After days of door to door campaigning, from corner to massive public meetings, media gearing and other little acrobats of elections, it all comes down to one day and literally one factor, “the turnout”.Turnout factors remain variable across the world as researchers still argue on to ...

  California BBC The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is to allow all of its members to vote in the documentary shorts and foreign language film categories. Previously, members had to see the nominees in cinemas to be eligible to vote in the final round of balloting. However, DVDs ...

lahore - The business community has shown its disappointment over the refusal of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make speedy arrangements to enable more than 8 million overseas Pakistanis to vote on May 11 elections.  They observed that it is unfortunate that 8 million overseas ...

On April 16, a suicide attack in Peshawar at a political rally for the ANP killed at least 17 people and injured more than 50. The TTP quickly claimed responsibility. Sadly, this was not an isolated incident. There have been dozens of attacks on political parties and their candidates in the weeks ...

Lahore - An American courier company, owned by a Pakistani-US national, has offered to provide its services to the ECP to courier votes of overseas Pakistanis on the eve of general elections. Pilot Courier Worldwide Chairman Muhammad Iqbal wrote a letter to the ECP on Tuesday, stating that his ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Friday confirmed that eight host governments including the United States have agreed to help conduct polling for millions of overseas Pakistani registered voters in their respective countries.Foreign Office spokesman, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary told a questioner during the ...

Islamabad - The Supreme Court, on the request of Election Commission of Pakistan’s counsel and the attorney general, on Friday granted last opportunity to the ECP to make arrangement for granting voting right to overseas Pakistanis in the upcoming elections. National Database and Registration ...

Islamabad - The expats may not get a chance to cast vote as the Election Commission and the caretaker government have declared the execution of this exercise a 'gigantic' task.The ECP is to submit its report in the Supreme Court today that it is not in a position to carry out this exercise on ...

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday called for the implementation of the Supreme Court’s order for giving voting rights to overseas Pakistanis.“Overseas Pakistanis, who send billions of dollars in remittances each year, are our major asset,” the former PM told a delegation ...

ISLAMABAD - After putting up an apparent resistance to provision of online voting facility to the overseas Pakistanis, the Election Commission of Pakistan has finally showed some willingness for including the expats in the voting process, through issuance of a presidential ordinance, expected by ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed confidence that the Election Commission of Pakistan and other government departments would finalise procedure to facilitate overseas Pakistanis so that they could exercise their right to vote in the upcoming general elections.ECP Director General ...

ISLAMABAD – Against the backdrop of the electoral body’s ‘reservations’ against the voting facility to the overseas Pakistanis, the election commission, Nadra and Attorney General of Pakistan are to hold a consultative meeting today to discuss the relevant options.In its ...

Election campaign in Pakistan is gearing up; all the right leaning political parties are holding mass gatherings in constituencies with traditionally right leaning voting trends. PTI is roaring in both urban and rural areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawah. JUI (F) that has historically been ...

RAWALPINDI - More than 80,000 prisoners detained in different jails of Pakistan may not be able to use their right of franchise in the general elections to be held in May this year, said Global Foundation Executive Director Ulfat Kazmi. Kazmi appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court has ordered for evolving a foolproof mechanism until April 1 for granting right to vote to overseas Pakistanis, warning that relevant officers will be sent packing if this is not done.As the three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar ...

Hearing the case pertaining to the voting right of overseas Pakistanis, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the interim government to make legislation through ordinance as per the needs of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).A three-member bench of apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar ...

HALA – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has urged the nation to exercise their right of vote carefully and correctly in the upcoming general elections for a better future of the country.“Only people can change destiny of the country by voting for the right people ...

SYDNEY - Voting began in Papua New Guinea Saturday in polls seen as a watershed moment after months of political uncertainty in the struggling Pacific nation which is on the brink of a huge resources boom. PNG’s electoral commission said voting started between 8:00 am and 9:00 am (2200-2300 ...

ISLAMABAD - Another addition to the long list of proposals of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), all of which are yet to be materialised, appears to have been made after the commission on Tuesday proposed measures for the right of vote to the overseas Pakistanis.Contrary to the widely ...

ISLAMABAD " Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly today takes up no-confidence move filed against AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan. The voting on the no-trust move, filed by the members of forward bloc of the ruling Muslim Conference, would be conducted at 11:00 am in the ...