COPENHAGEN: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is set to form a new centre-left minority coalition government after months of negotiations following Denmark inconclusive general election in March. Read More: Denmark moves to expand veil ban in schools and universities Frederiksen, leader of the Social Democratic Party, confirmed the agreement after meeting King Frederik X. She described […]
General Election
Australians begin voting as Pope’s death pauses campaigning
Australians started casting early votes in the general election on Tuesday, ahead of the official polling day on May 3. Voting began quietly as campaigning paused following the death of Pope Francis. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton canceled campaign events out of respect. Both attended memorial Masses, and flags across Australia […]
Australian opposition holds slim lead over government ahead of May 18 election: poll
Australia’s opposition Labor Party retained a narrow lead over the conservative coalition government, a closely watched poll showed on Monday, while the Labor’s leader popularity hit a four-year high days ahead of a general election. The Newspoll showed Labor ahead of the Liberal-National coalition, 51 percent to 49 percent, unchanged from polls over the past […]
S Africa’s failing health system in spotlight ahead of vote
Six psychiatric patients are tied to their beds in two tiny, dimly lit cubicles in the emergency ward of South Africa’s biggest hospital, where the country’s dire healthcare crisis is starkly evident. Some of the group are restrained using just medical bandages, while one screaming female patient is tied to a bed that is itself […]
S Africa graft scandals overshadow ruling ANC’s election bid
With less than four weeks to go until South Africans vote in a general election, corruption scandals again threaten to tear open old rivalries within the long-governing African National Congress. After 25 years in power, widespread graft allegations have tainted the ruling party, which forced out shamed former president Jacob Zuma last year. Despite his […]
Too lazy to vote – Too early to change
Mr. Chaudhry, who lives down the street loves a good holiday. He says, however, that he is too lazy to vote. Mrs. Chaudry feels the same way and so do their children who are old enough to vote now. Well, can’t really blame them, considering the rhetoric their parents have espoused for most part of […]
Senate Election: A foreplay to General Elections
Senate elections have concluded and the bitterly contested slot of Chairman of Senate has been resolved too. A little known politician from Chaghi district of Balochistan has earned the honour to head the Upper House. The well-known names and supposedly top contenders, Raza Rabbani, Parvaiz Rashid didn’t earn the nod of their respective parties, to […]
Nisar welcomes Shehbaz’s nomination for next PM
LAHORE: Former interior minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said that the move of nominating Shehbaz Sharif as PML-N’s next candidate for the premiership in the upcoming General Election would yield “better results”. Talking to media in Islamabad on Friday, he said PML-N is going through a critical […]