According to TASS, President Putin addressed the nation ahead of federal elections eight times--in 2000, 2004, 2016, and 2018 (twice before the presidential election and after announcing their results), in 2021, and 2020, before the nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared that PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari secured victory with 411 votes in the presidential election, while his opponent PkMAP Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai got only 181 votes, Dawn reported.
Coming out hard against US President Joe Biden over his State of Union address, his predecessor Donald Trump called his speech "terrible" and said that he suffers from "terminal case of Trump derangement syndrome," Fox News reported.
The leader of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), Pir Sadaruddin Shah Rashdi, has announced that his party will abstain from the March 9 presidential elections that are slated to take place in Pakistan later today.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has announced that it will support Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the forthcoming presidential elections, according to ARY News.
According to the ECP, the candidates for Pakistan's top constitutional office can submit nomination papers with the presiding officers in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta by March 2 before 12 pm (local time).
Former US President came another step closer to getting the Republican presidential nomination by registering a landslide victory in the South Carolina primary on Saturday and defeating GOP rival Nikki Haley at her home turf.
A senior Pakistan Peoples Party office-bearer said, "The president will be elected by the present senators after setting up of all the four provincial assemblies," adding that the election could be held on March 9 or 10.
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto declared victory in the presidential polls after unofficial vote counts showed him leading significantly over his rivals, Al Jazeera reported.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Indonesia's presidential candidates have descended onto the country's streets, including in Jakarta and other cities to see their last-ditch campaigns before heading to the polls in the world's biggest single-day election, according to Al Jazeera.
As the counting begins in New Hampshire, early trends have projected former US President Donald Trump to win the New Hampshire GOP primary, The Hill reported, citing Decision Desk HQ.