ISLAMABAD -  The electoral body has notified returned candidates for three more general seats of National, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies, a press release said Thursday. Kazim Ali Shah has been notified as returned candidate for NA-217 Khairpur-III, Fakhar Azam Wazir for PK-71 ...

ISLAMABAD  -  The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday officially notified the returned candidates for 806 general seats for the national and provincial assemblies, following which their names are to be included in the official gazette.The names of the returned candidates for the ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday asked those candidates who have won more than one seat in general election to vacate additional seats by the 10th of next month.According to Election Commission‚ legal action will be taken against those who fail to vacate additional seats ...

Islamabad - The nation has elected 16 women representatives out of 463 candidates who entered the political ring for 324 national and provincial general seats.According to The Researchers, 150 women filed nomination papers at national level from 111 constituencies of which 60 were on party tickets. ...

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 ...

MULTAN Once the PPPP leadership rose a slogan, telling the masses that democracy is the best revenge. The people seem to have crammed this slogan and perfectly applied it in Election 2013. An analysis reveals that the PPPP lost almost 40 per cent of its vote in four national and nine ...

KOT RADHA KISHAN The PML-N has swept Kasur general elections by standing victorious on five National Assembly and eight of 10 provincial assembly seats, as per unofficial results. Salman Hanif Khan of PML-N contested an election from NA-138-Kasur-I and bagged 75,409 votes and was declared winner, ...

BAHAWALPURPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won four seats of National Assembly and eight out of 10 seats of Punjab Assembly in Bahawalpur district while the remaining NA seat was won by the PML-Q and the PA slot by the Bahawalpur National Awamy Party, according to unofficial results.Makdoom Ali Hassan ...

BAHAWALNAGAR PML-N won two of the four National Assembly seats while five of eight Provincial Assembly, making its position strong in the district. According to official figures in NA-188 Syed Asghar Shah (Independent) won by bagging 90,361 votes while Akhtar Husain Khadim of PML-N remained ...

LAKKI MARWATJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) candidates grabbed the sole national assembly and three provincial assembly seats of the district by defeating their rivals with a heavy margin.On NA-27, the central chief of JUI Maulana Fazlur Rehman was declared winner by securing 84631 votes out of total ...

LAHORE - PTI Chairman Imran Khan has demanded recounting at 25 seats of the National Assembly, while two of the party candidates from provincial capital.Imran Khan on Monday, alleging the PTI opponents for carrying out rigging in the general elections, demanded recounting at 25 NA seats. He said ...

Election Commission of Pakistan has announced unofficial results of 254 National Assembly seats with Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leading with 123 seats followed by Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian with 31 seats.Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has secured 26‚ Muttahida Qaumi Movement 18‚ ...

SHEIKHUPURA/ATTOCK The PML-N made a clean sweep of all the seven National Assembly seats in the district while two Punjab Assembly seats out of seven bagged were won by the independent candidates in PP- 165 and PP-168 in the general elections, as per unofficial results. In NA-131, Rana Afzal ...

GUJRANWALAThe PML-N depended successfully its stronghold as the party swept all the seven National Assembly and Provincial Assembly constituencies of Gujranwala district.As per detail, the PML-N bagged all the National as well as Provincial assemblies slots while the PTI remained runner-up across ...

SIALKOT/NAROWAL The PML-N made a clean sweep of the general elections in Sialkot district, by clinching all the five National Assembly and eleven Punjab Assembly seats on Saturday.In NA-110 constituency, Khawaja Muhammad Asif remained unbeatable as he has won the seat for five times consecutively, ...

  chitral   Former President Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) managed to win a seat each in the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Provincial Assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency, despite announcing a boycott of 2013 general elections. APML ...

karachiDespite ongoing violence in Karachi during polls, the outgoing ruling PPP has succeeded in securing its old fort of Lyari for the next five years.According to unofficial results, PPP candidate Shahjahan Baloch has secured 62,000 votes on NA-248 Lyari to defeat MQM’s Nabeel Gabol. ...

KHANEWAL A total of 1,078 polling station and 2,780 polling booths will be established for four National Assembly and eight seats of Provincial Assembly seats across the district. There are 1,301,926 total registered voters, 737,804 male voters which make up 56.6 of total voters while 564122 voters ...

SWAT  - Election activities were in full swing at the National Assembly constituency NA-30, Swat Valley. Total of 25 candidates of different political parties were trying their luck in the May 11 general elections. Total of 981,924 registered voters would cast votes for two NA and seven PK ...

SIALKOTAs many as seven women candidates are also in the run for the general election 2013 from different constituencies across the district. The women participation in general elections in has increased this time considerably.PPP has fielded Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan (former federal minister) in two ...

Lahore - Some 147 women will contest for the 105 National Assembly constituencies whereas 301 women are in the run for 203 for provincial seats, The Researchers (TR) executive director Aazar Ayaz says. The Researchers is a research based national NGO that has been documenting women political ...

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LARKANA - There are 181 candidates who are contesting general elections for two National Assembly and four Provincial Assembly seats in Larkana district. These seats are NA-204, NA-205, PS-35, PS-36, PS-37 and PS-41. Total registered votes in Larkana district are 584,004 for which 500 polling ...

lahore - Over 100 women are trying their political fate either as independent candidates or party ticket holders on various National Assembly general seats from across Pakistan in elections 2013. According to Election Commission of Pakistan’s official website, on 272 National Assembly general ...

islamabad - A total number of 15,629 candidates are contesting the general elections for the National and Provincial Assemblies on 849 general seats while 1,063 candidates are eyeing reserved seats comprising of women and minorities, according to the ECP’s latest data.Moreover, the electoral ...

LAHORE – In a striking political development, PML-Q (Likeminded Group), which was previously to get 30 seats of the National Assembly from PML-N, is most likely to grab only 12 seats from the Punjab’s ruling party due to unavailability of electable candidates with it, The Nation has ...

 Minister for information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said government would reserve seats for overseas Pakistanis in National Assembly (NA).”We have given the right to vote to overseas Pakistan. Now we will allocate seats for them in NA”, Kaira was addressing Meet the Press ...