Tag: Voting
Women banned from voting in GB constituency
Pakistan’s four major political parties found themselves on same page to endorse a decree banning woman from using their right to vote in Gilgist...
Women participate enthusiastically in elections
62 year old Kausar Parveen awoke at 5 am, completed her domestic chores and left her house at 7 am to vote for her...
Overseas Pakistanis fly in to vote
A large number of overseas Pakistanis came back home to vote, including 500 Pakistanis from Lebanon who support the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI).
These overseas Pakistanis,...
SHC chief justice did not vote!
Eminent personalities, national leaders, former members of national and provincial assemblies as well as other prominent figures of the country, turned to polling stations...
Mateela: the village where women will not vote
Mateela, a village near Islamabad, has a tradition of male-only voting. The women in this land of wheat and orange trees have never been...
SC wants govt to consider mandatory voting
During Wednesday’s hearing of a petition pertaining to electoral reforms, the Supreme Court declared that it would be commendable if the government made voting...
Distrust and apathy hit disputed referendum in Egypt
The second round of voting in Egypt’s contentious constitutional referendum was marred by low turnout and delay as the crisis in the country continued.
It...
Boycott-hit voting under way in Kuwait
Voting is under way in Kuwait to pick a new parliament for the second time in 10 months amid sharp divisions between the ruling...
Palestinians begin voting in first poll since 2006
Ballot booths opened across the West Bank on Saturday as Palestinians began voting in local elections, in what is the first time they have...
Farooq Sattar opposes withdrawal of voting rights from overseas Pakistanis
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Parliamentary leader in National Assembly Dr Farooq Sattar has said that withdrawal of voting right from the overseas Pakistanis is...
Voting strengthens the democratic process: CJ
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said change of government through votes as per the Constitution, strengthens the democratic process thereby heralding new vistas...
Plan to give voting rights to overseas Pakistanis dropped
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday said more than four million overseas Pakistani’s will not be allowed to exercise their right to...
Indian MPs vote for president, Mukherjee set to win
Indian national and state lawmakers voted on Thursday for a new president, with former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee seen as a certainty to take...
NA to select new PM today
Major political stakeholders are flexing their muscles vigorously to launch their candidates as a short term Prime Minister in political arena as the selection...
CJP seeks practical suggestions for giving expatriates voting rights
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to submit practicable suggestions regarding giving rights of vote to...
Minorities seek dual voting rights
The Minorities Wing of the Pakistan People’s Party has felicitated President Asif Zardari for making history by consecutively addressing the fifth session of parliament...
Women stopped from voting in Mardan
The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) was outraged when female voters were not allowed to exercise their franchise in Mardan and...
