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The court’s ruling comes in response to a 2011 reference filed by Bhutto’s son-in-law and former President Asif Ali Zardari.Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s Supreme Court says former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was not given a fair trial in a murder case, leading to his hanging 44 years ago. ...

The Pakistani city of Lahore is famous for a great many things: beautiful Mughal architecture, delicious street food, eye-pleasing greenery and, of late, air pollution that ranks amongst the worst in the world. But as dangerous as that last distinction is, Lahore recently avoided being known for something far ...

NewsFeedTwo major Pakistan political parties that are rivals of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan have agreed to a coalition and say they’re ready to form a government, after elections overshadowed by allegations of vote-rigging.Published On 21 Feb 202421 Feb 2024 Source link

Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to form a coalition with Shehbaz Sharif selected as candidate for PM.Two of Pakistan’s leading political parties have reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, they say, days after inconclusive national elections did not return a clear majority. The Pakistan ...

A senior bureaucrat in Pakistan has said he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner. On Saturday, Liaqat Ali Chattha, commissioner of the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where the country’s powerful military has its headquarters, said he would hand ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – Five days after Pakistan’s general election, two opposing parties, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), have both announced plans to form a government – with the PTI allying with religious parties and the PPP forming a coalition with rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN). The ...

Islamabad, Pakistan — Five days after the elections on February 8, Pakistan is nowhere closer to knowing which parties are going to make its next government and who might be its next prime minister. The elections delivered a split mandate amid a cloud of questions over the fairness of the ...

Pakistan’s election does not go the way the country’s powerful military intended – despite their media meddling.This past week’s elections in Pakistan were meant to be a formality, the outcome – a win for the PMLN – predetermined by the Pakistani military and intelligence apparatus. But despite their attempt ...

Lahore, Pakistan – After raucous protests charging pre-poll manipulation, a mobile service suspension and bomb blasts that killed at least nine people, Pakistan’s 12th general election was declared closed. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said ballot counting started soon after the closure of the polls on Thursday evening. ...

EXPLAINERPakistan will vote on February 8 for national and state legislatures amid political fluidity and steep economic challenges.On Thursday, 128 million Pakistanis will get to elect their country’s next government, and also the legislatures of the nation’s four provinces. These are Pakistan’s 12th general elections — and the country’s latest ...