Posts Tagged ‘Election 2008’
US asked to cut off military aid if Pakistan votes unfair
The United States should cut off military aid to Pakistan if upcoming parliamentary elections are not free, fair and transparent, a senior senator in a Congressional team travelling to monitor ...
Nawaz vows to restore deposed judges if voted to power
Pakistan former Premier and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif vowed Thursday morning that his party will restore the deposed judges and ensure an independent judiciary if voted to power. Addressing ...
Police contingency plans for polls from Feb 16: IG Sindh
Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Azhar Ali Farooqui has ordered police officials to implement their respective police contingency plans for the election from Feb 16. Issuing directives for election preparations, IGP asked ...
ECP rejects allegations over polls transparency
Election Commission of Pakistan rejected the allegation of PML (N) leader Nawaz Sharif and clarified that the Commission was proceeding in accordance with the law and keeping in view its obligations to hold transparent polls. Secretary ...
US concerned over election violence
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she was concerned about election violence in Pakistan and hoped a new government would include 'moderate voices.' Rice told US lawmakers she believed Pakistan's leaders understood there needed ...
PPP to hold election rally in Faisalabad today
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) were expected to gather in country's political heartland Punjab on Thursday for party's last major rally ahead of next week's elections. The meeting in Faisalabad comes ...
15 million voters still missing from final list: Fafen
Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has said that as many as 15 million or 15.65 percent of total eligible voters out of an estimated 87.5 million citizens of voting age - are still missing from the final voters list of the Election Commission of Pakistan. The Free and Fair Election ...
204 polling stations declared sensitive in Sahiwal
Two hundred and four polling stations of Sahiwal have been declared sensitive and security put on high alert there. Addressing a press conference, SSP Investigation Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Zafar said that army and Rangers have ...
‘Half of polling centres prone to sudden violence’: thousands of troops deployed
Close to half of polling stations across Pakistan for next week's parliamentary elections are prone to sudden eruption of bloody violence, the Interior Ministry warned, but said thousand of ...
JUP to support PML-N candidates in polls
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) chief Sahibzada Fazal Karim, deputy secretary general Tariq Mehboob and others have announced their party would support the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in upcoming general elections. In a statement on Tuesday, they said that JUP had supported all the PML-N candidates fielded across the country. They asked people ...
