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General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. [1] [2] On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. [3] However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. [4]
General elections were held in Islamabad Capital Territory on Monday 18 February 2008 to elect 2 member of National Assembly of Pakistan from Islamabad. Pakistan Muslim League (N) won both seats from Islamabad with comfortable margin.
The Election Commission of Pakistan, a constitutionally-established institution chaired by an appointed and designated Chief Election Commissioner, supervises the general elections. The Pakistan Constitution defines (to a basic extent) how general elections are held in Part VIII, Chapter 2 and various amendments .
21 February – Pakistan's two main opposition parties agree to form a coalition following the elections. [ 10 ] 29 February – At least 45 people died and 82 were wounded in a suicide attack on the funeral February 29, 2008 of a district superintendent of police – killed earlier in the day in a separate attack – in Swat province.
Independent candidates affiliated with jailed Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s Tehreek E Insaaf (PTI) party won the most National Assembly seats in Pakistan’s general election ...
Pages in category "2008 elections in Pakistan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 2008 Pakistani general election in Islamabad;
In the 2002 general elections, he contested from four constituencies, and was only victorious in NA-71 Mianwali-I, being elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time. He did not contest the 2008 general elections due to him and his party deciding to boycott them.
Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Balochistan on 18 February 2008, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, North-West Frontier Province and Punjab. The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) came first.