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The Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision to divvy the PTI’s share of reserved seats among the ruling coalition has further ...
Pakistan’s president has to convene the inaugural session of the new National Assembly within 21 days of the election, or Feb. 29. Lawmakers are sworn in during that session.
Pakistan's election results show jailed cricket star and former PM Imran Khan's backers defying the odds to win seats, even as he sits in a prison cell. Latest U.S.
Deadly blasts hit Pakistan a day before general elections 02:02. Quetta, Pakistan — A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest ...
Pakistan’s president has to convene the inaugural session of the new National Assembly within 21 days of the election, or Feb. 29. Lawmakers are sworn in during that session.
Why Pakistan’s election had such an ambiguous outcome. August 9, 2018. A portrait of Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is on display near Khan’s residence, in Islamabad.
Key Background. The election in Pakistan has been marred with trouble since before it began. Nine days before the election, popular leader Imran Khan, a former Prime Minister and founder of the ...
Pakistan went to the polls on Thursday for an election that analysts say will be among the least credible in the country’s 76-year history, one that comes at a particularly turbulent moment for ...
Pakistan election 2024: By the numbers. As 128 million voters prepare for the February 8 election, Al Jazeera decodes the key numbers shaping Pakistan.
As Pakistan gears up for its elections Thursday, the nation is abuzz with anticipation and uncertainty. The political landscape is rife with tensions, raising concerns about possible poll-rigging.
While military intervention in Pakistan’s elections is nothing new — Mr. Khan himself was a beneficiary in 2018 — the current crackdown has been more visible than those in previous years, ...
Fast forward to this week, as Pakistan holds its latest general election on Thursday. A similar dynamic prevails, though the cast of characters has been flipped.