Party leaders, Interim PM, COAS cast ballots in home constituenciesMajor politicians across parties showed up as early as 8 am to cast their votes on Wednesday. One of the earliest votes cast was of the President of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif w...
Women voters make history in a remote Khushab villageA Khushab village notorious for lack of participation of women in all previous elections in the country saw women voters thronging to polling stations on Wednesday. Speaking to Daily Times, additional...
Parties in power in previous terms lead in three provincesLahore: The unofficial and incomplete results of provincial assembly seats broadcast across media plat forms till midnight on Wednesday showed that the parties previously in power in Punjab, Sindh, an...
Farhatullah Babar protests against ECP decision not to extend polling time“Magisterial powers given to security personnel, are slowing down the voting process by allowing only 3-4 voters inside polling stations at a time, furthermore the refusal to extend polling time despi...
PPP disappears from Lahore as far-right parties gain visibilityPakistan People's Party (PPP) was conspicuous by its absence in Lahore on the Election Day on Wednesday. The party's election activities were rarely seen in the city, despite a candidate contesting fr...
Elections held peacefully amid tight security in HyderabadHYDERABAD: 577 candidates contested for 42 national and provincial assemblies' seats in nine districts of Hyderabad amid stringent security measures across the province on Wednesday. There were 4.74 m...
Party leaders, Interim PM, COAS cast ballots in home constituenciesLahore: Major politicians across parties showed up as early as 8 am to cast their votes on Wednesday. One of the earliest votes cast was of the President of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Shehbaz...
Bilawal condemns attack on PPP’s camp in Larkana; four injuredLARKANA: The general elections for two national and four provincial assembly seats of Larkana district were held peacefully except an incident of cracker blast, which occurred near PPP's camp near a p...
Four injured in clash between PTI, PPP workers in DaduDADU: Four activists were injured on Wednesday after a clash between two rival political groups in front of a female polling station in Kazi Arif village of PS-84 Mehar Taluka in Dadu district. Report...
Navy chief Zafar Mahmood visits Oman ‘to strengthen bilateral relationship between navies’ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, who is on an official visit to the Sultanate of Oman, held consultative meetings with Oman's Defence Ministry secretary-general Mohame...
Several trans persons on observer duties barred from entering polling stations in PeshawarPESHAWAR: At least 25 members of the transgender community were barred from entering polling stations in Peshawar to perform the duty of 'observers' despite being issued the accreditation cards by the...
Polling officer dies of cardiac arrest in LayyahLAYYAH: A polling officer died due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday while performing his duty in Layyah district of Punjab. Reportedly, Tahir Raza, who was deployed in a polling station established in G...
Voter dies due to heart attack in Rahim Yar KhanRAHIM YAR KHAN: A voter died due to heart attack on Wednesday while waiting inside a polling station to cast his vote for NA-77 in Rahim Yar Khan. Reportedly, Arshad, a resident of Zahir Pir area, suf...
Senior Supreme Court lawyer passes awayLAHORE: Senior Advocate Supreme Court Khawaja Muhammad Afzal, elder brother of senior Advocate Supreme Court Khawaja Sultan Ahmad (late), uncle of Khawaja Haris Ahmad, senior Advocate Supreme Court an...
Voter dies due to heat stroke in VehariVEHARI: A man died due to heatstroke amid severely hot weather when he was waiting in a queue outside a polling station to cast his vote on Wednesday. Reportedly, he fell unconscious in a queue outsid...
Nationalist parties in Balochistan claim wide-spread riggingThe least populated province of Pakistan was also swept away in election fury, as local and national political parties contested for Balochistan's 50 Provincial Assembly and 16 National Assembly seats...
Armed Forces took PPP, GDA candidates into ‘protective custody’ as clashes erupt in ShikarpurSHIKARPUR: Followed by an armed clash between two groups of Brohi and Shaikh tribe, injuring at least four people in Shikarpur, armed forces personnel on Wednesday took Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ca...