According to the ECP, over 128 million Pakistani people, or more than half of the country's total population, are eligible to vote in the general elections. Earlier, ECP announced that over 5,000 candidates would contest the 265 general seats in the National Assembly and over 12,000 candidat...
A woman casts her vote at a poling station in southern Pakistan's Hyderabad on Feb. 8, 2024. With a remarkable voter turnout and results starting pouring in, Pakistan on Thursday conducted free and fair general elections in hopes of strengthening democracy and ensuring peace and prosperity in ...
having beensentenced to 10 years in prisonlast week, but his embattled party is doing everything it can — includingadopting artificial intelligence— to get its vote out. The winner will be announced on Friday.
"I am doing my part, I'm taking advantage of a right to vote. I want Imran Khan to lead this nation, but he is in jail for politically motivated - and most importantly, bogus charges. I know the army has tied the hands and feet of Imran Khan. We are facing tyranny of the a...
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) look on as they watch results on TV screens in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/File Photo By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pak...
Security forces were heavily deployed, and borders with Iran and Afghanistan were closed to maintain order as the country faced a pivotal vote amidst a severe economic crisis and a highly polarized political climate. In Dera Ismail Khan district, a bomb blast and subsequent shooting killed four po...
The total strength of the electorate was 41.1 million voters while the total population of Indian provinces was 299 million. Taking into account only the adult population (age of 20+, ~50% of the population), it implied 28% of the population were eligible to vote. ...
That scrambled the plans of Sharif — and the security establishment backing him — forcing him to announce plans Friday to try to form a coalition government. A day earlier, Sharifhad gruffly rejected the idea of a coalition, confidently telling reporters after cas...
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In Thursday's voting, Panama won 183 votes, one vote shy of unanimous support of all member states that were present and voting, according to results announced by Dennis Francis, the current General Assembly president, who presided over the voting process. ...