Tag: The Current

  • The Current’s Election Handbook: Your candidate, their views on issues that matter to you

    The Current’s Election Handbook: Your candidate, their views on issues that matter to you

    Our Election Handbook is finally here.

    It’s been a long journey filled with tears, sweat, and countless sleepless nights (quite literally) as we meticulously researched your candidate.

    Do you know what your candidate thinks about women’s rights, transgender rights, climate change, and minority issues? We looked through official government and party websites, news articles, news videos to find information on what your candidate thinks about issues that matter to you. We only had the manpower to do 50 candidates and hope it helps you make the decision on who to vote for in your city. The handbook is added, page by page, below but if you rather download it, here is the link:

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    Download Election Handbook 2024

    Download General Elections Handbook 2024

    Download Election Handbook 2024
  • I had good working relationship with Shehbaz Sharif, says Bilawal Bhutto

    I had good working relationship with Shehbaz Sharif, says Bilawal Bhutto

    The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while talking to GEO News, said that he had a good working relationship with Shehbaz Sharif. The former foreign minister also said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are doing ‘politics of hate’.

    Bilawal also stated that the politics of hate needs to end, as all politicians should respect each other. On the question of missing persons in the country, a young politician said his party will try to resolve this issue He was also not satisfied with what the caretaker federal government did to the Baloch Long March protesters in December.

  • Nawaz will be PM if we get a simple majority in elections: Shehbaz Sharif

    Nawaz will be PM if we get a simple majority in elections: Shehbaz Sharif

    The former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, while talking to GEO News, said that if Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) gets a simple majority in elections, then PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif will be the next prime minister of Pakistan.

    The former prime minister also said that PML-N needs to do more work for women’s empowerment, as the party is lacking in addressing this issue. He also said that the party is geared up to fix the economy when they win the election.

  • 28 killed, 40 injured in two separate blasts in Balochistan

    28 killed, 40 injured in two separate blasts in Balochistan

    At least 28 people have been killed and 40 injured in two separate blasts in Balochistan on Wednesday afternoon, just a few short hours before polling starts on election day.

    The first attack claimed at least 15 people’s lives while over 30 were injured after an explosion took place outside an independent candidate’s office in Balochistan’s Pishin. The second blast took place outside a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) office in the Killa Saifullah district.
    The Pishin blast happened outside the political office of independent candidate Asfand Yar Khan Kakar in the Khanozai area.

    Injured people have been shifted to the Tehsil Hospital Khanozai, while the bodies have also been transferred, the hospital’s MS Dr Habib told Geo News.

  • Maryam Nawaz tells PTI supporters to end politics of hate

    Maryam Nawaz tells PTI supporters to end politics of hate

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief organizer Maryam Nawaz has urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters to stop indulging in what she described as politics of hate.
    “Today I want to say that I am ready to forget all the oppression against us,” Maryam said. “I promise today and invite everyone to put an end to all this once and for all,” she said at a rally in Kasur.
    “I want a Pakistan where the government concentrates on serving people instead of avenging the past,” she said.

  • Yeh election Pakistan ki izzat ka mamla hai: Caretaker Federal Minister Gohar Ijaz

    Yeh election Pakistan ki izzat ka mamla hai: Caretaker Federal Minister Gohar Ijaz

    Caretaker federal minister, Gohar Ijaz, said on Tuesday in a press conference that the election is a matter of Pakistan’s honour, adding that the caretaker government is fulfilling its responsibility of holding elections ‘with honesty’.

    He also said that the law and order situation is now better in Sindh. He further mentioned that the police and civil armed forces have the ability to overcome any adverse law and order situation.

    Ijaz also mentioned that there are no issues between election candidates in Balochistan, and all political parties in the province are in communication with each other.

    He also said that Pakistan is threatened by forces that want to destabilise the country. However, the country’s security system can protect Pakistan from those forces.

  • Local administration can suspend the internet if need be: Murtaza Solangi

    Local administration can suspend the internet if need be: Murtaza Solangi

    Murtaza Solangi, the Caretaker Information Minister, has stated that the government has not given any instructions yet to suspend mobile or internet services on February 8.

    Solangi also stated that the local administration can take any decision as a result of any adverse law and order situation in the area. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) can give directions to internet provider to suspend the internet in a specific area.

    He encouraged the public to use their democratic right to vote, as “it shows their patriotism and their love for democratic continuity in the country.”

  • Bilawal promises to change Karachi if elected

    Bilawal promises to change Karachi if elected

    Former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has promised to change the map of Karachi if he comes into power after winning the upcoming general elections set to take place on February 8.

    The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman promised to ensure Karachi receives its fair share of rights by securing representation in both the provincial and national assemblies.

    “Other parties are contesting polls for their benefits, but the PPP will work for Karachi and protect its mandate,” he said.

    Bilawal Bhutto also stated that everyone other than PPP is engaged in the politics of hatred and revenge.

  • More than 120 million people will vote on February 8, says Murtaza Solangi

    More than 120 million people will vote on February 8, says Murtaza Solangi

    The Caretaker Information Minister, Murtaza Solangi, said on Monday that over 120 million people will vote on February 8, as the general elections are scheduled on the same date.

    According to PTV, he passed the remarks while addressing a ceremony.

    Murtaza Solangi also said that the caretaker government helped the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make the election process smooth.

    “Elections are just two days away,” he added. “People will choose their representatives by exercising their right to vote.”

    The information minister also said that according to the constitution, elected representatives will run the country.

  • Pakistanis observe Kashmir Solidarity Day

    Pakistanis observe Kashmir Solidarity Day

    People across Pakistan are showing support for their Kashmiri brothers and sisters’ fight against human rights abuses in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) by observing Kashmir Solidarity Day on Monday.

    The Ministry of Kashmir Affairs issued a press release, stating that they have made all necessary arrangements to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day.

    The ministry is organising solidarity walks all over the country, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In Islamabad, a rally on Constitution Avenue showed support for the Kashmiri people.

    A minute of silence was also observed at 9:30am to pay homage to the martyrs of Kashmir.

    “Posters and billboards have been displayed around important Avenves, airports, and railway stations to highlight the plight of Kashmiri people,” said the statement.

    Additionally, educational institutions across the country have arranged debate and declamation contests along with essay writing competitions for the occasion.

    President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the right to self-determination is a cardinal principle of international law, but regrettably, the Kashmiri people have not been able to exercise this inalienable right.