ECP announces deadline for local body elections of Sindh, Baluchistan and Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has announced a deadline for local body elections of Sindh, Baluchistan, and Islamabad. According to details, the ECP had announced deadlines giving a 15-day respite to the officials of the provinces directing that, necessary amendments
Election reform controversy
The controversy over the election reforms seems to be escalating which has placed the government at loggerheads with the opposition and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The failure to reach consensus on the issue and hastily pass the law
Conservative judge Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election
TEHRAN: Conservative judge Ebrahim Raisi has won the presidential election in Iran, state media reported on Saturday. Three out of four candidates in Iran’s presidential election have conceded defeat hours before the interior ministry is expected to announce the official
Who are the candidates in Iran’s presidential election?
Iranians have a choice between seven mostly hardline candidates in a presidential election on Friday, June 18, a contest likely to reinforce the authority of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Clerical officials who vetted the candidates rejected several prominent moderates
PPP candidate wins Badin PS-70 by-election
BADIN: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPP-P) candidate Dada Mohammad Halepota on Thursday won the by-election on PS-70 (Matli) in Badin district. Halepota secured 46,420 votes, while his opponent Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Gul Hassan came second by securing only 6,324
Modi’s BJP suffers setback after losing West Bengal election
KOLKATA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party suffered a setback when it lost the fiercely contested polls in West Bengal. Over the past month, India held its biggest democratic exercise in two years, with 175 million people eligible to
Karachi bypolls
The NA-249 by-elections have exposed the faults in our electoral system. The constituency was closely contested as anyone could emerge as the winner given the varied demographics and the electoral history in the area. The elections saw much lower
Putin is a ‘killer’, will pay the price for election meddling: Biden
WASHINGTON: Russia called its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations after President Joe Biden described Vladimir Putin as a “killer” who would “pay a price” for election meddling, prompting the first major diplomatic crisis for the American president. In
Senate Chairman election
This month has been rather eventful with the Senate elections and the polls for the top seats for the Upper House of parliament. The controversy has not ended as the opposition has decided to challenge the results in court, setting
PPP will challenge Senate chairman election in IHC: Bilawal
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that all the senators of the opposition voted for Yousaf Raza Gilani in the elections for Chairman Senate. Speaking at a dinner reception held at Zardari House in honour
48 newly-elected senators take oath
ISLAMABAD: Forty-eight newly-elected members of the Senate have been sworn in on Friday for a six-year term in the Upper House of Parliament. Presiding Officer (PO) Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah administered the oath to the newly-elected senators. In the next
SC declines to suspend ECP’s decision on Daska re-polling
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declined a petition by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate to suspend re-polling in NA-75 (Sialkot-IV) Daska as per an earlier decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The ECP had declared the by-poll held on February 19
Newly-elected Senate members to be sworn on March 12
ISLAMABAD: The newly elected members of the Senate will be sworn in on March 12, the Senate Secretariat has said. The tenure of the retiring senators ends March 11 after which 48 new members of the Upper House will be
PTI’s Khurram Sher barred from casting vote in Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Khurram Sher Zaman was barred from casting his vote in the Senate elections. Zaman arrived at the Sindh Assembly to cast his vote for the Senate elections but was stopped from voting after he was
Trump hints at 2024 presidential bid, repeats false victory claims
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump told conservatives he was considering running for president again in 2024, as he reasserted dominance over the Republican Party and warned of a “struggle” for America’s very survival. Trump made the remarks during a speech
Parliament must decide on secret balloting in Senate elections: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed has said that the parliament is the forum that must decide the method of voting for Senate elections including the degree of secrecy as the court could not limit jurisdiction. The Chief
Sugar thieves and honest men
They withdrew their support and you can see the results. Everything is clearly exposed. For the past few months, some so-called political analysts have been proclaiming that the PDM meeting in Lahore failed and hence the PDM should also be
Maryam Nawaz invokes ‘meri pawri’ trend while claiming election rigging
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-president Maryam Nawaz has said the Sialkot by-polls prove that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rigged the 2018 elections. Addressing the media in Jati Umrah on Sunday, she said the entire nation now knows how the PTI
PTI announces final candidates for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced the final list of candidates for the upcoming Senate elections. Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry announced the final list of candidates for the Senate polls. In Balochistan, PTI had selected
Senate elections to be held on March 3
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced to hold the election for Senate on March 3, 2021. The polls will be held on 48 seats of the Upper House. The candidates can submit their nomination papers from February
ECP to announce schedule for Senate elections today
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the upcoming Senate elections on Thursday (today). The election commission has proposed to hold the poll on March 2, 3 or 4 dates and will give the final
Horse trading is rife
It is now less than a month before the expiration of the tenure of several Senators who will complete their six-year term. The ECP is set to announce the schedule for the next election while a presidential reference had also
Sheikh Rasheed advises Maulana Fazl to contest Senate elections
RAWALPINDI: Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has advised Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to contest the upcoming Senate elections. Addressing media after laying the foundation stone of the new block of Viqar-un-Nisa Girls College in Rawalpindi, the federal
BAP’s Nusrat Shaheen elected senator unopposed
QUETTA: Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nusrat Shaheen has been elected unopposed a member of the Senate in the by-election on a vacant seat of the upper house of parliament from Balochistan. The seat had fallen vacant after the death
US Supreme Court dismisses Texas suit challenging election result
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president. The longshot suit lodged late Tuesday against
Trump agrees to leave office if Biden victory confirmed
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner of the US election, making a further concession of defeat even as he railed against the “rigged” vote. Trump has
Biden solidifies presidential election win over Trump
WASHINGTON: United States President-elect Joe Biden solidified his election victory by winning the state of Georgia, while President Donald Trump said “time will tell” if another administration takes over soon. Joe Biden has won 306 votes in the state-by-state Electoral
Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins Myanmar election
YANGON: The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government. According to official general election results released on Friday, Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) had secured the
Biden’s lead widens in US election, no victory call so far
WILMINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to winning the White House as he expanded his lead over President Donald Trump in battleground states, but television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes. Trump
Biden closer to victory as Trump claims election being stolen
WASHINGTON: The nail-biting US election was on the very of finally producing a winner with Democrat Joe Biden declaring “no doubt” that he would beat President Donald Trump. Two days after the most tense election in decades, the meticulous vote-counting
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