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News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 year ago
February 18, 2008 14:29 IST Mohammad Tahseen, monitor, Pakistan Coalition for Free and Fair Democratic Election, spoke exclusively to rediff.com on telephone from Gawal Mandi, a polling booth in Lahore [ Images ] . "It is around 12.30 pm in Lahore...
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News Source: Time of India
| about 1 year ago
A PML-N candidate for Pakistan's general election was shot dead and nine other party workers were injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen late on Sunday. Chaudhry Asif Ashraf, a candidate of the PML-N, contesting elections to the Punjab...
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News Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News
| about 1 year ago
Pakistanis began voting in parliamentary election today amid the threat of escalating Taliban militancy...The vote was delayed six weeks after former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Dec. We pray to God that there is peace," said...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
PPI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday appealed to the masses to throng to the polling stations and vote for his party's candidates to change the destiny of the nation and make Pakistan a peaceful,...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has accused former ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) of winning over favours of returning officers in specific constituencies and establishing ghost polling stations, as part of their plans to...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Comment Azam Khalil “Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.” -Jefferson There has been a serious deterioration in nearly all the institutions of the country, which have not allowed the country to stand up with its chin up...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
More than 81 million registered voters are likely to exercise their right to vote today for the country’s 2008 general elections to elect a new parliament for another five years of term amid heavy security arrangements. President Pervez Musharraf...
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News Source: Voice of America
| about 1 year ago
Reports say fears of violence are affecting voter turnout in Pakistan, where Monday's parliamentary elections are seen as a major step from military rule to civilian-led democracy. Reporters covering polling places say voting went slowly in the...
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News Source: Indian Express
| about 1 year ago
To Editor Post Comments Islamabad, February 18: Balloting got off to a slow start on Friday in Pakistan's crucial general election as voters appeared to be wary of violence while the opposition accused the government of rigging the poll which is...
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News Source: CNN
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections on Monday amid fears of violence, accusations of vote-rigging and surveys indicating opposition parties could fare well. A woman casts her vote at a polling station in...