QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Secretary-General Senator Manzoor Ahmad Kakar on Thursday said that intra party elections of Balochistan Awami Party would be held on May 9. In a statement issued here, Senator Manzoor Ahmad Kakar said that the intra-party elections of BAP to be held on May 9, 2022 at 12 noon at the […]
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Over four million voters to participate in Balochistan LG polls
ISLAMABAD: As many as 4011096 registered voters will cast their votes for local government elections being held in 32 districts of Balochistan on May 29. Out of total, 2,282,942 are male voters and 1,728,154 are female voters who will cast their votes for seven Municipal Corporations, 49 Municipal Committees, 838 Union Councils. Apart from Quetta […]
ECP announces schedule for first phase of LG elections in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the schedule for the first phase of local government elections in the Punjab province. According to the ECP, in the first phase, LG elections will be held in 17 districts of Punjab on June 9.
Kohat’s elected members take oath
Kohat’s elected members take oath PESHAWAR, A simple but impressive oath taking ceremony for village council chairman and other members of Tehsil Gumbat was held at Government Boys Degree College Gumbat on Tuesday. Additional Deputy Commissioner Kohat Bashir Ahmed administered the oath to the elected representatives. Similarly in Kohat, the newly elected members […]
Federal govt offers ECP to present another EVM
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has offered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to introduce another electronic voting machine (EVM), after the institution showed doubtfulness about the use of the EVMs in the elections. Shibli Faraz, the Federal Minister for Science and Technology said that more electronic voting machines (EVMs) will be presented before the Election […]
Iraq Shiite cleric Sadr says won’t take part in election
Iraq’s populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr said Thursday he won’t participate in a parliamentary election slated for October and will withdraw his support for any party. The boycott by the enigmatic religious and political figure is a blow to election plans by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who had called the early vote in response […]
EU mission meets with Venezuela defense minister, supreme court
European Union election experts met on Wednesday with Venezuela’s defense minister and Supreme Court president, at a time when the opposition is demanding the release of a top leader accused of terrorism and treason. The EU representatives arrived in Venezuela a week ago to study the possibility of sending a mission to observe mayoral and […]
Bulgaria protest parties buoyed as voters punish center-right for graft
Exit polls in Bulgaria’s second general election in three months show voters angry at rampant corruption have punished the party of three-time premier Boyko Borisov, deserting it for a new anti-establishment group headed by singer-turned-politician Slavi Trifonov. Latest polls projected that Trifonov’s There is Such a People (ITN) party — founded just last year — […]
Bulgaria votes again in a bid to end political deadlock
Bulgarians went to the polls for a second time in three months on Sunday, hoping the political parties can this time agree on a stable government coalition. After almost a decade in power, the conservative GERB party of three-time Prime Minister Boyko Borisov came out first in the last election in April with 26 percent […]
Canada’s Trudeau survives vote of no confidence
The minority government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence Wednesday in a face-off over the proposed budget, eliminating the possibility of early elections this summer. The House of Commons voted 211 to 121 in favor of approving the budget, which was proposed in April and contains a plan […]