The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday again declared PPP’s Ali Hassan Zehri the winner of Balochistan’s PB-21 (Hub) constituency. The development comes more than two years after the 2024 general elections and a day after the electoral watchdog ordered a recounting of votes polled in the constituency’s 39 polling stations “as soon as possible […]
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ECP postpones Punjab Assembly polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday postponed the general elections in Punjab province citing security concerns. A notification was issued by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja in this regard. It said the commission had invoked Article 218(3) read with Section 58 and 8(c) of the Elections Act 2017. According to the notification, the […]
By-Election PP-217: Tough contest likely between Zain Qureshi (PTI), Salman Naeem (PML-N)
MULTAN: As many as 216,996 voters, including 115,158 males and 101,838 females, will cast votes in favour of different candidates in PP-217 (Multan) in by-elections on July 17 (Sunday). Election Commission constituted 124 polling stations to facilitate the voters to exercise their right to vote in support of candidates of their choice. However, tough competition […]
Man kills, several injured during LG Polls in Sukkur
SUKKUR: A man killed and some were left injured in separate incidents of violence during the local bodies polls on Sunday. A man was shot dead and three were injured during a clash between JUI and PPP workers in Sukkur. The two parties were clashing over election proceedings at a polling station in Rohri. Police […]
PM Khan summons top officials to chalk out post AJK election policy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Wednesday called on the top officials and representatives of the government to discuss the policy related to the victory in elections in Azad and Jammu Kashmir. The session is to start at 3 pm today where government response is to be discussed in response to the opposition’s narrative. […]
PTI AJK releases election manifesto, promises wide-ranging reforms
Releasing its election manifesto for upcoming polls, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) AJK chapter’s President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhary on Wednesday announced to bring wide-ranging reforms in the state after coming into power. Elaborating the salient features of the manifesto, Central Information Secretary PTI AJK Chapter Ershad Mahmood told APP here on Wednesday that in a 30-page […]
Nawaz wants Shehbaz to zero in on upcoming AJK election
LAHORE: PML-N former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation on Monday. The Sharif brothers discussed the upcoming election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) with Nawaz Sharif directing Shehbaz Sharif to zero in on the poll. Both agreed to task the PML-N’s vice president […]
Provincial Election Commissioner reviews arrangements for Sialkot by polls
Provincial Election Commissioner Punjab Ghulam Israr Khan has directed the district administration of Sialkot and concerned officials of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make all out foolproof arrangements for holding free, fair, transparent, impartial and peaceful by election in Sialkot constituency (PP 38,Sialkot-IV) scheduled to be held on July 28,2021. Provincial Election Commissioner stated […]
Learning lessons in polls
Surgically separated Siamese twins have a tendency to keep kicking at each other. It is said that similar are relations between India and Pakistan. Apparently they cannot live separately, they pin prick each other to remain in good humour. I would not like to draw any more similarities as it would amount to stirring the […]
Planes, rebels and elephants: Indonesia gears up for jumbo polls
From sending ballot boxes by elephant in Sumatra to keeping voters safe in Papua’s rebel territory, Indonesia is pulling out all the stops for one of the world’s biggest one-day polls across a vast archipelago of 260 million. On Wednesday, over 190 million registered voters in the Muslim-majority country will cast their votes in just […]