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Pakistan’s per capita income is USD 1130 – while in Bangladesh it is USD 2064. During the pandemic, Pakistan managed a growth rate of 0.4 percent - while Bangladesh clocked 5.2 percent. Pakistan has foreign reserves of USD 21 billion – while Bangladesh has twice as much: USD 42 ...

Pakistan's National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election. Issued on: 29/02/2024 - 09:40 3 min Lawmakers from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted "Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, ...

In a significant political development in Pakistan, two major parties, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have agreed to form a coalition government. However, the PPP has said that its support will be conditional, reviewing decisions on a case-by-case basis.Driving the newsThe PPP, led ...

Pakistan is not unfamiliar with dramatic and often manipulated elections. But the country’s general election results, declared on February 8, stand out both for the stunning outcome and the lessons they hold for journalists on covering elections in this day and age.Consider, for instance, news coverage ahead of the ...

Two Pakistan parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite winning the most seats in this month's vote. Issued on: 21/02/2024 - 05:46Modified: 21/02/2024 - 07:40 2 min The army-backed Pakistan Muslim ...

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Sunday demanded a judicial probe into growing allegations of vote rigging even as two major political parties failed to reach a power-sharing formula to form a coalition government.Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the maximum number of seats in Parliament, the ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan has formed a high-level committee to investigate allegations of poll rigging in the country’s recent national election, reported PTI on Sunday. The committee will submit its report to the poll regulator within three days.A Pakistani bureaucrat on Saturday had alleged that the chief election ...

For now, the new Shehbaz Sharif government in Islamabad will have to address an urgent fiscal exigency. Source link

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-(PTI) backed independent candidate Shahzada Gustasap Khan won the NA-15 Mansehra seat with 105,249 votes. Updated On - 15 February 2024, 08:19 PM File Photo Islamabad: Pakistan‘s election commission on Thursday dismissed a plea by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to stop the ...

It was perhaps the most consequential election in Pakistan’s recent history. Defying all odds, the voters turned out in record numbers. They have spoken out, loud and clear, and given their verdict. It was a vote for hope and democracy. But the people’s mandate seems to have been stolen ...