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The political parties, which are being targeted by the Pakistani Taliban for having secular views, late on Tuesday (30 April) said the coming May 11 polls are being hijacked by local and international establishment, DawnNews reported. At least 60 ...

NEW DELHI - Ideological differences are widening the rift between two major Muslim groups in central India, with the split escalating to the point of banning each others from attending mosques. The Barelvis in India follow (more) NEW DELHI - ...

On the final day of campaigning in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was due at three massive rallies in Lahore. Crowds grew restive as they waited for their leader, the man they were going to make Prime Minister. Despite that, Sharif chose to spend several ...

With the rise of Islamist regimes following the Arab Awakening, we are seeing an increase in religious repression across the Middle East. That repression was predictable had we only read the tea leaves of Islamist antisemitism. Islamism is an ...

ISLAMABAD Sect-based parties could obtain only 4.72 per cent votes in the nine National Assembly seats of Rawalpindi district and the federal capital in the May 11 elections. Out of the 1.86 million votes polled for the two National Assembly seats ...

The unfinished business of the 1971 liberation struggle has come back to haunt Bangladesh 40 years after it was created with the blood, sweat and tears of martyrs. The fact that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's iconic and much-loved first prime ...

Naya Pakistan is the new buzzword in the country. It is the campaign slogan of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and it speaks to those who are seeking not only a new leadership but also new Pakistan. There is an expectation that with this ...

LANDI KOTAL, May 9: With electioneering coming to a halt at midnight on Thursday, a close contest is expected between former MNA Noorul Haq Qadri and his former ally and a business tycoon Haji Shahji Gul. Most voters and analysts in NA-45 ...

Mapping from Peshawar's NA-1 to Karachi's NA-248, Dawn.com takes a peek at some major national constituencies as election momentum builds with the polls only a day away. File photo Mapping from Peshawar's NA-1 to Karachi's NA-248, Dawn.com takes a ...