Category: Current Affairs
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Election Commission of Pakistan rules out Overseas Pakistanis vote
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ruled out any possibility for overseas Pakistanis to vote in upcoming Elections, saying that proper mechanism and legislation were essential prerequisites. Without making necessary legislation, enabling on-resident Pakistanis to vote in the forthcoming elections would compromise the transparency of the election process, the ECP said in a report…
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Final Voter Lists and Stats for Election 2013 by Election Commission of Pakistan
Voter statistics for Elections 2013. These numbers are lasted updated in March 2013. 85 million voters will use their right to vote in Elections 2013, 48 million Male voters and 37 million Female voters. The age segregation of voters is as follows: – 23.5% voters are in age group 31-40 years, 20% are in age…
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Election 2013: 4000 candidates have not paid Income Tax for once
At least half of the candidates who have submitted their nomination papers for Election 2013 are non-taxpayers or tax defaulters. As reported by Ansar Abbasi in the News, almost 4,000 out of the 8,000 candidates, whose nomination papers had been scanned and scrutinised by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), do not pay any income…
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Najam Sethi selected as interim Chief Minister Punjab
Najam Sethi, senior journalist, book publisher, editor of The Friday Times, and participant of talk show Aaps ki Baat at Geo News, has been selected as interim Chief Minister Punjab. A six member parliamentary committee comprising three members each from the government and opposition side has been discussing four names for the post of caretaker…
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Mir Hazar Khan Khoso selected as Interim Prime Minister Pakistan
As top political parties of Pakistan failed to agree upon a name for the position of Caretaker Prime Minister, the Election Commission has came out with the winner – and its Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan to oversee the nation through Elections 2013. Profile of Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at…
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Nawab Ghous Bux Barozai took oath as the interim Chief Minister of Balochistan
Nawab Ghous Bux Barozai took oath as the interim Chief Minister of Balochistan on Saturday. Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi administered the oath. Nawab Ghous Bux Barozai is the son of senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Mohammad Khan Barozai, a former chief minister and speaker of the Balochistan Assembly. Initially, the names considered for the…
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Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi the Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh.
Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi took oath as Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh. MQM had presented five nominees for Sindh caretaker chief minister. The names included Muneeb Ahmad Khan, Justice (retd) Ghaux Muhammad, Habibur Rehman, Nasir Aslam Zahid and Mehmood Alam Rizvi. While Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominated Justice (retd) Deedar Hussain and Justice (retd) Hamid…
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Justice Tariq Parvez Khan jointly nominated as Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ANP, the ruling party of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and Jamat-e-Islami, the leading opposition party, have jointly announced the name of Justice (retd) Tariq Parvez Khan as Caretaker Chief Minister of the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became the first province of Pakistan to come forward and announce the Caretaker Chief Executive. Political leaders in rest of the…
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PML-Q leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Mushahid Hussain enjoying cultural show dance party
A “cultural show” organized by PML-Q for its leaders Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Mushahid Hussain included dance performance by a lady performer. According to Express News, the cultural show was organized by PML-Q cultural wing in Islamabad to celebrate 5 years of “democratic government”. The dancer was especially invited from Lahore. Election Commission of Pakistan…
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Abbas Town Blasts: Dozens dead after blasts at Abul Hasan Isphahani Road Karachi
Twin blasts rocked Abbas Town area near Abul Hasan Ispahani Road, Karachi leaving at least 2 dead and 20 injured. This is the same area where a blast was occured few months back. [View the story “Abbas Town blast near Abul Hasan Ispahani Road Karachi” on Storify] Abbas Town blast near Abul Hasan Ispahani Road…