Pakistan – Page 55 – South Asian Correspondent

Military troops patrol near a polling station during Pakistan’s national elections in Lahore on 8 February.Photographer: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

March 1, 2024

Pakistan’s army firmly in command despite election rebuke

Betsy Joles, Faseeh Mangi, and Kamran Haider; Bloomberg Pakistan’s voters expressed their disillusionment with the nation’s powerful military in a…

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, gestures as she speaks during an anti-government protest rally organized by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of political opposition parties, in Peshawar, Pakistan November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz/File Photo

February 26, 2024

Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman to be chief minister of Punjab

Islamabad: Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected on Monday as the head of…

Supporters of the religious and political party Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) protest against what they say the blasphemous remarks by the chief justice of Pakistan, in Karachi, Pakistan February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

February 24, 2024

Pakistani Islamist parties rally against top judge on blasphemy accusations

Islamabad: Hundreds of supporters from Pakistani Islamist parties on Friday rallied to protest against what they say were blasphemous remarks by…

A man walks next to a billboard displaying photos of politician Bilawal Bhutto and his sister Asifa Bhutto, a day after general elections in Karachi, Pakistan February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

February 18, 2024

Pakistan: Challenges ahead for new coalition government

Haroon Janjua, Deutsche Welle The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said it was joining…

Paramilitary soldiers stand guard along a road, ahead of the general elections in Karachi, Pakistan 7 February, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

February 7, 2024

Blasts near Pakistan candidates’ offices kill 24 on eve of election

Islamabad: Two blasts near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 24 people and injured dozens, local officials…

Security officers escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, as he appeared in Islamabad High Court, Islamabad, Pakistan 12 May 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

January 31, 2024

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra, sentenced to 14 years in state gifts case

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were each sentenced to 14 years in jail in…

Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani (right) with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a Pakistan government handout photo © - / Pakistan Foreign Office/AFP

January 29, 2024

Iran, Pakistan to strengthen dialogue after tit-for-tat air strikes

Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran pledged Monday to improve dialogue and swap liaison officers as both nations sought to ease tensions after…

Munizae Jahangir, the co-chairperson at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, speaks during a news conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. Pakistan's rights body said Monday there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections next month because of "pre-poll rigging." It also expressed concerned about authorities rejecting most candidates from former premier Imran Khan's party, including Khan himself. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

January 2, 2024

Pakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair

BY MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission said Monday there is little chance of free and…

Pakistan caretaker government PM Anwaarul Haq Kakar. Photo: Dawn

December 29, 2023

Pakistan bans New Year’s Eve celebrations in solidarity with Gaza

Islamabad: Pakistan has banned New Year’s Eve celebrations to show solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, the government said late Thursday,…

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters.(AP)

December 28, 2023

Pakistan poll body accepts Nawaz Sharif’s nomination for 2024 elections

Islamabad: Pakistan’s election body accepted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s nomination for the 2024 national elections, ARY News reported. This…