Election

Sri Lanka presidential challenger says victory in sight

POLONNARUWA: The main challenger for the Sri Lankan presidency said victory was in sight and… Read More

ECP to provinces: Gear up for LB polls

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday directed the provincial governments to complete… Read More

PTI terms judicial commission draft unsatisfactory

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has termed the draft for formation of judicial commission to… Read More

Govt-PTI deadlock: Shah hopeful of ‘good news’

ISLAMABAD: The representatives of the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) met on Friday to hammer… Read More

'Imran must rejoin parliament to get commission formed'

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khwaja Saad Rafique on Monday made it clear to PTI… Read More

Justice Raza to take oath as CEC tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Justice (Retired) Sardar Muhammad Raza will take oath as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) at… Read More

Imran demands safety of election record, printing press

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday demanded that election commissioners should immediately… Read More

PM, Shah settle on four names for CEC: sources

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah… Read More

Shah hopeful of CEC selection by Dec 5

ISLAMABAD:  Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has said that it was… Read More

Govt, opposition infuse trust in Justice (r) Bhagwandas for CEC post

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to appoint justice (retired) Rana Bhagwandas as new chief… Read More

Qureshi, Khursheed to discuss CEC names today

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah will meet the PTI leader… Read More

Election results could boost Republican governors, Clinton campaign for 2016

NEW YORK: The sweeping Republican triumph in the midterm elections boosted the 2016 presidential prospects… Read More

The good, bad and bizarre: Some US election candidates

WASHINGTON: From a failed American idol contestant to an ex-convict, everyone seemed to get in… Read More

Pro-West parties secure big win in Ukraine election: partial vote count

KIEV: Pro-Europe parties secured a big win in an election in Ukraine, a partial vote… Read More

Hashmi expounds on airdropping of pamphlets in Multan

MULTAN: Senior politician Javed Hashmi said on Wednesday that airdropping of pamphlets was not a… Read More

KP minister declared ineligible over fake degree

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The election tribunal on Wednesday declared Agriculture Minister Khyber Pakhtonkhwa Sardar Ikramullah… Read More

Lahore: Election ‘record’ burnt in mysterious fire

LAHORE: A ‘mysterious’ fire erupted at a basement of government school in Lahore reduced to… Read More

Suicide car bomber kills 3 foreign troops in Afghan capital

KABUL: A suicide car bomber killed three foreign troops and wounded 13 Afghan civilians in… Read More

Cameron will lose election on ethnic minority vote, warns Sayeeda Warsi

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives will lose next year's election because they have neglected… Read More

Assad sworn in, vows to retake all Syria from rebels

DAMASCUS: Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Wednesday as Syria's president for a new term,… Read More