1. #GE2018: The most popular tag on Twitter regarding the elections. This entails information on the elections relating to specific political parties and their manifestos, candidates, as well as social commentary
2. #PakistanElectionGuide2018: This tag is about a smartphone application that has information about constituencies and candidates, along with voting procedures and ECP’s code of conduct
3. #PMLNManifesto2018: PML-N’s manifesto related details.
4. #AbSirfImranKhan: PTI’s official hashtag that carries factual and opinion-based news about the party’s election activities
5. #BBKaWaadhaNibhanaHai: Used by PPP’s official account as well as party leader Bilawal Bhutto, his sisters and other notable members of the PPP. This was originally used to refer to PPP’s election manifesto. #SiahRaatKiRoshanSehar, #AwamiManshoor, #BenazirSavera are other PPP hashtags on Twitter
6. #VoteAWP: Used by Awami Worker’s Party to express the party’s positions on social and economic issues.
Published in Daily Times, July 6th 2018.
