islamabad - The PML-N has bagged the highest number of nearly 15 million votes followed by the PTI’s over 7.6 million and PPP-P’s around 6.9 million votes, as more than 46 million Pakistanis exercised their right to vote in the recently held general elections to make second highest ...

LahorePakistan Muslim League_Nawaz (PML-N) central leader Shahbaz Sharif submitted his returns consisting on the expenses of his elections campaign, here on Monday.Shahbaz Sharif through his counsel advocate Rana Intizaar submitted his returns before Additional District and Sessions Judge Ghulam ...

  ZAGREB: Croatians cast ballots on Sunday for municipal officials in a vote seen as a test for the centre-left government and its austerity policies, six weeks ahead of the former Yugoslav republic’s EU entry. The latest surveys showed that the popularity of Prime Minister Zoran ...

LAHORE  - The LCCI Standing Committee on Halal Food convener Naseeb Ahmad Saifi has congratulated Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mian Shahbaz Sharif on success in the general elections. He said that the Punjab province experienced record development under the leadership of Mian Shahbaz Sharif and by ...

SARGODHALIFE LINERSA supporter of PTI has divorced her wife for supporting and voting the PML-N candidate, media reported on Saturday.Shafiq, who married a woman from his family in Hafizabad, was annoyed with his wife Shamim over supporting PML-N's candidate for NA-166.After she voted for the ...

lahore - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hasan has said the general elections were a contest between the people and the establishment and the establishment has won.The JI amir appealed to those wielding gun for their cause to cease fire and allow the people having public mandate to improve the ...

ISLAMABAD Chief Minister Sindh, Justice (Retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister's House on Friday and briefed him about the arrangements made by the provincial government to maintain law and order during the election ...

ISLAMABADPresident of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Thursday said that despite serious reservations his party has accepted the election results and decided to sit on opposition benches in Centre as well as KP Assembly.Talking to media after party's CEC meeting here, the ANP chief ...

A petition has been filed in Supreme Court of Pakistan against alleged riggings in recent general elections.Advocate Tariq Asad has filed the petition under Article-184-C of the Constitution, against the Election Commission of Pakistan, NADRA and TV anchor persons.The petitioner has requested ...

Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan has said despite terrorist threats‚ the caretaker government succeeded in accomplishing its task of conducting a free‚ fair and transparent election.Addressing a Darbar here on Friday‚ he lauded the cooperation of provincial caretaker ...

lahoreIn its first formal reaction on May 11 elections, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday alleged that elections were massively rigged, but it had accepted the results only for the sake of continuity of democracy and country’s solidarity. “Our workers are highly ...

islamabadIt was targeted by the Taliban, women and minorities were vastly under-represented, and videos of irregularities went viral online - yet the 2013 election may still have been its fairest ever.A much improved voter roll, near-record turnout, and vigilant citizens tweeting alleged rigging ...

Ahmedpur East BNAP Chief Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi has asked his party’s elected representative from PP-267 Makhdoom Syed Iftikhar Gillani to sit along PTI members in the Punjab Assembly.He instructed him at Sadiq Garh Palace where Makhdoom Gillani called on him and sought his future line of ...

islamabadThe election observer mission of Japan government Tuesday said as a whole there were improvements in terms of fair elections, although some electoral fraud was reported.A statement issued from the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan said, “As a whole, there were improvements in terms of the ...

  ISLAMABAD Although overall female voters turned out in big number and it was heartwarming that women inPakistanrefused to bow down, yet in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women were barred from casting their votes. Due to this flagrant violation of election rules and code of conduct, the Gender ...

UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated the people and government of Pakistan on the successful conduct of the general elections, calling it "a significant step forward for democracy in the country.""By exercising their constitutional right to vote, the people of Pakistan ...

MULTAN Former speaker National Assembly and PML-N candidate for NA-156 Syed Fakhar Imam has alleged that his election result had been changed by the Returning Officer with the connivance of Presiding Officer, demanding the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to issue order for the withholding the ...

ISLAMABAD Reports emanating from across the country speak of heavy turnout at the polling stations as people were queuing up untiringly to cast their votes since morning.These reports aired by various news channels said that the polling which started at 8 am continued uninterrupted till 5 pm and in ...

  islamabad   Country's largest domestic observer mission said Sunday that the county's landmark polls were ‘relatively fair’ despite some irregularities and violence at the polling stations. In a key democratic transition, the centre-right Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) ...

SARGODHA/MULTANThe activists of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Saturday staged a sit-in in protest against the general elections on the call of PAT Chairman Dr Allama Tahirul Qadri. A large number of PAT workers including women gathered in front of Company Bagh and chanted slogans against the ...

lahore - Market sentiment remained positive throughout the week. The uncertainty of election results was largely ignored by the investor participants. Resultantly, the KSE 100-index gained 690 points (up 3.6 per cent WoW) to close at an all time high level of 19,916. Average trading volumes also ...

islamabad - In its initial report on election monitoring, Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to declare polls null and void in constituencies where women were barred from voting.Over 100 women domestic election observers of Aurat ...

islamabad - When the voters in large number came out on May 11 to favour parties of their own choice, the two political parties - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - boycotted the general elections while the former staged countrywide protests on the polling day.The ...

KARACHI Despite fear factor of violence and terrorism, long queues of voters were witnessed at many polling stations, however, lack of availability of polling staff and election material delayed the start of voting process at many polling stations here.At every polling station, young voters were ...

  FAISALABAD   The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has swept polls on at least ten national assembly and 21 provincial assembly seats inFaisalabaddistrict. Of a total of 11 national assembly and 22 provincial assembly seats inFaisalabad, elections to NA-83 and PP-51 were postponed due to ...

  KARACHI   The Sindh caretaker government and Provincial Election Commission of Pakistan have failed to hold free and fair elections inKarachidespite tall claims. MQM workers snatched the ballot papers at various polling stations of NA-250 Defence andCliftonareas. PTI candidate for ...

  QUETTA   Like other parts of the country, general elections were held in Balochistan for 14 national and 50 provincial seats aimed fears and tight security across the province. Over 70,000 Army, Frontier Corps, Police, Levies Force and Balochistan Constabulary personnel were deployed ...

    LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said that the caretaker government has fulfilled its promise of holding fair, transparent and peaceful elections and efficiently discharged its national obligation of providing an opportunity to millions of people ofPunjabto exercise their ...

Having traveled a path paved with blood and violence, to reach this destination, the bravest country in the world goes to the polls today. Relentless violence by extremists and terrorists in the month-long run-up to the polls saw nearly 100 killed and several hundred injured. Among those who lost ...

PESHAWAR - Amid tight security arrangements, around 13.92 million registered voters in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata will exercise their right to vote for 47 National Assembly (NA) and 99 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seats in the general election for which polling will be held today (Saturday).In ...