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Pakistan Elections 2024: Mobile phone services suspended across country as voting begins

World | Feb 08, 2024, 11:47 AM IST

Pakistan Elections 2024: The government's decision comes amidst a rise in militant attacks in the run-up to the election and a day after jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan urged his supporters to wait outside polling booths after voting until results are announced.

Pakistan blast: Powerful explosions outside independent candidate’s election office kill 30

World | Feb 07, 2024, 07:36 PM IST

The first attack, which killed 12, took place at the office of an independent election candidate in Pishin district. The second explosion in Qilla Saifullah, a town near the Afghan border, detonated near an office of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a religious party that has previously been the target.

Pakistan elections 2024: Main candidates in fray

Pakistan Elections 2024: From Nawaz Sharif to Bhutto, a look at key candidates and players of polls

World | Feb 08, 2024, 06:59 AM IST

Pakistan- a country where civilian governments have been upended by military takeovers and where the army has ruled the nation for half of its 76 years of independence, it’s often the traditional elites that have called the shots. Here are the key players ahead of the country’s elections.

Pakistan ex-foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

'Won't become foreign minister if Nawaz Sharif returns as Pakistan PM': Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari

World | Feb 06, 2024, 09:59 AM IST

Bilawal said it would be difficult for him to join hands with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party if it came to power after the February 8 polls. Bilawal said both major political parties, other than the PPP, engage in politics of hatred and division.

US to monitor Pakistan’s electoral process quite closely as violence soars tremendously: Official

World | Feb 06, 2024, 09:07 AM IST

US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that it wants the broad participation of the people of Pakistan in the country's election adding concerns over the recent violence that rocked the country's Balochistan province.

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US issues advisory to American citizens visiting Pakistan ahead of February 8 general elections

World | Feb 03, 2024, 11:32 PM IST

The US mission advised American citizens not eligible to participate in Pakistan’s elections to avoid visiting areas around polling stations on February 8 as they may be crowded.

Pakistan elections: Over 50 per cent of polling stations declared sensitive

World | Jan 29, 2024, 11:49 PM IST

A senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said the army and police personnel will be deployed outside the ‘most sensitive’ polling stations as per their threat assessment.

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a political party of former Pakistani Prime Minister Im

Pakistan assessing over 12 Indian journalists for poll coverage amid rumours of burqa-clad elections

World | Jan 23, 2024, 06:34 PM IST

The accreditation cards issued to foreign journalists and international observers were only restricted to Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. However, if any foreigner wants to visit any other city, it is being processed on a case-to-case basis, said a minister.

Pakistan: 9 including children suffer serious injury after bomb explodes while picking up trash

World | Jan 17, 2024, 03:43 PM IST

According to a senior police official, the explosion occurred when children, who were picking trash, were sifting through the garbage. However, it was unclear what kind of explosive device was used.

Pakistan: No relief to Imran Khan as court upholds to bar PTI leader from contesting general polls

World | Jan 10, 2024, 04:06 PM IST

The appellate tribunals of the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the returning officers' (ROs) decision to reject the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in the Punjab province of the country.

Pakistan Supreme Court strikes down lifelong ban on public office in relief for Nawaz Sharif

World | Jan 08, 2024, 07:04 PM IST

The court's ruling has far-reaching implications, overturning the provision that previously allowed for a lifetime ban on holding public office. This decision could reshape the political landscape, especially considering the timing in the lead-up to the forthcoming polls.

Will Imran, Nawaz be banned before polls? Pak court to hear case about lifetime disqualification

World | Jan 02, 2024, 07:30 PM IST

The verdict will determine once and for all the controversy around the period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and the Elections Act 2017.

Pakistan: Major blow to Imran Khan as EC rejects 90 per cent of PTI leaders candidacy for 2024 polls

World | Dec 31, 2023, 01:59 PM IST

Imran Khan's lawyer, Azhar Siddique, said the rejection exposed the Election Commission’s bias. He blamed the commission and “invisible forces” for Khan’s disqualification. Another of his lawyers, Rai Muhammad Ali, described the rejection of Khan’s papers as an injustice to Pakistan.

Screengrabs of Pakistan's former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi when he was arrested.

Pakistan: Former minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi manhandled during rearrest from Adiala Jail I VIDEO

World | Dec 27, 2023, 03:15 PM IST

Qureshi could be seen in a cardigan and a shalwar kameez, attempting to speak to police personnel gathered outside the jail while he remained inside its premises. However, an official refused to listen and proceeded to shove the senior leader out the gate and toward an armoured vehicle.

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