Campaign posters for Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s former prime minister, along a street ahead of Pakistan’s national election in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory on Friday in the country’s 2024 General Election, one that many Pakistanis and human rights groups … Read more
In a surprising turn of events, independent candidates with ties to the jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan are surprisingly doing well in the recent elections, outshining established political parties led by former PM Nawaz Sharif. Despite earlier projections, the delayed release of official results has sparked concerns regarding possible electoral manipulation, adding to … Read more
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan started announcing the 2024 poll results as parties expressed concern over a delay of more than 10 hours, but there was no clear picture till early hours of Friday on which party was leading the chart. Among the first unofficial results, the ECP announced that PTI-backed candidates have won … Read more
Imran Khan’s absence has already left his party in disarray. (File) Karachi: Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister and cricket star Imran Khan was jailed for 14 years on Wednesday on charges of illegally selling state gifts, a day after he received a 10-year sentence for leaking state secrets. The convictions come days before a … Read more
Pakistan’s electoral commission said it was investigating. (Representational) Quetta: At least four people were killed Tuesday in a bombing near a Pakistan political rally, officials said, as the nation prepares to go to the polls next week. Police in the Balochistan provincial capital of Quetta said a bomb planted on a motorbike detonated as supporters … Read more
The prosecution has alleged the couple kept some gifts given by heads of state and undervalued them. Islamabad: In another jolt to Imran Khan ahead of general elections, Pakistan’s anti-corruption court on Tuesday indicted the jailed former prime minister and his wife in the Toshakhana graft case filed against them by the anti-corruption watchdog. Judge … Read more
Lahore: In a major blow to former prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan’s top poll body on Saturday rejected his nomination papers for two national assembly seats in Punjab province ahead of the February 8 general elections. “The returning officers of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) have rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s nomination … Read more
Imran Khan’s party said that Election Commission of Pakistan failed to serve justice in its order Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday said that it will challenge the election commission’s decision to declare its intra-party polls as unconstitutional and revoke the iconic ‘cricket bat’ symbol in the Peshawar High Court. A five-member panel of … Read more
The court directed the PTI leaders to submit surety bonds of PKR 1 million each. (File) Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cypher case, Dawn reported. The court directed the PTI leaders to submit surety bonds of Pakistan … Read more
