Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his rival Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday night won from their respective constituencies in the landmark general elections. Sharif won the Sargodha constituency seat from his stronghold Punjab province and his party was reported to be leading in 110 of the 203 seats for which trends were available. Polling was held...
11:08 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: The parties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan appeared to be well ahead of their rivals in Pakistan's election, according to a partial count of votes cast on Saturday. The election, in which 86 million people were eligible to vote, will bring the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its turbulent history. Despite pre-election...
09:40 PM, May 11, 2013
Even as blasts rocked the country on the day it went to polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan is confident of seeing a better voter turnout in these elections. In 2008, Pakistan witnessed a voter turnout of 40 per cent. ...
09:30 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad/Lahore: Defying Taliban death threats, enthusiastic Pakistanis in large numbers on Saturday voted for national and provincial assemblies in a landmark democratic transition of power marred by a string of bomb attacks killing at least 17 people. A staggering 75,000 security personnel, including 5,000 troops for sensitive polling stations Taliban-dominated restive areas in northwest, were deployed to ensure smooth conduct of the exercise. The Election Commission of Pakistan extended the...
07:51 PM, May 11, 2013
Polling will continue till 6 PM across the country except in Karachi, where voting will be held till 8 PM in 7 constituencies. ...
07:33 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Party-wise National Assembly results: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - 31 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - 110 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) - 32 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) - 10 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) - Awaited Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) - Awaited National Party (NP) - Awaited Balochistan National Party (BNP) - Awaited All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - Awaited Pakistan Muslim...
07:13 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan Election Commission on Saturday extended the time for voting by an hour following large voter turnout across the country in the landmark elections. The voting was set to end at 5 pm (local time) but sizable number of voters kept arriving at the polling stations. Subsequently, the Election Commission announced that voting will continue till 6 pm (6:30 IST). In some constituencies in Karachi, polling was extended till...
06:26 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Malala Yousufzai, teenage rights activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban, on Saturday appealed to people to exercise their franchise, saying "one vote can change" Pakistan's future. "It's an honour for me to share some words with my sisters and brothers in my country," Malala said in a letter carried by the Dawn newspaper. "If we want education, electricity and natural gas in our country, we...
05:43 PM, May 11, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party on Saturday decided to boycott the general elections for national and provincial assemblies, claiming massive rigging and mismanagement at several polling stations. Jamat-e-Islami (JI) decided to withdraw candidates from Karachi and Hyderabad. The party has called a peaceful strike on May 13 to protest against poll rigging. The party has also been complaining of delay in the start of voting process. Reports said that the...
05:37 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: 6.50 pm: Counting underway in Pakistan; Nawaz Sharif is said to be leading from Sargodha in Punjab. 6.38 pm: Dawn reports: Unofficial results start pouring in: Karachi: MQM's Khushbakht Shujaat ahead with 270 votes in NA-250 polling booth No 12, whereas PTI candidate Arif Alvi second with 54 votes. Lahore: PTI's Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar leading in NA-128 polling station 218, followed by PML-N candidate Malik Afzal Khokhar. Mansehra:...
04:56 PM, May 11, 2013
Panaji: New-age fighter aircraft MiG29K was on Saturday commissioned ceremoniously into the Indian Navy in the presence of Defence Minister AK Antony at INS Hansa near in Panaji. The aircraft would be attached to aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which would be commissioned later this year. The MiG29K squadron - initially comprising of 16 aircraft - has been christened 'Black Panthers' and would be known by its naval name 'INAS 303'....
02:59 PM, May 11, 2013
Security tightened in Pakistan as polling began on Saturday amidst threats of violence and terror. A total of 85 million people are expected to cast their votes for 342 national assembly seats with approximately 40 million of them being first time voters. ...
02:46 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari cast his vote through postal ballot, a media report said on Saturday. Zardari and his two daughters had cast their votes through postal ballots, but his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari couldn't cast his vote as he was not permitted the postal ballot facility, reported Geo News. Saturday's polls follow the bloodiest election campaign in recent Pakistani history. It will also mark a democratic change...
01:21 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad/Karachi: Polling in Pakistan's landmark general election was on Saturday marred by four bomb blasts in Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar that killed at least 10 people and injured over 40. Ten people were killed and three dozen others injured when two bombs went off near the secular Awami National Party's election offices in the southern port city of Karachi hours after thousands of Pakistanis began voting across the country. The...
12:32 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: One vote can change Pakistan's future and "it's our right", teen activist Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, said on Saturday, a day when ballotting took place in the country. In a letter carried by the Dawn, Malala said, "It's an honour for me to share some words with my sisters and brothers in my country. If we want education, electricity and natural gas...
11:32 AM, May 11, 2013
Karachi: Five persons were killed and 15 others injured on Saturday when a bomb went off near a secular political party's election office in Karachi, hours after thousands of Pakistanis began voting in a landmark general election. The blast occurred near an election office of the Awami National Party in Landhi area of Karachi. The powerful explosion was heard from several kilometres away and caused panic in the area. State-run...
11:11 AM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: As many as 75,000 soldiers stood guard across Pakistan as polling began on Saturday. Security cameras had been installed where necessary, a military official told Dawn. Armoured personnel carriers will be used in most sensitive areas and aerial surveillance of these areas will also be conducted. Army is not taking any chances and sniffer dogs too will be pressed into service. The official said 5,000 troops had been deployed...
10:59 AM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: 2.05 pm: Thirty per cent polling recorded till 2.00 pm. 2:00 pm: The number of people injured in twin blasts in Pakistan on election day rises to 50. At least ten people were killed and 50 others injured in twin explosions outside the Awami National Party office in Karachi's Quaidabad area. A blast also took place near a school in Peshawar injuring 12 people. The school is a designated...
10:54 AM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Queues formed outside polling stations in Pakistan on Saturday, with voters eager to cast their ballot. Queues started forming before polling stations opened at 8 am. Voting closes at 5 pm (local time). At a polling station in Islamabad, over 200 people waited to vote. "We want change, we are really fed up with old faces coming back to power every time and doing nothing for the nation," a...
10:32 AM, May 11, 2013
