Tag: feb 8 polls
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‘If you don’t have internet, print your Google map’ Caretaker Information Minister’s tips on how to go vote
In a controversial move, the Interior Ministry of Pakistan has shut down mobile internet and phones across the country. The move was made minutes before polling stations opened Thursday morning at 8 am. To find out what voters could do to find out what their polling information is, since they can no longer send a…
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PML-N will emerge as the biggest party in election, government survey
A review report of a government organization has revealed that in the general elections to be held on February 8, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will emerge as the largest party, followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The third in line is Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) while other parties will follow. Geo’s Umar Cheema reported an…
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Nawaz, Shehbaz, Hamza sher ko vote nahin dein gay
After a hectic election campaign, prominent leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) find themselves in an a quandary, as they gear up for the upcoming general elections. Despite urging voters to support the party’s ‘sher’ electoral symbol, key figures within the PML-N will be unable to cast their votes for the animal on the…
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What are Google trends saying about your search history of popular party leaders?
Google Trends offer an insight into the popularity and curiosity political leaders enjoy among the masses. As the elections are drawing near, we took a peak into the data Google Trends have recorded over the last 30 days. The highest and ever-increasing line graph is Imran Khan’s. The highest peak was shown on January 30…
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Educated Pakistani women barred from voting by their husbands
Perched on her traditional charpai bed, Naeem Kausir says she would like to vote in Pakistan’s upcoming election — if only the men in her family would let her. Like all the women in her town, the 60-year-old former headmistress and her seven daughters — six already university-educated — are forbidden from voting by their…
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Here’s how you can find your polling station on Feb 8
Elections are around the corner and ECP has upgraded its helpline number with details of polling stations one can go to cast his or her vote. Voters are required to send their CNIC number on 8300. Details of the constituencies, both provincial and central, along with the address of the polling station for the polls…
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Man killed in MQM-PPP workers clash in Karachi
In an unfortunate turn of events, one person was killed and another injured in a clash between the workers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in Karachi’s Nazimabad area, MQM-P has claimed. The incident took place in the Nazimabad No 2 area late Sunday as political parties are busy campaigning, holding…
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JUI-F clerics ban women from door to door campaigning in Kohistan
Parties competing for elections in Kohistan will not be allowed to send female members for door-to-door campaigning to mobilise voters in different constituencies after a 30-member group of clerics — mostly from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) — unanimously issued a verdict against it, declaring it un-Islamic. In their decree, the clerics have strictly banned canvassing…
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‘A terrorist group could not be given a political party’s electoral symbol’: Maryam Nawaz
In the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) inaugural rally for the upcoming general elections in Okara, the party’s Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz strongly criticized political rivals Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) without naming it, calling it a “terrorist party” and questioning the allocation of an electoral symbol to such an entity. The PML-N, which had faced delays in…
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PPP is all set to conquer Punjab and Sindh
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari formally initiated his election campaign from NA-127 Lahore on Thursday. The party aims to leverage the perceived political vacuum created by the establishment in Pakistan. With the main rival, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), still deliberating on ticket allocations for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), PPP leaders have…