ISLAMABAD (AA) – Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have joined a little known party to gain reserve seats in parliament. The candidates claim they have the numbers needed to form a government days after elections in the South Asian nation resulted in a hung parliament. Nearly 100 ne...
Islamabad, Pakistan – AFP Pakistan’s two dynastic parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite them winning the most seats in this month’s vote. The army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) an...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s three mainstream political parties are still struggling to finalize talks to form a government following the high-stake February 8 general elections. Although a coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has higher chances of forming a new government for a five-year term after amassing the sup...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As Pakistan’s three mainstream political forces rush to stitch together coalitions after the February 8 general elections, smaller parties find themselves playing an unexpected make-or-break role in the formation of the next government. Several regional and religio-political parties with a few seats between them ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Candidates, mostly linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, won the most seats as Pakistan’s election commission announced on Sunday final results of the Feb. 8 general elections. The independents got 101 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim Lea...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – At least three police officers were killed during a protest against alleged rigging in Feb. 8 Pakistan polls in North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday, state media reported, while the candidate’s party claimed that the fire was opened by security forces. The state-run Pakistan TV reported th...
KARACHI, Pakistan / ISLAMABAD (AA) – While final results are yet to be declared, independent candidates, backed by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan are in the lead in Pakistan’s elections, state media reported on Saturday. The polls concluded on Thursday. The independents supported by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party...
ISLAMABAD / KARACHI (AA) – Polling in Pakistan closed on Thursday after millions of eligible voters cast their ballot in general election to elect a new government for the next five years amid heightened security and suspension of cellphone and mobile internet services. The polling day witnessed several bombings which resulted in at leas...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two separate “terrorist attacks” in Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of a high-stake national vote, officials said. The first blast, the latest in a string of poll-related violence, took place in the Pishin district of southwestern Balochistan province onl...
Karachi, Pakistan — AFP As waves from the Arabian Sea crash into the shores of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, election candidate Ahmad Shabbar tells voters a list of growing but often ignored climate threats. Pakistan was ravaged by monsoon floods two years ago that left a third of the country submerged, turning climate change [&...
