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Former CM Ameer Hoti, Mian Iftikhar have been campaigning telephonically.

Accuses SHO Sardheri of negligence, oversight.

In the 2002 elections, competition for NA-241 was neck-and-neck between MMA and MQM.

Uncle, two cousins will contest for the same National Assembly seat.

Home minister says govt will deploy FC and army personnel at all stations.

Lack of female polling stations, deteriorating law and order said to be the major obstacles.

Most residents of NA-241 are labourers on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.

The three parties present their joint plan of action for elections.

Provided that conditions are made safer, popular support will culminate in unexpected results in south Balochistan.

Much will depend on how the swing of the youth vote is calibrated and directed to the polling stations on D day.

Chief of Army Staff Assures army will cooperate in holding elections within its constitutionally prescribed role.

PTI chairman has joined hands with PPP, alleges Shahbaz Sharif.

The All Parties Conference was called by the Sindh interim govt.

Musharraf’s papers were rejected from all constituencies he applied for and his appeal was also rejected.

PTI chairman says if his politics is different, he can't stand behind a bullet-proof screen and connect with people.

Candidate Abdul Fateh Magsi was kidnapped along with his eight supporters.

Ex-president on 14-day judicial remand in Benazir murder case, he's already under house arrest for judges case.

Hundreds of engineers refuse to perform election duties over security threats in Balochistan.

Mehsud also urged TTP militants to target senior politicians and party leaders in his letter to media.

Parties have attempted to capitalise on anti-America sentiments to enhance their vote banks.

Three-judge bench directs ECP to facilitate overseas Pakistanis to vote.

NGO pushes for acknowledgement of home-based workers as labourers.

Says revival of local govt system tops his party’s priority list.

PML-N chief pulls punches at PPP and PTI, defends his policies while in power.

With 14 contestants in the race, the actual fight in NA-100 is between a PML-N candidate and an independent.

Ahsan Iqbal says PML-N will win a simple majority but will still form a coalition.

Trainees briefed about their May 11 duties.

Rules and regulations were not observed during the scrutiny of the nomination papers, says petitioner's counsel.

District election cell faces shortage of 7,000 staff for polling day duties.

Gen Kayani chairs the meeting of corps commanders at GHQ.

MQM, ANP, PPP vow to contest elections; say they won’t bow to terror.

Separate blasts on ANP leave one dead, scores injured.

SHC disposed of the plea after hearing the arguments of both lawyers.

Leaders demand removal of Sindh governor, claim he is ‘politically affiliated’.

Deteriorating security situation in Karachi dampens spirits.

A few members of Sindh’s royal families are contesting for seats.

Home to politicians, bureaucrats and diplomats, NA250 is unpredictable and tricky.

During the crackdown, 67 suspects arrested from Narangi, Parmoli and other areas on their outskirts.

Additional assistant commissioners assigned areas to check on code of conduct.

All four seats are slated to be hotly contested, making guessing games and wager placements all the more risky.

Other security measures to include video monitoring of 500 polling stations.

Violence is undoubtedly impacting election campaigning in Balochistan, which makes a free and fair election unlikely.

The electoral exercise on May 11 is just a trailer and the real movie starts when the elections are over.

Interim government asked to redeploy civilian law enforcement to sensitive areas.

At least, we want to give democracy a shot, and that is the most important thing right now.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan disposes of two petition seeking right of franchise for overseas Pakistanis.

Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervez Kayani chairs special corps commanders' conference in Rawalpindi.

Bashir Jan from ANP, Taj Haider from PPP and Haider Abbas Rizvi from the MQM come together to condemn recent attacks.

Says the party would not let non-state actors thwart their poll campaign.

An analysis of what manifestos of mainstream political parties say about the ICT sector.