Pakistan General Elections

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Sharif is accompanied by his daughter Maryam Nawaz who is also convicted and sentenced to seven years of prison. (Photo: File)

Nawaz Sharif, Maryam may be held mid-air; Lahore shuts phone networks

All television channels in Pakistan have been asked to stop live telecast of briefings of political leaders.

13 Jul 2018 9:40 AM

The blast took place shortly before midnight on Tuesday night when ANP leader Haroon Bilour along with other party workers gathered for a corner meeting in the congested Yakatoot area. (Photo: File | Representational)

Haroon Bilour among 13 killed, 50 injured in suicide blast at poll rally in Pak

This is the second terrorist attack on an election rally in Pakistan ahead of the July 25 general election.

11 Jul 2018 10:19 AM

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had to face a grilling in the US and in the European Parliament over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. (Photo: File)

Facebook enhances security measures to protect integrity of Pak elections

Sarim Aziz, Facebook's spokesperson in Pak, said that company increased safety, security staff to monitor all election-based activities.

08 Jul 2018 4:59 PM

Photos of Ayaz Memon Motiwala, an independent candidate from Karachi, sitting in garbage dumps and lying down in sewage water to ask for votes has grabbed many eyeballs. (Photo: Facebook Screengrab/ Ayaz Memon Motiwala)

Bizarre campaign: Karachi politician sits in sewage, pile of garbage to ask for votes

Ayaz Memon Motiwala said the bizarre stunt was way to draw attention to unhygienic conditions and the faulty sewage systems of the city.

02 Jul 2018 9:45 PM

Musharraf, 74, had filed his nomination papers from the northern district of Chitral (NA-1) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (Photo: File)

Returning Officer rejects Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for elections

Returning Officer Muhammad Khan rejected Musharraf's nomination papers citing court's order, officials said.

20 Jun 2018 11:27 AM

Soldiers had also been deployed during the 2013 elections. Representational image. (Photo: AP)

Pak Election Commision seeks help from army for general election security

Army personnel will be deployed at places where violence may erupt or which can be targeted by militants.

15 Jun 2018 12:57 PM

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has rebuked the former army chief for "cowardice", taunting him for not appearing in court. (Photo: File)

Pak SC withdraws directive letting Musharraf file nomination for general polls

The SC had earlier allowed him to contest the general polls provided he appeared before for a case linked to his lifelong disqualification.

14 Jun 2018 3:57 PM

The apex court had allowed Musharraf to file nomination papers to contest the upcoming general elections on the condition that he would appear in person before the court to attend the hearing in the lifetime disqualification case against him. (Photo: File)

Musharraf fails to show in court, SC gives him time till Thursday afternoon

Musharraf told the court through his lawyer that he needed guarantees for security.

13 Jun 2018 5:49 PM

The JuD was declared as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in June 2014. (Photo: File/AFP)

Mumbai 26/11 mastermind Saeed’s JuD to contest Pak general elections

The group decided to contest for over 200 seats on the platform of 'dormant' political entity Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek registered with ECP.

09 Jun 2018 12:27 PM

Pakistan completed its first ever democratic transfer of power following elections in 2013, when the government headed by the Pakistan People's Party handed over to the PML-N, following a landslide victory. (Photo: File)

Pak general polls on July 25; 2nd democratic power transfer in country

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted by the Supreme Court last July on corruption charges and later barred from politics.

27 May 2018 10:49 AM

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