JI demands deployment of army outside polling stations
LAHORE: “The deployment of Pakistan Army personnel outside the polling stations is immensely important to ensure smooth elections.”...
Election News
Deployment of Pakistan Army personnel in Karachi begins
KARACHI: The process of deployment Pakistan Army has began ahead of general elections in the country on May 11....
Bid to target election candidates thwarted as suicide bomber held
KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies managed to unearth massive terrorism bid as they nabbed a suicide bomber, here on Thursday....
Pak-Afghan Torkham border to be sealed on election day: KP government
by Noman Fida
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to seal Pak-Afghan Torkham border on May 11, the day scheduled for general elections in the country....
Elections postponed as candidate gunned down in Balochistan constituency
by Essa Tareen
NASEERABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has postponed polls in Jhal Magsi after three people including an independent candidate were shot dead, here on Tuesday....
‘Nadra in it’s readiness to facilitate overseas Pakistani voters’
by Hadi Aziz
ISLAMABAD: Nadra is all set to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis in their right to vote in the general elections....
To vote is religious obligation, says joint fatwa of Pakistan Ulema
ISLAMABAD: To vote is the right of every citizen and obligation upon every Muslim and those restraining women from this duty are landlords, not Islam....
No compromise on security, printing of ballot papers, says EC
by Mirza Hassan
ISLAMABAD: “No compromise will be made over the maintenance of security and transparency in the printing of ballot papers in the federal capital.”...
Blind man made presiding officer, removed from position
LAHORE: A presiding officer was removed from his position after it came on surface that he was visually impaired, here on Monday....
Former MPA Khalifa Abdul Qayyum allowed to contesting polls
by Noman Fida
PESHAWAR: Former member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Khalifa Abdul Qayyum has been allowed to contest in forthcoming general elections....