Sharif's party gets majority in Pak parliament

President Asif Ali Zardari today blamed national and international forces for his Pakistan Peoples Party defeat in the May 11 polls while the partys losing candidates held former premiers Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf responsible for the debacle.

Islamabad: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan won from Pakistan's Peshawar city, defeating Awami National Party (ANP) stalwart Ghulam Ahmed Bilour for the National Assembly seat in the general elections held here Saturday , Geo News reported. The chairman ...

At least 15 people were killed and about 50 others injured when two blasts ripped through two mosques in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan on Friday, officials said. The blasts occurred during Friday prayers in the mosques at Bazdara area of Malakand district, an erstwhile stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban. Fifteen people were killed, officials were quoted by television news channels as saying. The mosques were damaged by the blasts. Local residents took the ...

-ANI): Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Sherry Rehman, has resigned after her Pakistan Peoples Party faced defeat in general elections, state media reported Tuesday.

In an embarrassing setback to the Pakistan Peoples Party that ruled the country since 2008, former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf lost the election along with his predecessor Yusuf Raz...

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today welcomed the "successful completion" of general elections in Pakistan and expressed hope that establishment of a stable and liberal government in the neighbouring country would help pick up the threads of peace ...

A bomb attack on the office of the Awami National Party in Karachi killed 11 people and wounded 40, while four died in a gunbattle in the restive province of Baluchistan. Local media also reported casualties in a blast in Peshawar. Full Coverage of Pakistan ...

Sherry Rehman, Pakistans envoy to the US, today resigned following the defeat of the Pakistan Peoples Party in last weeks general elections.

Former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday resigned from the post of vice-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, accepting responsibility for its resounding defeat in the general election.