaz unable to cast vote over absence of CNIC

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif Sunday was unable to cast vote as he forgot to bring computerized national identity...

Protests overshadow party rallies ahead of Bosnia vote

SARAJEVO/BANJA LUKA: Protests organized in Bosnia's two largest cities on Friday by a pair of fathers demanding the truth about the alleged murders of...

Macedonia to vote on new name to end Greek row

SKOPJE: Voters across the Balkan state of Macedonia will decide Sunday whether to re-name their country North Macedonia, an emotional vote that could end...

ECP extends registration date for overseas Pakistani voters

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the date of registration for overseas Pakistani voters from September 15 to September 17. According to an...

ECP to register overseas Pakistanis as voters from Sept 1

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to begin the voter registration of overseas Pakistanis from September 1 for the upcoming by-elections...

Rival PML-N votes for PPP nominee in NA speaker election

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday voted for Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) nominee Syed Khursheed Shah during the election of the speaker and...

President presses for power of vote on I-Day

--Mamnoon sees hidden message for nation as independence day and general election have come around same time this year --President reiterates support for Kashmiris, urges...

Nationalist cleric Sadr wins Iraq vote recount

BAGHDAD: Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's May parliamentary election according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving the...

Thar women record highest turnout in country’s electoral history

ISLAMABAD: Thar women have achieved a milestone in the country’s electoral history in the general election of 2018, recording the highest turnout of almost...

Why half of voters did not participate in polling: report

ISLAMABAD: Out of the 105.9 million registered voters in Pakistan, only about 54.6 million voted in the last week’s general election, highlighting several factors...

As Zimbabwe prepares to vote, what happened to Mugabe?

  HARARE: Robert Mugabe has not appeared in public since his once-impregnable regime came crashing down last November as Zimbabweans watched in amazement -- and...

Pakistani celebrities get their thumbs inked

Election Day is finally here and our timelines and newsfeeds are full of inked thumbs. Pakistani celebrities have generally supported the democratic process and...