With Pakistan General Elections drawing near, explosions and violence have also become prevalent in the last few days in the country, as another bomb blast reportedly took place outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office in Balochistan's Nushki District on Sunday, ARY News r
Ahead of the February 8 general elections, the Pakistan police stopped the electoral rally of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and seized their sound system along with the vehicles, as reported by The Express Tribune.
The statement said, "U.S. citizens should remain vigilant and aware of the locations of political rallies occurring in areas they intend to visit. On February 8, election day, areas around polling stations may be crowded, and U.S. citizens not eligible to participate in Pakistan's elections
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday conducted another mock test of the Election Management System (EMS) to be used for the upcoming February 8 general elections, Dawn reported.
Pakistan People's Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took a swipe at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday, stating that he is afraid of people.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was disqualified for five years by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday, as reported by ARY News.
The Pakistan-based news daily reported that several police stations and deputy commissioners' offices were targeted in the attacks in which six people, including a police officer and a jail warden, were injured.
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, lashed out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), stressing that PTI founder Imran Khan has attacked the country's integrity to save his rule, as reported by ARY News.
PM Kakar underscored that the parties should focus on improving the economy but added that, unfortunately, no political party had yet come up with an agenda to fix the chronic economic issues.
The next-to-invisible women's participation in the Pakistan general elections has been a pertinent issue, and the reserved seat criteria is merely a formality as they are only allocated on the basis of nepotism, The Express Tribune reported on Monday.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released complete polling schemes for the upcoming February 8 general elections as per which a total of 90,675 polling stations would be established across the country, ARY News reported.