ISLAMABAD: Nearly 46 million young citizens out of the 105 million eligible for voting in Pakistan will play a key role in determining the following executive when the overall election is expected to be held in July.
The current executive led by the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) will whole its tenure on May 31 put up which a caretaker executive will oversee the election which is proposed to be held between July 25 and 27.
A total of 59.2 million males and 46.7 million women represent the electoral roll across the six provinces Pakistan, which has a population of over 200 million, consistent with knowledge on the website of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
A triangular contest between the governing PML-N led by top minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, cricketer-turned flesh presser Imran Khan's PTI and previous president Asif Ali Zardari's PPP is on the cards.
But poll analysts believe that this time it will be the young blood coupled with the facility of social media who would play a pivotal role in deciding the future regime of the world's 6th most populous country.
An enormous choice of young citizens — a majority of whom use social media — may just not most effective influence the citizens the use of propaganda gear on on-line platforms, but additionally modify the electoral scene in several constituencies if they end up in huge numbers on the election day, the Dawn newspaper quoted analysts as announcing.
According to the age-wise knowledge collated from authentic resources, there are 17.44 million citizens between the ages of 18 and 25, 28.99 million between 26 and 35, while 22.48 million between 36 and 45.
The citizens within the age bracket between 18 years and 35 years are described as young citizens. This workforce within the age brackets of 18-25 and 26-35 forms 43.82 per cent of general citizens.
Of the 17.44 million citizens below 25, 10.13 million are in Punjab province, 3.11 million in Sindh, 2.77 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 0.774 million in Balochistan, 0.558 million within the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas and 0.117 million are from the federal capital.
Of the 28.99 million citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 years, 16.09 million are from Punjab, 6.17 million from Sindh, four.49 million from KP, 1.23 million from Balochistan, 0.776 million from FATA and 0.208 million from the federal capital.
In the electoral rolls ready for the 2013 common polls, the entire choice of citizens used to be 86.18 million, of which 17.five million citizens had been below 25, while 24.2 million citizens had been between 26 and 35, 17.2 million between 36 and 45, 12 million between 46 and 55, 8.four million within the age bracket of 56 to 65 years, while 6.7 million citizens had been above 66 years of age.
The current executive led by the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) will whole its tenure on May 31 put up which a caretaker executive will oversee the election which is proposed to be held between July 25 and 27.
A total of 59.2 million males and 46.7 million women represent the electoral roll across the six provinces Pakistan, which has a population of over 200 million, consistent with knowledge on the website of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
A triangular contest between the governing PML-N led by top minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, cricketer-turned flesh presser Imran Khan's PTI and previous president Asif Ali Zardari's PPP is on the cards.
But poll analysts believe that this time it will be the young blood coupled with the facility of social media who would play a pivotal role in deciding the future regime of the world's 6th most populous country.
An enormous choice of young citizens — a majority of whom use social media — may just not most effective influence the citizens the use of propaganda gear on on-line platforms, but additionally modify the electoral scene in several constituencies if they end up in huge numbers on the election day, the Dawn newspaper quoted analysts as announcing.
According to the age-wise knowledge collated from authentic resources, there are 17.44 million citizens between the ages of 18 and 25, 28.99 million between 26 and 35, while 22.48 million between 36 and 45.
The citizens within the age bracket between 18 years and 35 years are described as young citizens. This workforce within the age brackets of 18-25 and 26-35 forms 43.82 per cent of general citizens.
Of the 17.44 million citizens below 25, 10.13 million are in Punjab province, 3.11 million in Sindh, 2.77 million in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 0.774 million in Balochistan, 0.558 million within the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas and 0.117 million are from the federal capital.
Of the 28.99 million citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 years, 16.09 million are from Punjab, 6.17 million from Sindh, four.49 million from KP, 1.23 million from Balochistan, 0.776 million from FATA and 0.208 million from the federal capital.
In the electoral rolls ready for the 2013 common polls, the entire choice of citizens used to be 86.18 million, of which 17.five million citizens had been below 25, while 24.2 million citizens had been between 26 and 35, 17.2 million between 36 and 45, 12 million between 46 and 55, 8.four million within the age bracket of 56 to 65 years, while 6.7 million citizens had been above 66 years of age.
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