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Elections on the cards?

President Arif Alvi has finally announced April 30 as the date for general elections in Punjab. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had earlier asked the president to choose any…

The utopia of elections

Pakistan is facing a three-pronged attack of political instability, economic meltdown and renewed terror insurgency in an election year. This is proving to be a lethal cocktail. All three streams…

Elections in a time of terror

We are in election year again. Ten years back around this time we were in election mode when the terrorism unleashed by the TTP impacted the electioneering and deprived the…

Elections in Nepal

The general elections held on November 20 in a bitterly divided Nepal failed to produce a clear winner and the country is now facing a hung parliament. The Congress-led coalition…

Elections in India: key takeaways

As expected, the Modi-led hardline Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won four out of the five state assembly elections and has succeeded to retain power in Uttar Pradesh…

Will elections help?

Many people are arguing that Pakistan needs fresh general elections to overcome the current political and economic crises in the country. Former prime minister Imran Khan is also demanding an…

French elections

As expected, center-right French President Emmanuel Macron won the second term by defeating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the runoff of the 2022 presidential elections on March 24. Macron…

Philippines elections

Marcos Bongbong Marcos Jr was elected president of the Philippines in the presidential election held on May 09. According to unofficial results, Marcos Jr won a landslide with more than…

Snap elections can help arrest economic slide

The economy is dangerously slowing down. At this point, the effects of administrative measures to apply brakes on the imports are evident. The wider impact of inflation in demand destruction…