Commonwealth experts satisfied with poll process – World
ISLAMABAD: Expressing satisfaction at the polling exercise, a team of international observers from the Commonwealth, who arrived in Islamabad to monitor the electoral process, on Thursday played down suspension of mobile cellular services in the country. During their visit to the Islamabad Model College for Boys F-8/4, in the morning, Commonwealth experts observed that voters […]
Pemra issues notices to TV channels for poll code violation – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Thursday issued show-cause notices to four electronic media news channels, citing violation of the election code of conduct. The notices were issued after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) complained that Geo News, ARY News, GNN and Dawn News had overstepped the bounds by airing exclusive […]
Internet erupts with memes post-election 2024
It’s been almost 24 hours since the polling closed yesterday and all voters and bystanders are still awaiting results. While the night after the elections day has always been a night to mark celebrations (and contest defeat), the slow pouring in of ghair hatmi, ghair sarkari natayij (inconclusive, unofficial results) has raised many brows. As […]
New results system falls flat, like RTS in 2018 – Pakistan
• ECP official appears on PTV to announce first result from KP assembly; commission says all results being announced by TV channels ‘unverified’• Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal blames internet, mobile phone outages for delay in result announcement KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s claim that it would ensure the timely announcement of results […]
PTI’s independents surge
ISLAMABAD: In an unexpected twist, independent candidates supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seemed to be gaining the upper hand in the preliminary results late on Thursday, causing ripples across the political landscape. This surprising turn of events occurred even as the party’s founder, Imran Khan, remained incarcerated, and despite the perceived absence of a […]
‘Nawaz’s show is over’, says Faisal Vawda
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda has declared the recent elections as a “Go Nawaz Go” moment, citing a lack of a clear majority for any single party. Speaking to Express News on Thursday, Vawda asserted that if former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif insists on a fourth term with coalition support, […]
Australia edge Pakistan to set up Under-19 World Cup final against India – Sport
Australia scrambled to a one-wicket win with five balls to spare in their Under-19 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan at Willowmoore Park on Thursday. Australia will meet India in the final at the same venue on Sunday. Tom Straker led a potent Australian fast bowling attack, taking six for 24 as the Green Shirts were […]
Hours after polling, nation awaits final results of elections
KARACHI: Despite polling concluding at 5pm in the general elections on Thursday, the nation is waiting for the results after more than seven hours have passed at midnight. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has not given any reason leading to expression of suspicions from contesting parties. State TV, private channels, and local media initiated […]
6 security personnel martyred in KP, Balochistan attacks – Pakistan
At least six security personnel were martyred in separate attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on Thursday, officials said. The incidents came as nearly 128 million people across the country cast their votes amid an internet and cellular outage. Earlier in the day, the interior ministry said the decision to block mobile network services was […]
4 cops martyred in attack on police convoy in KP’s DI Khan – Pakistan
At least four police officials were martyred in an attack on a police patrol in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, police said. The incident came as nearly 128 million people across the country cast their votes amid an internet and cellular outage. Earlier in the day, the interior ministry said the decision to block […]