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Imran Khan, during a speech declaring victory on Thursday, offered to investigate opposition claims of vote-rigging and said he wanted to 'unite' the country under his leadership. (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N concedes Pak polls to Imran Khan; EU cites concerns

European Union monitors said on Friday that the elections had not been fought on a level playing field.

27 Jul 2018 9:46 PM

Thursday was a meeting day for Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law retired Capt Muhammad Safdar, who were imprisoned after they were convicted by an accountability court over the family's ownership of four luxury flats in London. (Photo: File)

Poll results 'tainted and dubious', casts 'bad impact' on Pak: Nawaz Sharif

Talking to visitors in Adiala Jail, incarcerated PML-N chief, expressed reservations over poll results in Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi.

27 Jul 2018 1:49 PM

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan

India worried as Imran leads in Pakistan PM race

Mr Khan is widely seen as the choice of the powerful Pakistan Army and ISI among the major contenders for the post of PM in these elections.

27 Jul 2018 2:06 AM

Supporters hold Imran Khan’s picture in Karachi. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan to captain Pakistan

The provincial results show that the PML-N was leading on 129 seats in Punjab followed by PTI with 121 in the provincial Assembly of 299 members.

27 Jul 2018 1:45 AM

Imran: Pak’s gale force ‘tabdeeli’ for change

Will the gale force “tabdeeli” that he has unleashed be the change that the people of Pakistan have been looking for?

27 Jul 2018 12:29 AM

Imran’s governance test: Will he be a pragmatist?

The first question is whether the Pakistan Army has been able to achieve its objective of having a Prime Minister who shares its worldview.

27 Jul 2018 12:17 AM

Imran’s triumph set to trigger chaos in Pak

Mr Khan will be the first elected PM from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa belt. He is thought to favour the Taliban.

27 Jul 2018 12:11 AM

Imran Khan’s ex-British wife Jemima Khan on Thursday congratulated him by declaring the cricketer-turned-politician as Pakistan’s next prime minister even before the announcement of the official results.(Photo: AFP)

My sons’ father is next PM: Imran’s ex-wife Jemima congratulates ahead of results

Jemima, 44, who earlier prayed for his success praised Khan in series of tweets, saying father of her two sons will be next PM of Pakistan.

26 Jul 2018 3:52 PM

'I think it was completely predictable. For the last year also we have been hearing that the military wants a change, they want to get rid of Nawaz Sharif and his party and they see Imran Khan as the most pliable potential,' Tharoor said. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan's win won't affect Indo-Pak relations, says Shashi Tharoor

'We have seen two faces of Imran, one as a hardliner for electorate and other as liberal which we saw in London and Delhi,' Tharoor said.

26 Jul 2018 3:34 PM

A supporter of Pakistani politician Imran Khan, chief of PTI, releases fireworks to celebrate projected unofficial results indicating their candidates' success in the parliamentary elections in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)

Pak polls: Imran Khan's PTI single largest party amid rigging charges

Chief Election Commissioner Muhammad Raza Khan rejected the 'blatant' rigging allegations levelled by Nawaz Sharif's party.

26 Jul 2018 5:46 AM

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

India worried as Imran Khan leads in Pakistan PM race

Imran Khan is widely seen as the choice of the powerful Pakistan Army and ISI among the major contenders for the post of PM in these elections.

26 Jul 2018 4:31 AM

(From left) Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party are major political parties in Pakistan's general election. (Photo: PTI)

New govt must end vendettas; focus on India ties, China biz

Most importantly, the polls must be seen as credible and the results accepted by all parties and state institutions.

26 Jul 2018 12:58 AM

Pak’s ‘dirtiest election’: Counting begins after polling marred by clashes, blast

Gallup Pakistan estimated turnout at between 50 to 55 per cent in an electorate of nearly 106 million, similar to previous contest in 2013.

25 Jul 2018 8:32 PM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

New-style coup: Army-ISI forces Pak media, judges to toe the line

Leading columnists have had their columns dropped; TV stations have introduced a 90-second delay to beep out anything sensitive.

25 Jul 2018 12:58 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak voters face D-Day: Will they fight or fold?

The Army may have written Nawaz’s epitaph and indeed of all freely elected governments.

25 Jul 2018 12:50 AM

Imran claimed that former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was enacting a drama to prove his innocence. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan takes on Sharifs, says not seen such acting even in films

Ahead of Pakistan polls, Imran Khan said that the Sharif family looted billions of money from the country and took them abroad.

24 Jul 2018 3:27 PM

The three-time prime minister said, 'The time has come to make this movement of respecting the vote a great success and deliver a grand verdict that will wash away the previous verdicts, which has made Pakistan a 'graveyard of justice.' (Photo: AP)

In audio message, Nawaz Sharif urges people to vote for PML-N in Pak polls

Sharif showed unhappiness that he and his daughter were imprisoned for leading a campaign of respecting the mandate.

24 Jul 2018 8:41 AM

Pakistani cricket star-turned-politician and head of the party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan greets supporters during a political campaign rally in Multan. Pakistan will hold the general election on July 25, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Imran looms, but will voters surprise Army?

The only problem is that Pakistan’s voters, despite years of military rule, have a strong democratic streak in them.

24 Jul 2018 12:10 AM

It was Khan's last election rally in Karachi before the elections as he contests from an important constituency of the city for a national assembly seat. (Photo: AP)

Nawaz Sharif 'protecting India's interests': Imran Khan

Khan claimed that 'big game' being played to hurt credibility of general elections and Nawaz Sharif, others are behind this 'conspiracy'.

23 Jul 2018 1:14 PM

On July 6, Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were convicted in the Avenfield reference case by the Accountability Court. (Photo: File/Twitter)

Just days after arrest, Nawaz Sharif 'on verge of kidney failure': report

Urea nitrogen in former Pak PM's blood climbed to dangerous levels, heartbeat is irregular, he suffers from dehydration, excess sweating.

23 Jul 2018 8:40 AM

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