Two leading parties announce separate coalition plans to help secure a majority needed after Pakistan’s contested polls.
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Discrepancies with early election results in some districts are causing concern and confusion a day after the vote.
Pakistan’s struggling democracy faces serial crises — political, economic, on the security front, and of legitimacy.
Even with Pakistan’s chequered electoral history, some analysts believe the coming vote might be the most unfree yet.
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In advance of elections, Pakistan’s Supreme Court lifts a ban on people with convictions holding political office.
Sharif returns to Pakistan in hopes of overturning corruption conviction and running for political office again.
The 73-year-old veteran politician, who spent four years in the UK, is seeking a political comeback.
Muhammad Safdar of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party arrested, his wife Maryam Nawaz says.
Asif Ali Zardari charged in two corruption cases, while Punjab government admits case against Nawaz Sharif for treason.
Imran Khan attacks former three-times premier Nawaz Sharif over the latter’s criticism of country’s powerful military.
Court grants jailed Sharif bail on medical grounds, as ailing political leader receives treatment for immune disorder.
Sharif, 69, is being treated at a hospital in Lahore, where medical tests suggest he has a low count of blood platelets.
A year after 2018 elections, thousands of opposition supporters hold rallies across Pakistan against the government.
Anti-corruption judge denies charges he was ‘blackmailed’ into handing former PM seven-year jail term for corruption.
