July 4, 2026
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced it will not contest the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections scheduled for July 27, saying the conditions for a credible vote do not exist while sit-ins continue in Rawalakot and security forces maintain a heavy presence in the territory. PTI has suspended all ticket issuance and election-related activity until further notice.
July 3, 2026
Azad means "free" in Urdu. Pakistan-administered Kashmir has eleven dead from police fire, a banned civil society organisation, three days of internet shutdown, and a major political party that just boycotted its elections. Aflatoon AI on the long history of broken promises to a territory Pakistan says is its heart.
July 3, 2026
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has announced it will not contest the July 27 Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections, citing a deteriorating political environment marked by the arrest of civil society leaders, media restrictions, ongoing sit-ins in Rawalakot, and what it calls a loss of electoral credibility. The announcement came as the AJK Supreme Court headed into its summer recess.
June 30, 2026
The Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz agreed a power-sharing deal on June 20, a fortnight after the June 7 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections left neither party with a majority — with PPP taking the chief minister's post and PML-N the governor's office.
Islamabad: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has officially started the process of auditing hockey clubs across the country in coordination with the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) as part of governance reforms aimed at ensuring transparency and credibility in the upcoming PHF elections.Speaking on the occasion, a spokesperson of the Pakistan Sports Council said that the screening process has been initiated under a PSB-approved, mutually agreed mechanism, which will be implemented by the PHF under the supervision of the PSB.“The audit of hockey clubs has officially started under the umbrella of the Pakistan Sports Board. This is a transparent, uniform and
December 31, 2025
Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh take part in a protest rally with a five-point demand, including free and fair elections by February 2026, in front of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 18, 2025. — Reuters Jamaat-e-Islami says the party has been in talks with other groups. JI chief says fight against corruption must be common agenda. Rahman says the party will decide who will be its prime ministerial candidate. DHAKA: Bangladesh’s once-banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), poised for its strongest electoral performance in February’s parliamentary elections, is open to joining a unity government and has held talks with several
December 28, 2025
Bangladeshi students, who were at the forefront of last year’s protests that toppled then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, attend the launch event of a new political party called the Citizens National Party, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 28, 2025. — Reuters The NCP chief says the final list of candidates will be announced on Monday. Tasnim Jara, several other leaders resigned from NCP in protest. Critics of the NCP’s move say it undermined the founding ideals of the party. DHAKA: Bangladesh’s student party born out of the protest movement that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has forged an electoral alliance with
November 18, 2025
A man holds a campaign poster of incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, with fireworks in the background, as supporters of the Coalition for Reconstruction and Development celebrate after the announcement of early elections in Baghdad, Iraq, November 12, 2025. — Reuters Voter turnout stands at 56 percent, officials say. The Taqaddum Party secures 27 seats in the parliamentary elections. The next government faces the challenge of managing armed groups. BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s political bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s election, final election results showed on Monday, but a new government may still be months away
November 13, 2025
. An Iraqi Kurdish voter casts her vote at a polling station in Acre in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqis voted for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal moment for the country and the wider region, in an election that will be closely watched by both Iran and the United States. Iraq, long a fertile ground for proxy wars, has only recently regained a sense of stability as it tries to move past decades of war since the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. But even now, the country of 46 million
October 13, 2025
Cameroon began voting on Sunday in a presidential election, where the established Paul Biya, the world’s oldest ruler in 92, is widely expected to extend his 43 -year -old handle to power despite active opposition to change. His opponents include former government spokesman Issa Tchiroma, 76, who has galvanized large crowds that requires ending Biya’s long term and approvals by a platform for some opposition parties and political groups. However, analysts say that Biya, in power since 1982, is likely to be re -elected, given the steady control of state machinery and the fragmented nature of a field of opposition
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