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District councils: Elections for reserved seats on Feb 8
All UC chairmen will cast ballot to elect indirect members of the councils
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SC orders vote verification in Khawaja Asif's constituency
Defence minister was elected from the NA-110 constituency during the May 2013 general elections
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Metropolitan Corporation: PML-N wins 18 reserved seats, PTI takes nine
Sheikh Ansar Aziz, PML-N’s expected mayoral candidate, elected on technocrat seat
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The election fallacy
Over the past 35 years, we have had eight elections. All returned to power the same faces
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Iran's Khamenei urges even those against him to vote
In a speech to thousands in Tehran, Khamenei alluded to his death when drawing attention to importance of polling day
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Rigging allegations: Lahore Press Club elections postponed
There were also claims ineligible voters were caught red handed casting votes
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Pataki drops out of US presidential race
Pataki, a moderate Republican, was running a longshot campaign from the start
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Record 12,000 candidates register for Iran's February election
Hassan Rouhani is hoping his supporters can take control of Iran's assembly and end years of conservatives' dominance
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Spain faces uphill struggle to form government after polls
The results mean the parliament will put an end to the country's traditional bi-party system
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Spain's ruling conservatives win election, short of majority
Opposition Socialists are seen coming second with 79 to 85 seats
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Saudi female voter turnout nearly 80% in places
Overall turnout in municipal polls throughout the Gulf kingdom was 47.4 percent, with a total of 702,542 voters
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LG polls: Vote count under way as polling comes to a close in Karachi, Punjab
All eyes on PML-N as Punjab also heads for third phase of polls
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Brother kills sister for voting in LG polls
The 20-year-old was furious because his sister had defied his instructions and cast her vote
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Top court says no vote recount without evidence
Sets aside tribunal verdict; reinstates Jam Madad Ali on PS-81
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Islamabad all agog for historic vote today
600 representatives to be elected to 50 union councils
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Saudi women candidates begin first election campaign
Around 900 women are standing in the December 12 municipal elections
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Despite barriers, Saudi women in first election bid
Around 900 female candidates are standing in next month's municipal election
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Twin cities ready for polls
In Rawalpindi, 1,771 polling stations will be set up for holding the local government elections in the district
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Army to supervise polling at 62 stations
Paramilitary Rangers to be deployed at all polling stations
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No shortcuts to nation-building
It is a sad state of affairs that Imran Khan has no faith in civilian institutions — bureaucracy or the judiciary
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Indian PM concedes defeat in key state election
Modi's defeat is a setback to his plans to push economic reforms through national parliament where BJP lacks majority
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Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win
The tech-phobic President issued a series of tweets after AKP reclaimed its parliamentary majority in Sunday's vote
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Top polling body set to get more powerful
Contempt of court powers to help ECP punish officers defying its orders
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FIFA reconfirm elections for February
Platini’s presidency bid put on hold due to suspension
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Easing logistic issues: NA committee proposes big hike in election fees
Current bar of election campaign expenditures will also be raised
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Dangerous games
Pakistan is tightly gripped by a discourse on electoral rigging and illegitimacy of the government
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Pmdc Polls: Election committee notified
Dr Azhar Mehmood Kayani said the committee has the mandate to hand over the charge to the new council till December 26
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Direct elections on women’s seats under study
Parliamentary panel seeks opinions from all parties
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PM to get updates on NA-122, LG polls today
Shahbaz, Hamza, Maryam Nawaz to brief the premier at Jati Umra
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PK-93 by-polls: Women queue up to rewrite Dir’s electoral history
Last time women in Upper Dir exercised their right to vote was during 1970 polls
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Ad invokes Reagan to attack Republicans' hard line on immigration
The ad highlights Trump's demand for a wall along the US-Mexican border and his anti-Mexican comments
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Ballots from abroad
Rather than citing problems, it should be engaged in an effort to make it possible for them to take part in elections
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Ringing the changes
If dynastic politics is ever to be truly challenged, it will have to be bottom up, and its going to be a slow process
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Elections are not free unless verifiable
Making elections verifiable is not just about transparency, but also empowering voters, making them more contestable
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Myanmar's military chief says armed forces will respect vote
General Min Aung Hlaing says main concern of armed forces is that vote is carried out fairly
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NA-122 rigging allegations: Tribunal terms Ayaz Sadiq's election null and void
Tribunal rules in favour of Imran Khan, calls for re-elections
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Canadian PM calls general election for October 19
Harper, in power since 2006, announced the election after meeting with Governor General David Johnston
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The giant pygmy race
You don't have to be terribly bright to be US president, but basic grasp of social niceties is essential requirement
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PTI in the lead as local govt re-polls close in K-P
Both, the Awami National Party and the Pakistan Peoples Party failed to secure any seats per latest unofficial results
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Of judicial commissions & democratic evolutions
PTI would do better keeping up pressure for achieving its ideals. No so-called quick-fixes like the dharna please!
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'Administrative reshuffle': ECP to take cosmetic measures to deflect growing criticism
ECP says it will focus action towards planning, training, coordination and monitoring
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Electoral reforms
It is to be hoped that real reform does flow from a political imbroglio that nobody emerges from with much credit
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Indirect elections
Opted into power indirectly by male colleagues, women councillors are unlikely to yield real political authority
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Towards local governance
How far will provincial governments go towards conceding administrative and financial space to these institutions?
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The ballad of bad elections
So here we stand, with a smarting PML-N and a chastened PTI, hoping to set a precedent
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Population boom: Pakistan will have over 100m voters by 2018
Next election may be one of the biggest democratic exercises in the world
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The ‘rigging’ report
The PTI will, perhaps, be dented by the JC report, but is unlikely to lose much of its support
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Inquiry commission recommends next elections in Karachi should be held under Army's supervision
Commission says that MQM may have employed intimidation in a few constituencies against MQM-H, JI
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Transparency in elections: Tripartite alliance demands impartiality
The representatives of the three-party alliance asked the district administration to provide them with details
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Inquiry commission's report termed May 2013 elections as fair, claims PML-N lawyer
PML-N's Shahid Hamid says govt has received copy of commission's report, which is expected to be released on...