By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan confirmed on Monday that it had conducted airstrikes against suspected militant hideouts in Afghanistan, following a deadly assault on a Pakistani military outpost.
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Military says seven soldiers killed in militant attack on army post in northwest Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Suspected Islamist militants attacked a Pakistani army post in the country’s restive northwest near Afghanistan early on Saturday, killing seven soldiers, including two officers, in a brazen assault that highlighted the security challenges facing the country.
Ex-PM Khan calls for independent inquiry into May 9 clashes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that he fully endorsed the statement of the military’s top commanders and demanded strict action against those responsible for the violent clashes that erupted on May 9 of the previous year.
A historic wrong, but no remedy: Supreme Court confesses to Bhutto’s flawed trial and execution
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said on Wednesday that the trial that led to the execution of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1979 was unfair and violated his constitutional rights, but it stopped short of overturning his death sentence.
Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan PM after coalition triumphs in hung parliament
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of the three times former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time on Sunday, after a tumultuous general election last month that left no clear winner and sparked allegations of fraud and rigging.
Pakistan to elect new president and prime minister in back-to-back votes
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s election commission announced on Friday that the country would hold a presidential election on March 9, months after the end of the term of the incumbent, Arif Alvi, who presided over a tumultuous period of political and economic instability
Parliament convenes, PM Election on March 3
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ISLAMABAD: The lower house of parliament will choose a new prime minister on Sunday, the assembly’s secretariat said on Thursday, after a tumultuous first session that was marred by protests from supporters of the former prime minister Imran Khan, who is in jail on corruption charges.
PTI cries foul over ‘biggest voter fraud’ in Pakistan’s history
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ISLAMABAD: The party of former prime minister Imran Khan accused the government and the election authorities on Friday of orchestrating the “biggest voter fraud” in the country’s history, saying that it was cheated out of dozens of seats in the parliamentary elections held last week.
US calls for fair probe into Pakistan’s disputed polls
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United States on Monday urged Pakistan to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations of irregularities and fraud in the February 8 general elections, saying that the legal system should play itself out first.
Khan-backed independents win most seats in final vote count
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Independent candidates loyal to the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan won the most seats in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections, according to official results announced on Sunday, two days after voting ended amid allegations of fraud and delays.