Former Pakistan PM Ashraf's nomination papers rejected

Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has attained a majority in Pakistan's National Assembly after 18 independent candidates joined the party, placing it in a position to form government at the centre without striking an alliance with any other party. Several independent candidates belonging to influential political families of Punjab and Sindh provinces are among those who have joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which emerged the single largest party in the May 11 general election. They include the ...

Nawaz Sharif is favored to win Pakistan's parliamentary elections on Saturday. Like no other political veteran, Sharif illustrates how complex and encrusted the corridors of power are in nuclear-armed Pakistan. There are certainly more charismatic ...

The National Assembly or lower house of parliament has a total of 342 seats and the rest will be allocated to women and minority candidates nominated by parties. Pakistanis began voting today for a landmark democratic transition of power after a ...

Former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has claimed victory in the country`s parliamentary elections after his Muslim League party won 98 seats in the 272-seat National Assembly. Second comes the Movement of Justice party led by Imran Khan with 24 seats, ...

KARACHI, May 13: Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services stated on Monday that Pakistan's parliamentary election results had set the stage for longer-term stability of B- sovereign credit rating on the country. A statement released by the ...

Dubai: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf pledges to return home this month from self-imposed exile to run in parliamentary elections. Musharraf set his return date as March 24. He faces arrest in connection with the killing of an ex-prime minister.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs invite to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to visit India after his partys win in Pakistans parliamentary polls drew a mixed response today with BJP saying he is in "haste" and mainstream parties in Jammu and Kashmir welcoming the move.

Beijing, May 13 (IANS) China Monday lauded Pakistan saying its parliamentary election had been "smoothly held" and pledged continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry ...

The European Union Election Observation Mission has termed Pakistan's conduct of the parliamentary election as "satisfactory or good" but stressed the need for continued improvement in the electoral process, in particular the consolidation and ...