Brisk voting for local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
A phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
ECP postpones Local Government elections in ICT
The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to hold in abeyance the election programme for conduct of local government in Islamabad Capital Territory till further order.
Voting for local government opens in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
The phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its s
Brisk Voting for Local Government in Indian-Controlled Kashmir for First Time After Losing Autonomy
India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir ... The multistage election will allow Kashmir to have its own truncated government and a local legislature, called an assembly, instead of ...
Voting for local government opens in Indian-controlled Kashmir for first time after losing autonomy
India and Pakistan each administer part ... for the first time ruled in a coalition with the local Peoples Democratic Party. But the government collapsed in 2018, after BJP withdrew from the ...
Modi visits Indian-administered Kashmir on local election campaign amid massive security
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the main city in Himalayan Kashmir to campaign for his party in the staggered local election in the first such vote since New Delhi stripped the disput
Why Kashmir’s local election could usher in a new political era
With fresh faces emerging to challenge the traditional political powerhouses, the region’s political dynamics already appear to be changing.
India's Jammu and Kashmir votes in first regional poll in a decade
Voters queued outside polling stations in India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence.
Indian-controlled Kashmir sees brisk voting for local government
Voting in the first phase of a staggered election to choose a local government concluded Wednesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
In Kashmir, voting begins in first local elections since India revoked autonomy
In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.
Pakistan police arrest key suspect in gang rape of a woman polio worker
Pakistani police say they have arrested the key suspect in the gang rape of a woman polio worker who was assaulted by three ...
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Pak: Election Commission postpones Islamabad local government elections schedule
The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced the postponement of the local government elections in Islamabad, which were ...
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Local govt elections in Islamabad postponed; polling on Oct 9
ISLAMABAD: The much-delayed local government election in Islamabad on ... However, PML-N said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) made the extension on the request of local politicians ...
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In Pakistan’s Balochistan, deadly attacks rip uneasy migrant-local equation
But it is also Pakistan’s most impoverished, and residents say the government in Islamabad exploits the province for its ...
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2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say
Omar Farooq, a senior government official in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said there were no survivors. Initially, local police said that there were seven injured, but later doctors and ...