Elections in Myanmar
Myanmar’s parliamentary elections took place on November 8, but Rohingya Muslims and some other ethnic groups were not allowed to participate in them. This was the first election after the…
GB elections: no real surprises
As expected, the PTI has emerged as the single largest party in the Gilgit-Baltistan assembly elections. According to unofficial results, the PTI has won 9 seats, but fell short of…
Senate elections and after
The dust had barely settled on the Senate elections on the 52 seats of the retiring members or half the house when the results indicated that the rumours of horse-trading…
Saving the elections
The country collectively heaved a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court (SC) suspended the Lahore High Court's (LHC's) judgement asking the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to rectify and…
Likud and the elections
Israelis are getting ready to head to the polls for the second time in 2019. Israel’s last national elections were five months ago in April, ending in a razor-tight finish…
Historic elections
July20, 2019 was an historic day for the people of the former tribal areas. The people of this area exercised their democratic right to elect their representatives for the Khyber…
Palestinians see little hope in Israeli elections
ayseer Barakat is like many Palestinians when asked about the upcoming Israeli elections. He doesn't see much hope. "We have learned from past experience that we are always the victims…
Elections in the mist
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) finally revealed its report on the July 25, 2018 general elections in a press conference in Islamabad on October 26, 2018. Dilating on…
PMDC elections to be held soon: minister
A presidential ordinance will soon be promulgated for the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and elections will be held in the council so an elected body can runs its…
Forecasting elections
Forecasting the winners and losers in the upcoming national and provincial elections is akin to trusting prodigious parrots to pick the team that will lift the football World Cup. There…
