Tag: Voters

UK voters should make final Brexit decision if talks collapse: poll

  LONDON: If Brexit talks break down without a deal, half of Britons believe the final decision over whether to leave the European Union should...

Karachi witnesses lowest voter turnout: report

KARACHI: Despite Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) bagging 14 out of 21 seats in Karachi in a surprising turn of events, the city witnessed one of the...

Voters irked over lack of facilities at polling stations

LAHORE: With the people of the provincial capital, like the rest of the country, exercising their right to vote on Wednesday, no untoward incidents took...

Policemen slap voter in NA-132

In a video on social media, policemen on duty can be seen slapping a citizen outside what seems to be a polling both. Here is...

Bane of Pakistani politicians: young voters with smartphones

ISLAMABAD: The crowd of young Pakistanis, many armed with smartphones, surround the politician's car and begin streaming live footage of something extraordinary: angry voters...

Voters to find their polling station via SMS: ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced that voters will now be able to check their polling station by sending their...

Youth campaign encourages people to vote freely

Campaigners motivating people towards freedom of speech, free political franchise ISLAMABAD: Unlike the conventional political campaigns, where the focus remains on winning support of voters...

1.77mn registered Hindu voters to elect lawmakers in upcoming polls

ISLAMABAD: As many as 1.77 million Hindus are registered voters and will exercise their right to elect members of national and provincial assemblies in...

Difference of opinion part of democracy: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Marriyum Aurangzeb Wednesday said the difference of opinion was part of democracy and it would strengthen the democratic...

Voters’ privacy at risk as candidates allowed access to ECP database

Election Act 2017 gives candidates option to obtain information about voters, including name, picture and address ISLAMABAD: The government has put the security...

Pakistan sees 23pc increase in its voters

Total number of voters increase to 105.96mn as compared to 86.19mn in 2013 ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday published the...

Iraq voters fed up with ‘same old faces’

  BAGHDAD: Only a decade after their country’s first ever multi-party elections, disenchanted Iraqis say “the same old faces” with their vested interests have been...

35,000 Gujrat women without CNICs: report

GUJRAT: A survey conducted in Gujrat revealed that as many as 35,000 women in the district don’t have computerised national identity cards (CNICs), and...

Bilawal directs lawmakers, office-bearers to register women voters

PPP chairman says women have always lead from the front in party LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed the...

63.87 men, 49.09 women registered with NADRA to-date: Talal

ISLAMABAD: Interior State Minister, Talal Chaudhry on Monday informed the Senate that 63.87 million men and 49.09 women were registered with the National Database...

Pasban-e-Pakistan warns voters of political parties’ ‘catchy slogans’ in 2018 polls

KARACHI: Pasban-e-Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor said on Sunday that the stereotypical political parties of Pakistan and their cunning leaders are once again ready to...

Catalonia independence demands annoy voters in other Spanish regions

A long-running conflict between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalonia's independence drive is annoying voters in the rest of Spain who feel their concerns are...