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Cambridge Analytica disputed Facebooks estimate of how many users were affected.

Facebook enhances security measures to protect integrity of Pak...

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

8 July 2018 4:59 PM IST

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...

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

2 July 2018 9:45 PM IST

Pakistans opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif, center, with his supporters leaves the Supreme Court after petitions hearing to dissolve parliament by countrys Prime Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP/Anjum Naveed)

Not possible to hold general elections in three months: Pakistan...

A senior official of the Election Commission said that the preparations for the general elections would require some...

5 April 2022 12:03 PM IST

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

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...

27 May 2018 10:49 AM IST

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

Pak Election Commision seeks help from army for general election...

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

15 Jun 2018 12:57 PM IST

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

Pak SC withdraws directive letting Musharraf file nomination for...

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

14 Jun 2018 3:57 PM IST

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

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

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

13 Jun 2018 5:49 PM IST

Hafiz Saeed who walked free on November 24 was back to his ranting on Kashmir Valley. (Photo: 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...

9 Jun 2018 12:27 PM IST

Musharraf ruled Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. He is wanted in Pakistan in several criminal cases including in the killing of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. (Photo: File)

Returning Officer rejects Pervez Musharraf's nomination papers for...

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

20 Jun 2018 11:27 AM IST

Pakistans Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said that he called him thrice on polling day but he didnt pick up and was likely sleeping. (Photo: supremecourt.gov.pk)

Pak Chief Election Commissioner 'slept' through polls, says Chief...

During a hearing, Pakistan's Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said that he was astonished at the current state of Pakistan's...

8 Aug 2018 8:19 PM IST

Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif file nomination papers for Pak PM poll

The newly-elected Speaker of the House, Asad Qaiser announced the process for the Prime Minister poll.

16 Aug 2018 11:58 AM IST

A hand out image made available by the Pakistan National Assembly on August 13, 2018, shows (from L to R) Pakistans cricketer-turned politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Khalid Maqbool , Sardar Akhtar Mengal and others taking the oath as Members of Parliament during the first session of the Parliament in Islamabad following general election. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan's newly-elected Parliament votes to elect Speaker

The election of the Prime Minister will be held after election of the new Speaker who will supervise the election...

15 Aug 2018 2:12 PM IST