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Pakistan govt to deploy army to maintain peace during key by-elections on April 21

April 20, 2024 admin

Election workers register voters at a polling station in a school during a general election, in Islamabad, Pakistan February 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan on Saturday decided to deploy army troops to maintain peace during key by-elections that are to be held in the country on Sunday to fill the seats vacated by…

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U.S. highlights irregularities in 2024 Pakistan general elections

March 20, 2024 admin

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on motorcycles chant slogans during a protest against the Pakistan Election Commission, in Lahore, Pakistan on March 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. has highlighted irregularities in the February 8 general elections in Pakistan and expressed the U.S. commitment to strengthening the cash-strapped country’s…

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Resolution submitted in Pakistan Senate demanding release of Imran Khan, Qureshi, other leaders

March 6, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi. File | Photo Credit: AP Jailed ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has submitted a resolution in the Senate calling for the release of the incarcerated leader, his wife Bushra, his close aide, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other leaders, saying “political vendetta” has destroyed the…

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PPP’s Sarfaraz Bugti elected unopposed as new CM of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province

March 2, 2024 admin

Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sarfaraz Bugti. | Photo Credit: X@PakSarfrazbugti The Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Sarfaraz Bugti was elected unopposed as the new Chief Minister of the restive Balochistan province on March 2. Mr. Bugti had stepped down as the caretaker federal Interior Minister in the interim government to contest the provincial assembly elections on a…

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Nawaz Sharif’s party leader Sardar Ayaz Sadiq elected as Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly

March 1, 2024 admin

Vehicles ride past the National Assembly building as the opening session of parliament commences, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, a senior leader from the party headed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was on March 1 elected as the Speaker of the newly-formed National Assembly. | Photo Credit: AP Sardar…

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Pakistan elections: four provinces, mixed results, one message | Data

February 29, 2024 admin

The results of the 2024 elections in Pakistan for the four provinces — Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan — match the National Assembly trend. Like the National Assembly, the political stability or instability in these four provinces post-elections is likely to be a repeat of 2022-23. The provincial elections are less likely to change…

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In a U-turn, Pakistan’s ex-bureaucrat withdraws election rigging allegations

February 22, 2024 admin

Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha speaks at a press conference on February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP In a volte-face, former senior bureaucrat Liaquat Ali Chattha, who alleged that 13 candidates from Rawalpindi were forcefully declared winners in Pakistan’s general elections, on February 22 withdrew his allegations and said that he was “extremely ashamed…

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General elections in Pakistan to be held on February 11, poll body informs Supreme Court

November 2, 2023 admin

General elections in Pakistan will be held on February 11, the country’s poll body informed the Supreme Court on Thursday, putting an end to months-long uncertainty over the polls. The Election Commission of Pakistan’s counsel, Sajeel Swati, said the process of drawing constituencies would be completed by January 29, paving the way for the polls….

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