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Topic: Voting
voting
May 11, 2013

It’s all about voting

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 ...

rule change oscar voting
May 07, 2013

Rule change opens up Oscar voting

  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 ...

Businessmen upset as 8m expats deprived of voting

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 ...

voting
May 02, 2013

The May 11 voting

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 ...

pcw proposes voting plan expats
May 01, 2013

PCW proposes voting plan for expats

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 ...

8 countries agree overseas voting
April 27, 2013

8 countries agree to help on overseas voting

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 ...

Nadra consents, ECP dissents to overseas voting

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 ...

voting expats
April 25, 2013

Voting for expats not possible

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 support voting rights overseas pakistanis nawaz
April 24, 2013, 8:01 pm

PML-N to support voting rights for overseas Pakistanis: Nawaz

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 ...

expats voting facility
April 19, 2013

Expats to get voting facility

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 ...

sc ecp grant expats voting
April 12, 2013

SC asks ECP to grant expats voting right

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 ...

ECP opposes hasty online overseas voting

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 ...

voting trends
April 08, 2013

Voting trends

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 ...

80 000 prisoners voting
April 05, 2013

80,000 prisoners may miss voting

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 ...

SC to punish overseas voting obstructers

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 ...

Overseas Pakistanis' voting rights: ECP has done nothing, remarks SC

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 ...

voting people
January 20, 2013

Voting right people only way out

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 ...

Voting starts in troubled PNG

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 ...

ECP ‘proposes’ voting right for overseas Pakistanis

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 ...

Voting Noconfidence Motion Ajk Today
January 06, 2009

Voting on no-confidence motion against AJK PM today

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 ...

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