Candidates linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party are in the lead in Pakistan’s election, ahead of two dynastic parties believed to be favoured by the military, as vote counting enters its final leg. In an AI-generated “victory speech” posted on the social media platform X on…
Countries including the US and UK called for authorities to investigate reported irregularities in Pakistan’s election. Several countries have called for authorities to investigate reported irregularities in Pakistan’s general elections as vote counting is under way. Results started to trickle in nearly 12 hours after polling for national and provincial…
Parliament voted to push the polls back to December after President Macky Sall announced a postponement last week. Security forces in Senegal have clashed with hundreds of protesters who are opposed to the delay of the presidential election that was supposed to take place on February 25. In Dakar, police…
NewsFeed Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says he’ll speak with coalition partners to form Pakistan’s next government, as results continue to come in. Days earlier, Sharif rejected the idea of forming a coalition, telling reporters he sought single-party rule. Published On 9 Feb 20249 Feb 2024 Check out our Latest…
Lahore, Pakistan: When I stepped out on a cool Thursday morning to cover Pakistan’s 12th general election, there was an air of inevitability about the whole exercise. Most respectable analysts had already expressed predictions that the ground was set for the return of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to…
About 128 million voters were registered to vote in national and state elections amid political and economic challenges. Pakistan is counting votes in a general election marred by violence by armed groups and a suspension of mobile phone services. More than 128 million people were registered to elect representatives of the National Assembly…
Lahore, Pakistan — Amidst raucous protests of pre-poll manipulation, mobile service suspension and bomb blasts in the country which killed at least nine people, Pakistan’s 12th general election were declared closed on Thursday evening. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that the counting process started soon after the…
The call for mass mobilisation comes as a major political upheaval continues in the usually stable West African nation. A coalition of Senegalese civil society groups on Thursday called for mass mobilisation against the delay to this month’s presidential poll, outlining a series of planned actions including a protest and…
Boris Nadezhdin, who has won support for his criticism of the Ukraine war, vows to challenge poll commission’s decision. Russia’s presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin has said his bid to run in elections in March has been blocked, and that he will challenge the decision of the election commission in the…
Lahore, Pakistan – Four months after Pakistan was originally scheduled to hold national elections, the country’s 128 million voters will on Thursday get the chance to pick their next federal government amid a pre-poll crackdown on former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party and a climate of political and economic instability. More…
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