With his hands on all the levers of power in Russia, Vladimir Putin cannot be beaten in a presidential election, top aides to jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny say. But they see the 100-day campaign as a chance to expose him as vulnerable on the issues that most matter to Russians: the war in Ukraine and the state … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The long-awaited timetable for the forthcoming general election is set to be disclosed 56 days prior to the scheduled polling day on February 8, Dawn reported on Saturday.“You can calculate the date yourself. It would be somewhere around December 14,” a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told Dawn.The official also … Read more
ANTANANARIVO: Madagascar‘s High Constitutional Court on Friday declared incumbent President Andry Rajoelina as the winner of last month’s , effectively handing him a third term.Rajoelina got 58.96% of the votes cast, the court said after dismissing various challenges lodged against the provisional results announced by the electoral body.“Andry Rajoelina is elected as the president of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top election body on Thursday indicated that it may go for an in-prison trial of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a contempt case following security concerns highlighted by the interior ministry. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) conducted the hearing of the case launched last year against Khan and his former … Read more
A day before nominations end for Bangladesh’s January 7 parliamentary election, the country’s leading opposition party has confirmed that it will not participate in the vote, citing irregularities by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government. Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Senior Joint Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), told Al Jazeera there is “no chance of … Read more
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Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 10, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday as part of the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The core committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be conducting intra-party elections within the time frame given by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Geo News reported citing The News reported on Tuesday.PTI’s approval comes days after the electoral body ruled that its intra-party polls were not “transparent”, ordering the party to hold … Read more
A KMT supporter waves a giant Taiwan’s national flag outside of Central Election Commission on November 24, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan. Annabelle Chih | Getty Images News | Getty Images Taiwan’s main opposition parties have filed individual bids to unseat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as the billionaire founder of Apple supplier Foxconn dropped out … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called upon the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to fulfil its constitutional duty of ensuring “a level playing field” for all parties contesting the general elections, Dawn reported.Dawn is a PakistEnglish-language newspaper.A PTI spokesperson said the chief election commissioner’s letters to federal and provincial caretaker governments for providing a level … Read more