Pakistan voting ends, results expected soon, amid charges of manipulation | Elections News

Pakistan voting ends, results expected soon, amid charges of manipulation | Elections News

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…

Civil society urge nationwide strike, protest in Senegal after vote delay | Protests News

Civil society urge nationwide strike, protest in Senegal after vote delay | Protests News

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…

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

Putin’s antiwar rival blocked from contesting Russia presidential election | Elections News

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…

Pakistan on edge as millions vote amid crackdown, instability | Elections News

Pakistan on edge as millions vote amid crackdown, instability | Elections News

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…

‘India Out’ campaigns simmer in Bangladesh amid election fallout | Business and Economy News

‘India Out’ campaigns simmer in Bangladesh amid election fallout | Business and Economy News

Amid allegations of Indian interference in national elections, there’s a call to boycott Indian goods in Bangladesh. Last week, a supplier for the Indian consumer goods giant Marico faced a chilly reception in Dhaka’s Panthapath area. Grocery shops, usually eager to stock their shelves with its hair oil, cooking oil, body…

Pakistan election 2024: How the voting works | Elections News

Pakistan election 2024: How the voting works | Elections News

EXPLAINER Pakistan will vote on February 8 for national and state legislatures amid political fluidity and steep economic challenges. On Thursday, 128 million Pakistanis will get to elect their country’s next government, and also the legislatures of the nation’s four provinces. These are Pakistan’s 12th general elections — and the country’s…

‘We are at crossroads’: Tension builds in Senegal amid election delay | Elections

‘We are at crossroads’: Tension builds in Senegal amid election delay | Elections

Dakar, Senegal – Plateau, the downtown Dakar neighbourhood that is home to the country’s National Assembly, was tense but quiet on Monday morning. Inside parliament, the assembly was anything but. Lawmakers were debating on President Macky Sall’s announcement to postpone general elections – originally scheduled for February 25 – for…

In Modi’s constituency Varanasi, India’s next temple-mosque spat explodes | Religion News

In Modi’s constituency Varanasi, India’s next temple-mosque spat explodes | Religion News

Varanasi/Bengaluru, India – A festive atmosphere engulfed Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities situated on the banks of the river Ganga. It was the week Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the new temple to the Hindu deity Ram where the 16th century Babri Masjid once stood in the city of…

In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy | Business and Economy News

In Pakistan, old hopefuls jostle to turn around struggling economy | Business and Economy News

Pakistani voters head to the polls on Thursday amid a deep-seated economic crisis. Inflation is hovering at 30 percent, close to 40 percent of people live below the poverty line, and the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio has climbed to 72 percent. Pakistan’s new government will have to contend with…