By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s major political parties scrambled on Sunday to form a new coalition government at the federal and provincial levels, three days after a closely contested general election that left no party with a clear majority and raised allegations of vote rigging and military interference.
By Staff Repotrter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Saturday rejected the criticism of its national elections by the United States, Britain, and the European Union, saying they failed to appreciate the “undeniable fact” of Pakistan’s democratic achievement.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced a political impasse on Friday as two former prime ministers and arch-rivals, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, both claimed to have won a parliamentary election that was plagued by delayed results and allegations of fraud.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Independent candidates backed by the party of Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, were leading in Pakistan’s general election on Friday, according to partial results reported by local media outlets, after an unusual delay in the vote count that led to accusations of vote rigging and manipulation.
By Staff Reporters
ISLAMABAD: As millions of Pakistanis cast their ballots in a tense and closely monitored general election on Thursday, the government imposed a sweeping blackout of mobile and internet services across the country, citing security concerns.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis began voting on Thursday in a tense election that could decide the fate of the country’s struggling democracy and its near-bankrupt economy, amid tight security and threats of violence.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Two back-to-back explosions outside the election offices of two election candidates in Balochistan, Pakistan’s restive southwestern province, killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more on Wednesday, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan prepares for a crucial parliamentary election on Thursday, several human rights and media groups have urged the authorities to ensure a free and fair vote and uninterrupted Internet access amid allegations of harassment and rigging by the party of former prime minister Imran Khan.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A group of militants attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan early on Monday, killing at least 10 officers and wounding six others, officials said, in the latest episode of violence ahead of this week’s national elections.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: With less than a week to go before national elections, the caretaker government said on Saturday that it had put in place a “three-tiered system” of security to protect the voting process from militant attacks, which have increased in recent weeks.
