Trends - Live Elections 2018

Massive shakeup in bureaucracies of 3 provinces with an eye to election

Just weeks ahead of the July 25 general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has authorised a ...

Published 20 Jun, 2018 09:27pm

Our politicians' fabulous wealth is giving us existential despair

So we're starting to get a vague idea of exactly how well endowed* our political leaders really are, thanks to the...

Updated 21 Sep, 2019 04:30pm

How many lotas fit in the PTI boat?

Check out the top three election toons from the Dawn newspaper:

Published 20 Jun, 2018 02:52pm

Who will get Karachi's votes?

Punjab will be the main battle ground but Karachi is not an arena to be ignored.

Updated 20 Jun, 2018 12:55pm

99 electoral problems but a data security breach isn't one

Those tasked with conducting the general elections 2018 must have a million things on their mind but there is one...

Updated 21 Jun, 2018 02:55pm

Is Zardari's completely original one-govt-job-per-family promise worth a vote?

PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has vowed that he would give at least one government job to every family if he gets...

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 08:51pm

Are Pakistanis losing interest in running for elections?

21,482 nomination papers were filed this year, whereas the ECP received 28,302 applications from hopefuls in 2013.

Updated 20 Jun, 2018 12:06am

Imran Khan, Maryam, Bilawal get ECP nod to contest elections

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is one of the several party chiefs — PML-N president Shahbaz...

Published 19 Jun, 2018 10:09pm

Iftikhar Chaudhry returns as Imran Khan's chief tormentor, challenges PTI leader's election eligibility

Former CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry and PTI Chairman Imran Khan used to get along pretty well until the latter's infamously...

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 08:51pm

Trouble brewing for Sattar and Musharraf as ECP rejects their nomination papers

Detailed orders are awaited.

Updated 09 May, 2019 09:15pm

PTI workers stage sit-in outside Banigala as Khan gets a taste of his own medicine

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan used to be pretty peeved when his long dharnas (sit-ins) during the...

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 08:51pm

PTI will not lend Nisar a hand in the elections — unless he joins the party

PTI candidate standing against Nisar says will only withdraw candidacy if Nisar joins PTI.

Published 18 Jun, 2018 01:58pm

Rigging is a global menace but Sri Lanka beat it, so why can't we?

A day doesn't go by without a Pakistani politician stressing the need to hold free, fair and transparent elections....

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 09:49pm

Fauzia Kasuri, Murad Ali Shah, Faisal Vawda found to be dual nationals

The list includes several prominent names.

Updated 09 May, 2019 09:16pm

Let bygones be bygones? MQM factions shake hands and make up

Dr Farooq Sattar seems to be the sole loser in the battle.

Published 16 Jun, 2018 06:57pm

It'd be better for the democratic process if parties encouraged women politicians to run

Incentivising women to enter mainstream politics, parties must support candidates who receive little financial support.

Published 15 Jun, 2018 04:51pm

Is the PPP finished in Punjab?

Although the PPP has desperately been trying to revive its presence in Punjab [since the last election1, a Dawn...

Updated 15 Jun, 2018 09:31pm

'I don't know who to vote for'

As judicial activism opens up a "Pandora's box of corruption, nepotism and gross misuse of privileges in public...

Published 15 Jun, 2018 10:15am

ECP calls in the big guns for security at polling booths

Army to be deployed.

Updated 09 May, 2019 09:16pm

PTI's Yasmin Rashid has challenged Maryam's nomination papers for NA-125

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Published 14 Jun, 2018 01:16pm

PTI leads the way when it comes to local governance. Others should follow suit

The PTI is perhaps best positioned to carry the debate forward on LG.

Published 14 Jun, 2018 11:45am

Shahbaz boasts of ticket transparency but his reserved seat list tells a different story

The story begins with Shahbaz Sharif oh-so-proudly claiming in today's Dawn that the PML-N is the only political...

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 09:32pm

In a first, a Kalash man has been nominated for a minority seat in KP Assembly

Wazir Zada.

Updated 14 Jun, 2018 12:56am

Dejected by failure of mainstream parties, transgender network announces entry into electoral politics

The group has not only announced its plans for contesting elections today but also gave out a long charter of demands.

Published 13 Jun, 2018 06:29pm

Here's what the RO found 'unbelievable' in PPP leader Abdul Qadir Patel's nomination forms

Notification also raises questions over the declared cost of Patel's overseas trips.

Updated 09 May, 2019 09:16pm

MML's chances of contesting elections don't look so good

What's standing in MML's way?

Updated 09 May, 2019 09:11pm

Self-proclaimed 'Pindi boy' cleared by Supreme Court in assets misdeclaration case

Sheikh Rashid, who quite exuberantly described himself as "one of the Pindi boyz" outside the Supreme Court today,...

Updated 14 Jun, 2018 03:19pm

Nisar-Sharif spat ends with relationship in tatters

Chaudhry Nisar seems to have finally parted ways with the Sharif biradraan over differences that have festered for...

Published 13 Jun, 2018 09:55am

Polls in Pakistan less a democratic exercise more a game of thrones

General election, in theory and world over, is supposed to be a democratic exercise where the populace rewards or...

Updated 28 Jul, 2018 09:32pm

Scrutiny of nomination papers throws up some embarrassing 'facts' about candidates

Wishing for some petty schadenfreude?

Published 12 Jun, 2018 07:23pm