Pakistani General Elections 2018: National Assembly Projections
Predictions: Party Position in the National Assembly of 272 Seats Pakistan is clearly heading towards a hung parliament and split mandate. No party seems to get the majority to form…
Tag: Punjab
Predicting the unpredictable
It is not easy to predict an election in Pakistan. But the upcoming July 25 general elections have become even more difficult to predict. A lot has changed within a…
Constituency wise projections for NA seats in Punjab
Rawalpindi Division District Attock 02 national assembly seats PML-N= 1, PTI=1 NA-55 Attock (1) = Sheikh Aftab of PML-N is leading against Tahir Sadiq of PTI. Sheikh Aftab of PML-N…
The PPP’s Punjab crisis
Pakistan People’s Party Crisis in Punjab The PPP is still facing an uphill task in recovering its lost political and electoral space and support in Punjab. Once a mighty political…
General Election 2018: Projections for NA constituencies in Lahore
PML-N is leading 12 out of 14 national assembly constituencies in Lahore. PTI is leading on two constituencies. One or two constituencies can change hands. These are just the preliminary…
The PTI and Punjab
More and more electables are joining the PTI by the day. The party’s leaders and supporters are happy and are hoping to win the elections in Punjab and form governments…
Battleground Punjab
The road to Islamabad goes through Punjab. No leader or party can dream to form a federal government without winning a good number of seats from this province. Punjab is…
The fault in our system
The brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab in Kasur in January 2018 resulted in a wave of protests, anger and condemnation. In the weeks following the incident, sex crimes…
The Lodhran reality
The PML-N has caused an upset in the NA-154 by-election by defeating Jahangir Tareen’s son with a clear margin. This defeat is a political setback for the PTI. The voters…
Privatising education
The Punjab government has decided to continue the policy of handing over public schools to the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), the Danish school authority and various NGOs. It wants to…
Young Nurses ended six day long protest and sit-in
Government should accept their demands The Young Nurses Association (YNA) ended 6 day long sit-in at Charing Cross the Mall Lahore after negotiating with health authorities. The young nurses were…
Teachers ended sit-in after negotiations with government
We will come back if demands not met School teachers ended on Monday their three-day sit-in at the Punjab Assembly in respect of Ramazan. Hundreds of teachers along with their…