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Four incidents of women being barred from voting during the NA-25 (Dera Ismail Khan-cum-Tank) by-election were reported on Wednesday. The voting process was largely peaceful amid heavy deployment of security personnel. However, female voters were disenfranchised in parts of the ...

By: Umer Nangian ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had cancelled last month’s by-election in two Nowshera and Lakki Marwat districts following reports that women were disenfranchised in the two National Assembly constituencies. Interestingly however, the ECP inquiries found ...

Sir: During the general elections of May 11, 2013, there was zero turnout of women observed in some areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, FATA and Punjab. Most likely, the suspected factors behind this zero or no turnout were the prevailing conservative ...

By: CHAUDHRY FAISAL HUSSAIN WITH regard to adult franchise in Pakistan, Article 51(2) of the Constitution provides the right of vote to every Pakistani citizen who is 18 years old or older and whose name appears in the electoral rolls ...