ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) Election Commission (EC) has approved the election schedule of the body and assured July 5 elections would be held in a fair, free and transparent manner. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Mian M Ajmal on Tuesday here to ...

LONDON : Member of British Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmed has vowed to support Aslam Sheikh in upcoming election of Law Society of England.He made this statement during a phone call to Pakistani-based Solicitor Aslam Sheik the other day. Nazir said that he would also appeal to other lawyers to support ...

TEHRAN - The six contenders for Iran's next president issued a joint appeal for calm on Friday before the close of polls in the first election since outgoing President Mahmoud's Ahmadinejad's 2009 re-election sparked mass protests.Polling stations nationwide remained open four hours longer than ...

Karachi- Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaquat Baloch has said the PPP-led previous government had to suffer a lot politically just because of its reconciliation policy towards the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He called the MQM a fascist group which according to him is often used by the establishment as per ...

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has annulled the results of NA-103 Hafizabad and ordered re-election in the National Assembly constituency of Punjab.The ECP said the decision has been made after receiving complaints of irregularities at a large scale, and the results had been withheld.Liaquat ...

TEHRAN: At the bustling Vali Asr intersection in central Tehran, pro-reform camp supporter Armin settled in for a heated showdown with supporters of a conservative frontrunner in this week’s Iranian presidential election.“I don’t want a president who lives a simple life, I ...

ISLAMABAD- Eyeing speedy trial in the wake of prolonged delay in the election tribunals (ETs) appointment, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has asked the ETs to decide election petitions expeditiously within a period of four months and grant adjournments only in exceptional cases. In the ...

ISLAMABAD- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified the appointment of 14 fresh election tribunals (ETs) in consultation with the chief justices of the respective high courts in pursuance of an order issued by the Sindh High Court last week.The ETs would start working from today ...

ISLAMABAD - PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s chances to get elected prime minister unopposed are swaying as the MQM announced voting for Nawaz Sharif but PPP President Amin Fahim said that his party would contest for premiership. Amin Fahim, talking to media persons outside parliament, said ...

THIMPHU -Voters in Bhutan braved rain and treacherous mountain paths to cast their ballots on Friday as the “land of the thunder dragon” began electing a government for only the second time.Wearing traditional dress and sheltering under umbrellas, Bhutanese queued patiently at polling ...

Post election scenario is marred by protests and calls for re-elections, re-polling on the account of rigging in many areas of Pakistan. Pakistan has come a long way in terms of establishing basic norms of democracy, like transferring power from one civil government to the other. After six decades ...

KARACHI -Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sindh chief Dr Mairaj-ul-Huda Siddiqui has said that holding of transparent elections is the only way to keep peace in the metropolis, but the right of the citizens has been robbed through a record rigging in the recent elections.“The citizens do not accept the ...

Beating big bosses, Parvaiz Malik of NA-123 emerges to be the most ‘popular winner’ of Lahore securing 73 percent of total votes cast in his constituency, while the only winnin g candidate of PTI Shafqat Mehmood of NA-126 with 50 percent surfaces to be the ‘least popular ...

FAISALABADCaretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has awarded 18 officers of civil administration and police department with commendation certificates for their excellent services for the administrative and security arrangements of General Election 2013 in Faisalabad division.  Divisional ...

LONDON : Pakistani-national British senior Solicitor Muhammad Aslam Sheikh has got massive support of law experts and senior solicitors for the Law Society of England and Wales election 2013.A lot of law experts and solicitors have taken this unanimous decision to support Aslam Sheikh in a meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - A division bench (DB) of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday dismissed three election petitions seeking holding of fresh election in a constituency, seeking re-polling, and recounting of votes in two other constituencies.The DB comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Shaukat Aziz ...

Robert DreyfussIf Iran is a ‘dictatorship’, its politics is remarkably ‘rough’ and ‘tumble’. Not only does the coming presidential election look like it might well be wide open and contentious, but it could have a lot to do with whether or not talks between Iran ...

Senior Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jehangir Tareen has alleged that he was defeated in the May 11 general elections under a well-planned conspiracy.Addressing a press conference along with PTI’s information secretary Shireen Mazarai here on Tuesday, Tareen said he was leading by ...

ISLAMABAD On the one hand Independents are joining Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) in a big number making it comfortable for the party to form government without the crutches of smaller parties, while on the other hand gigantic problems awaiting the would-be government in shape of worst ...

MANILAA coin toss has decided the lucky winner of mayor for a small Philippine town, after rival candidates were tied at the end the vote count, en election official said Thursday.The dramatic conclusion to the contest for San Teodoro, a farming town of about 16,000 people in the central ...

  ISLAMABAD- Islamabad Region Cricket Association (IRCA) president Shakil Shaikh termed the election of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf transparent and in line with provisions of the newly-promulgated PCB constitution, which was approved in consultation with the ...

LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notice on an application for pausing of the election on reserved seats for women in national and Punjab assemblies.The court directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to submit a reply until May 22. The court passed the orders on an application ...

Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has turned holding of timely election as success of democratic system.He was speaking at a meeting of the federal cabinet here in Islamabad on Thursday.The Prime Minister felicitated the nation for full participation in the election process.He said it is really a ...

SADIQABAD Punjab governor Syed Ahmad Mehmood has arrived in Jamaldin Wali village by his private chopper from Lahore after completion of general elections process. He was accorded warm welcome by newly elected member of National Assembly Mustafa Mehmood and newly elected MPA Murtaza Mehmood, his ...

JHANGA protest rally was taken out by defeated candidate of Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM) Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi who contested election from NA-89 and PP-78 and lost to PML-N candidates - Sheikh Muhammad Akram and Begum Rashida Yaqoob. The rally which was participated by hundreds of people started ...

LALAMUSAMembers of three clans in Gujrat district are winners of 12 National Assembly and provincial assembly seats in the recent general elections. Ch Pervaiz Elahi and his son Monis Elahi of PML-Q have won NA-105 and PP-110 seats respectively while Ch Abid Raza won NA 107 slot and his brother Ch ...

Following the PPP’s resounding defeat in Saturday’s elections, there has been a spate of high-profile resignations, as certain individuals took responsibility for the defeat suffered by the ruling party. On Monday, the PPP’s former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani resigned as ...

PESHAWAR  - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) candidates for National Assembly constituencies NA-5 and NA-6 and five provincial assembly seats of district Nowshera have rejected the election results and demanded reelection in the presence of international observers and Pak Army.Addressing a news ...

ISLAMABAD - The poll rigging complainants have started directly moving the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as the returning officers concerned mostly continue to reject recounting applications in a surprising development that appears to have further cast the shadows on the elections ...

SOFIA : Bulgaria faced fresh political uncertainty Monday after tough guy ex-premier Boyko Borisov fell way short of a majority in elections held three months after mass demonstrations forced his government’s resignation.After a tense campaign marred by allegations of vote-rigging, former ...