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Bangladesh to hold elections in Feb 2026, says Interim Chief

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Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has announced that general elections will take place in February 2026. He made this announcement during a national address on the first anniversary of the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Yunus came to power after mass protests led to the removal of the long-time prime minister last year. Thousands of […]

Senate elections underway in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Senate polling is actively taking place in both the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies, with 36 seats being contested across the two regions. In Punjab, voting began at 9 am and is scheduled to continue until 4 pm. So far, 130 votes have been cast out of the 369 total assembly members, according to election […]

ECP didn’t consult govt on LG elections says Murtaza Wahab

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KARACHI: Murtaza Wahab asserted on Monday that the ECP didn’t consult with the administration over the date of the local government election. Administrator Karachi was briefing the media after the municipal tax collection hearing in the Sindh High Court (SHC). The election commission has set the local election date of October 23 without consultation with […]

PTI begging for security ahead of protest against ECP

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ISLAMABAD: PTI is begging for security ahead of the protest against ECP. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has requested the district administration to ensure security and other arrangements ahead of the protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today (Thursday). According to details, the PTI has penned down a letter to the district administration to ensure […]

Shahbaz Gill released after being arrested for violation of ECP rules

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MUZAFFARGARH: PTI leader Shahbaz Gill was released Monday morning after being arrested by police a day prior for violating the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct during the by-polls in Punjab. A day earlier, the Punjab police had arrested PTI leader Shahbaz Gill in Muzaffargarh for allegedly visiting different polling stations during the […]

By-polls in Punjab: CEC appeals voters to actively participate in election process

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja on Sunday appealed to the voters to keenly participate in the election process and cast their vote for their favorite candidates in by-elections of the Punjab Assembly, being held today(Sunday) in 20 constituencies. In a message, he said that with the active participation of voters, the democracy […]

National Assembly to elect new Leader of the House on Apr 11

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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect the new leader of the House (Prime Minister) on April 11, 2022 (Monday) after passage of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan. Opposition parties in the National Assembly on Sunday (April 10) defeated the ruling PTI government in the no-confidence resolution they jointly moved against Prime Minister Imran Khan with […]

Tensions high as Haiti says farewell to slain president

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Haiti said farewell Friday to its slain president Jovenel Moise under tight security at a state funeral marred by an eruption of gunfire outside the venue, highlighting the instability of the impoverished Caribbean country. Just over two weeks after the 53-year-old Moise was shot dead in his home in Port-au-Prince in the early hours of […]

Nawaz sacrificed his govt for the sake of people’s rule, says Maryam Nawaz

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Addressing a public gathering in Kahuta, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that despite the fact that former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was sitting in London, his party was still winning by-elections one after another throughout the country due to his influence. The PML-N’s leader speech took place in […]