By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan’s largest political party and a former three-time prime minister, on Tuesday nominated his younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, as his party’s candidate for the country’s top office, ending speculation that he would seek a fourth term himself.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A prominent Pakistani election monitoring network said Monday that its observers were not allowed to witness the vote tabulation process in more than half of the National Assembly constituencies, calling for an investigation into this violation of the election law.
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.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Two prominent leaders announced on Monday that they were resigning from their party posts and one from politics altogether, after their parties suffered humiliating defeats in the general elections held last week.
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.
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: A former lawmaker was among five people wounded on Saturday when the police opened fire on a crowd of protesters who were challenging the results of a parliamentary election in a restive tribal region of Pakistan, officials and witnesses said.
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.
