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Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections

STORY: Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of The senate election STORYLINE: Pakistan's ruling coalition led the elections of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, held on Tuesday, an official source told Xinhua on Wednesday. According to a source from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ruling alliance parties including Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) won 14 seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got 13 seats and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan secured one seat. The elections were to be held for half of the 96-member house across the country, including the capital Islamabad and four provinces. However, the actual elections were held on 19 seats after 18 members won unopposed before the voting and the ECP postponed polls for 11 seats in KP due to the incomplete provincial assembly as s

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302 lawmakers take oath in inaugural session of Pakistan's 16th National Assembly

STORY: 302 lawmakers take oath in inaugural session of Pakistan's 16th National Assembly SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March. 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Assembly of Pakistan STORYLINE: A total of 302 newly elected lawmakers took oath in the inaugural session of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan in Islamabad on Thursday, a notification by the National Assembly Secretariat read. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, the speaker of the national assembly, or the lower house of the country's parliament, administered oaths to the representatives. A total of 310 notifications of winning candidates from different constituencies and reserved seats have been issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from the 336-member house, while the remaining are still awaited, withheld, or delayed. Following the swearing-in ceremony, the next step before the formation of the new government is the election for the speaker and deputy speaker of t

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ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024

STORY: ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ECP 2. various of the Islamabad streets 3. various of polling stations STORYLINE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country's parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan got 17 seats, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan got four seats, the Pakistan Muslim League got three seats, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and Balochistan National Party got two seats

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-RESULTS

(240211) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People and security personnel are seen outside the building of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 11, 2024. The ECP on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-RESULTS

(240211) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People are seen outside the building of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 11, 2024. The ECP on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-RESULTS

(240211) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Journalists are seen outside the building of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 11, 2024. The ECP on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION

(240209) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel stand guard in front the building of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 9, 2024. The voting process in Pakistan's parliamentary elections concluded Thursday evening and the counting of ballots has started, said a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-BALLOT COUNTING

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Election officials count ballots in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Feb. 8, 2024. The voting process in Pakistan's parliamentary elections concluded Thursday evening and the counting of ballots has started, said a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-BALLOT COUNTING

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Election officials count ballots in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Feb. 8, 2024. The voting process in Pakistan's parliamentary elections concluded Thursday evening and the counting of ballots has started, said a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-BALLOT COUNTING

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Election officials count ballots in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Feb. 8, 2024. The voting process in Pakistan's parliamentary elections concluded Thursday evening and the counting of ballots has started, said a statement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Voting begins for Pakistan's general elections

STORY: Voting begins for Pakistan's general elections SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:41 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. various shots of polling stations in Islamabad STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "Polling for Pakistan's one-day general elections started all across the country right now Thursday morning. It has just started at 8 a.m. local time and according to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the voting process would continue uninterrupted till 5:00 p.m. local time. Polling for the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies are being held on the same day. According to the ECP, over 128 million Pakistani people, or more than half of the country's total population, are eligible to vote in the general elections. ECP announced that over 5,000 candidates would contest the 265 general seats in the National Assembly and over 12,000 candidates would be competing for the 59

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PAKISTAN-LAHORE-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- LAHORE, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Voters register at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-LAHORE-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- LAHORE, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man casts his vote at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-ELECTION-VOTE

(240208) -- ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Voters line up to go into a polling station in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 8, 2024. Polling for Pakistan's general elections started across the country on Thursday morning, said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Spain's population reaches highest ever level

STORY: Spain's population reaches highest ever level DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Madrid 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): MIGUEL CARLOS GALAN, Technician of the National Institute of Statistics 3. various of people and traffic 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): MIGUEL CARLOS GALAN, Technician of the National Institute of Statistics 5. various of people on streets STORYLINE: Spain's population rose to its highest ever level, with immigrants being the main contributor to the growth, a study published by the Spanish Statistical Office said on Tuesday. The quarterly Continuous Population Statistics (ECP) showed that 48,345,223 people were living in Spain on July 1, hitting the highest level ever recorded, thanks to an increase of 135,186 people in the second quarter of 2023. Among the added population were 100,394 people born abroad, lifting the total number of foreign-born residents to 8,457,886. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): MIGUEL CARLOS GAL