QUETTA: With polling scheduled for Dec 28, preparations for the local government elections in Quetta district have moved into their final phase. Election officials confirmed that a total of 2,710 candidates are set to contest various positions across the district, marking a highly competitive electoral process. Read More: ECP official reviews preparations for Quetta LG elections […]
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PPP finalises 31 candidates for upcoming AJK elections
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari hosted a virtual meeting of the party’s parliamentary board for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) general elections. He initially interviewed 45 candidates and approved 31 of them as candidates for the upcoming elections. Up to 14 more candidates are to be finalized. Almost 196 workers […]
At least 20 killed, 50 injured in attack on VP candidate’s office in Kabul
KABUL: At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh’s office, the government said in a statement on Monday. Saleh, a running mate of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, was slightly injured in the attack. Afghan forces […]
Candidates on stage for the second 2020 Democratic debate
WASHINGTON: The nation will once again hear from 20 Democratic presidential candidates later this month. The candidates who qualified for the second Democratic debates, which are being held on July 30 and 31 in Detroit and hosted by CNN, were announced Wednesday. To qualify, candidates had to poll at 1% or more in at least three qualified […]
Election on 16 KP Assembly seats in ex-FATA on July 2
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday issued the schedule for election on 16 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats in the merged tribal districts, Radio Pakistan reported. According to the ECP schedule, the elections will be held on July 2. The elections will take place in PK 100 Bajaur-I, PK 101 Bajaur-II, PK 102 Bajaur-III, […]
Pro-Kurdish party slams Turkey ban on elected candidates taking office
Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party on Thursday hit out at electoral authorities for blocking some of its successful candidates from taking office after a March 31 local vote. The Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on Wednesday ordered that individuals sacked by an emergency decree during purges after a 2016 failed coup could not take up their posts […]