Independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), are leading with 52 seats, according to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) so far, Dawn reported.
The Supreme Court dismissed on Friday a petition seeking contempt action against the Election Commission of India for not changing the forms that insist on furnishing Aadhaar numbers to enroll new voters.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, during the review of externally aided projects in the Secretariat, instructed the officials to speed up the implementation of externally aided projects being run in the state.
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that 96.88 crore people are registered to vote for the forthcoming General Elections, marking it the largest electorate.
Singh wrote on X on Friday morning, "FLC (first level check) work of all the EVMs is currently being done in the district. The engineers open the ballot unit or control unit completely but not the VVPAT machine. When I requested to open it, they said that there are instructions from highe
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, estranged leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has emphasized that the "people of Pakistan have spoken," as results begin to come out for general elections 2024."
According to the results received from all polling stations, Shehbaz Sharif secured victory in NA-123 seat by garnering 63,953 votes while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Afzal Azeem received 48,486 votes.
In an intriguing turn of events amid the counting of votes in Pakistan, a prominent netizen claimed that the country's chief election commissioner 'disappeared' and could not be found, only to clarify shortly after that he was back at his office.
At least 12 people, including ten security personnel, were killed and 39 others injured in 51 terrorist attacks that took place in Pakistan amid the casting of votes for the general elections on Thursday, The News International reported.
Amid allegations of rigging and the shutdown of cellular and internet services during the Pakistan general elections, caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar on Thursday said the high voter turnout was a clear indication of "public commitment to shaping the future of our country", The