Tag: Vote
Brexit vote may be reversed, says Nigel Farage
LONDON: Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Sunday he was increasingly concerned that a vote for Britain to leave the European Union could be...
Czechs: to pick between Zeman, pro-western challengers in presidential vote
PRAGUE: Czechs wrap up voting on Saturday in the first round of a presidential election in which eight candidates are seeking to oust the...
Czech govt to lose confidence vote, Babis’ party likely to retain...
PRAGUE: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, battling allegations he illegally tapped European Union subsidies a decade ago, looked certain to lose a parliamentary confidence...
Need for women to obtain CNIC to reduce gender gap in...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar has said that the process to obtain a CNIC needs to be simplified and that incentives should...
Vote only way to bring change in Pakistan: Talal
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister of State Talal Chaudhry has said that ‘vote’ is the only way to bring a change in the country and that everyone...
PPP will not support Nawaz at any cost: Saeed Ghani
LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party Senator Saeed Ghani reiterated the party’s stance towards former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and remarked that PPP will never support...
Turnout of 34.5 percent in Kenya vote re-run: election commission head
NAIROBI: An estimated 6.55 million Kenyans voted in Thursday’s presidential election re-run, just 34.5 percent of registered voters, Wafula Chebukati, election commission chairman, said...
Italians vote to seek autonomy, in shadow of Catalonia crisis
MILAN: Two wealthy regions of northern Italy voted overwhelmingly on Sunday for greater autonomy in referendums that could fan regional tensions in Europe at...
‘Minority vote can influence the election results’
LAHORE: It’s the right time to take concrete steps to build social harmony between Muslims and minorities; for this purpose, political parties must issue tickets...
LHC allows transgenders to use guru’s name in CNICs
LAHORE: Transgender persons will now be able to get identity cards made and vote sans hurdles as Lahore High Court (LHC) has allowed them to...
PML-N struggling for sanctity of vote: Talal Chaudhry
LAHORE: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has said that for few people, the NA-120 by-election is a matter of victory and defeat but...
US led UN ‘gang-up’ on Israel settlement vote: ambassador
The White House orchestrated a "gang-up" against Israel on last week's UN settlement vote, its ambassador to Washington said Monday in the latest sign...
Assad party wins expected majority in Syria parliamentary vote
Syria’s ruling Baath party and its allies won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections last week across government-held parts of the country, the...
Syria’s Assad says willing to hold early presidential vote
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is willing to hold early presidential elections if the Syrian people want them, in remarks released...
Damascus rules out talks on presidential vote
The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the...
British bombers make first air strikes on Syria after UK parliament...
British bombers made their first strikes on Syria on Thursday, just hours after Britain’s parliament voted to target Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria,...
Brother kills sister for casting vote
A brother allegedly killed his sister in Sarai Kharboza for casting a vote in the first ever local government elections in Islamabad.
The victim was...
