Pakistan began counting votes after polling ended yesterday in a general election marred by militant attacks, suspension of mobile phone and internet services and widespread vote rigging claims.

India’s interior minister said yesterday that he had “recommended the immediate suspension” of a free movement border agreement with Myanmar, from where thousands have fled since fighting between the junta and its opponents surged last year.

Pakistan held a national election yesterday to elect a new government, with multiple crises plaguing the nuclear-armed, South Asian nation of 241 million.

Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan and other incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail. However, Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, was unable to partake in voting as she was arrested after the completion of the postal voting process.

Pakistanis turned out early for election said they believe their votes count, despite allegations of rigging in the nation’s most fractious poll in recent history.

At least nine people, including two children, were killed in militant attacks in Pakistan today as the country voted in a general election after suspending mobile phone services and closing some land borders to maintain law and order

India today announced it has decided to cancel a five-year-old facility allowing free movement of nationals of India and Myanmar along the common border

Former prime minister Imran Khan and other prominent incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail, sources said on Wednesday

Pakistan temporarily shut some of its land borders and suspended mobile phone services on Thursday as it beefed up security for voters in a general election that has been preceded by a surge in militant violence

Internet monitor Netblocks has said that real-time data shows that internet blackouts are now in effect in “multiple regions of Pakistan in addition to mobile network disruptions”

Authorities said they were suspending mobile telephone services across the country during voting "to maintain law and order" following a bloody election campaign

Lawmakers in a small Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday approved landmark legislation to unify personal laws across religions, a moved opposed by many minority Muslims.

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Three-time Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who has never managed to see out a full term, heads into today’s election on the brink of his biggest comeback to date.

His name may not be on the ballot, but Imran Khan will be on the country’s mind as Pakistan votes in an election today that observers say is deeply flawed without his participation.

Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 28 people and wounded dozens yesterday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election.

Pakistan’s caretaker Interior Minister Gohar Ejaz on Tuesday hinted at the possible suspension of the internet service in case of security issues in any area on the election day today while Amnesty International called for uninterrupted internet access across the country during the polling process.

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, on a three-day official visit to India, said today that he has discussed with Indian National Security Adviser Ajit K Doval the proposal of working together to deal with current developments in Myanmar and the security implications for the two countries

At least 28 people were killed today by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of a national vote marred by violence and allegations of pre-poll rigging

At least 12 people were killed and 25 wounded Wednesday by a blast outside a poll candidate's office in southwestern Pakistan, officials said, on the eve of an election marred by violence and allegations of poll-rigging