Pakistan election 2018
Pakistan's Imran Khan faces tough test in looming economic crisis
Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan's victory in Pakistan's disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term reforms needed to end decades of boom-and-bust cycles.
Imran’s Pakistan beckons
Imran Khan’s wish — a set of wishes including one where he asked for a government without difficult allies — has come true. Amid protestations in a shocked Lahore by the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the signs are that they are going to have the same Pakistan running through from Chitral to Sadiqabad. This is quite a remarkable capture given how fractured the Punjab-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa stretch has appeared politically over the last few years.
Post polls crisis looms large over Pakistan
Massive delays and allegations of rigging dominate the early hours of Thursday in Pakistan, where official election results are still not announced even 15 hours after polling ended. Preliminary results, however, indicate that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has obtained a clear edge over other parties as results trickle in.
PPP’s ‘minus Zardari’ formula has worked well for its campaign
The PPP concluds its election campaign without the active participation of Asif Ali Zardari.
Shahbaz, Bilawal and Imran cast their votes
The chiefs of the three biggest competing parties the General Election 2018, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, cast their votes as polling went underway on Wednesday.
31 killed in suicide blast on Pakistan polling station
At least 31 people are killed and dozens injured in a suicide bomb attack on a polling station in restive southwest Pakistan as millions voted in a nationwide election.
Polls security: Pak-Afghan border point closed
The authorities in Balochistan have sealed the Pak-Afghan border crossing at Chaman for three days -- July 24-26 -- as part of the security measures taken to ensure peaceful conduct of elections across the province.
Pakistan polls: It's a rich man's world
Many people dislike the idea of rich businessmen parachuting into a constituency a month before the election and buying their way into the legislature.
From gutters and war zones, Pakistan's colourful election candidates
There is the ecologist, the "semi-corrupt", the opportunist, and the indestructible. Alongside Pakistan's mainstream politicians a battery of flamboyant candidates are contesting nationwide elections on July 25.
FACTBOX: Islamist parties running in Pak polls
Religious parties - some new, others long-established - are fielding more than 1,500 candidates for national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan's general election on July 25.