Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N won 75 seats while Bilawal Bhutto’s PPP came third with 54 seats in Pakistan polls. Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have finally reached an agreement to form a new coalition government after days of intense negotiations, senior party leaders have announced. In a joint news conference late …
Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has revealed that he said “No” to a power-sharing formula in which the prime minister’s post would be shared between his and former premier Nawaz Sharif’s parties, as he did not want to take up the top post without the people’s mandate. The 35-year-old former foreign minister was the …
Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday nominated Omar Ayub as its prime minister candidate. The development comes a day after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif picked his brother Shehbaz Sharif as the prime ministerial candidate from their party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Independent candidates backed by jailed former premier Imran Khan have won 92 seats …
Pakistan is a step closer to getting a new government after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday pledged support for rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday dropped out of the race for prime minister and said his party would support any candidate proposed by the Nawaz Sharif-led …
“When all the results are in front of us, we will be in a position to engage with others,” he said (File) Islamabad: Amid speculation over the political discourse in Pakistan after the elections, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that his party has not had any official conversation with Pakistan Muslim …
As authorities in Pakistan suspended mobile services across the country on the polling day, Commonwealth Observers’ Group head Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday said casting votes was more important than internet services. Pakistan on Thursday suspended cellular and internet services in several parts of the country, including major cities like Islamabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Lahore, …
A shattered economy, with an unstable government mired in corruption, and involvement in terrorist activities in South Asia and beyond, Pakistan will go to polls on February 8 where 128 million registered voters will elect the members of the National Assembly, the country’s lower house. Pakistan’s elections, which is allegedly interfered by the military, have …