Elections 2018
This is how the online participation of female politicians fared in Pakistan’s General Election 2018
The new report shows that during the recent elections, the female politicians in Pakistan had to face an increased number of unwelcoming and/or sexist remarks on the social media as compared to their male counterparts. Recently, Digital Rights Foundation (DRF)…
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Here is how Imran Khan is planning to transform the tech and entrepreneurial landscape in Pakistan
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Election fever is settling down and the citizens are pinning hope on the new government to see a transformed Pakistan. After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) scored…
PITB unfairly under fire for Result Transmission System used in Elections 2018
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A lot of rumors have been making the rounds on social media suggesting that the inefficient Result Transmission System (RTS) was developed by Punjab IT…
PTI’s official website crashes due to unprecedented visitors count
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The official announcement is yet to arrive and PTI’s official website has already crashed. According to preliminary and unofficial results, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf has swept the…
Election commission to investigate the developers of Results Transmission System software
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The election commission has decided to investigate the software development agency behind the Results Transmission System which was not able to test the software properly…
How Imran Khan fared on social media during Elections 2018
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The 2018 elections have finally come to an end. Official results are still pouring in but non-official results present only one narrative: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has…
PSX experiences bullish trend as elections conclude peacefully
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Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a whopping surge of 699.59 points within the first hour of opening the day after elections were conducted in Pakistan.…
A technical fault delays historic election results in Pakistan
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A technical fault in the Result Transmission System developed (RTS) by NADRA has resulted into the delay of official result announcement of the Elections 2018…
Pakistan General Elections 2018 over Blockchain
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The history of elections and the charges of corruption, voters’ fraud, ghost votes, interferences by deep state, or violence go hand in hand. There is…
Twitter beats Facebook in hate speech amidst electoral campaigns in Pakistan
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Ahead of the Pakistan General Elections 2018, a non-governmental youth development organization, Bargad, has published a study on Electoral Hate Speech on Social Media in…
Which political party is winning at Google (Trends)?
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Pakistan General Elections 2018 are looming near the finish line. With just five days to go, election fever has hit full hype. The unforeseen events…
Mobile and internet shutdowns to be tracked in Elections 2018 by DRF and BoloBhi
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Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and Bolo Bhi have partnered with Netblocks to run an internet observation mission during the upcoming General Elections 2018. The digital…
Election Commission may not announce the results on Election Day
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A population of 220 million people in the country and millions of Pakistanis outside Pakistan won’t be able to know who is ruling Pakistan for…
Comparing Digital Policies of contesting political parties in Pakistan General Elections 2018
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With less than 10 days to go for Pakistan General Elections 2018, key contesting political parties are propagating their manifestos addressing focal areas of progress…
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