Imran Khan claims victory in Pakistan elections
Official count to follow with chance former cricketer’s party will have to form coalition Memphis Barker in Islamabad and agencies Thu 26 Jul 2018 Imran Khan declares victory for his […]
Imran Khan’s Journey into Religion
This article was originally published in Arabnews By Imran Khan My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been […]
Sons’ Father Pakistan’s Next PM’: Jemima Congratulates Imran Khan
Jemima Khan, 44, who earlier prayed for Imran Khan’s success praised him in a series of tweets, saying father of her two sons will be the next Prime Minister of […]
Jemima Goldsmith on Imran Khan’s election
Jemima GoldsmithVerified account @Jemima_Khan 34m34 minutes ago I remember IK’s 1st election in 1997- untested, idealistic & politically naive. I waited up for the call in LHR with 3 mo old […]
Pakistan election 2018: vote-rigging claims rejected by electoral commission – live updates
Latest news as voters decide between former cricketer Imran Khan and brother of disgraced former PM Nawaz Sharif for PM Full story: Pakistan election in disarray as incumbent rejects result […]
Pakistani Elections 2018 – First results …
Zahid Gishkori ✔ @ZahidGishkori Latest Official Results Updates: NA 20% Results Showed: 17201 Polling Stations PTI takes lead at 105 seats PMLN takes lead at 71 seats PPP takes […]
Pakistan’s 2018 election, explained
The election has been threatened by violence and the looming presence of the country’s military. By Madeleine Ngo@maddietngomaddie.ngo@vox.com Updated Jul 25, 2018, More than 105 million Pakistani voters will decide […]
Pakistan election: Dozens killed on voting day
Source: BBC News Pakistan has been hit by violence on the day of its general elections – with at least 31 dead in the worst attack. A suicide bomber blew […]
31 killed in suicide blast outside Quetta polling station
Source: Dawn News At least 31 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Quetta’s Eastern Bypass area on Wednesday, […]
I’m Jewish and Pakistani… let me go to Israel
The only things that can stand in the way of progress are the laws made by the majority to rule over the people in the minority. It is only by […]
Stop the ‘weaponization’ of religion in Pakistani politics
July 24, 2018 Pakistani politician Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, addresses his supporters during an election campaign in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 23, 2018. Pakistan holds general elections […]
Counting begins in Pakistani elections marred by suicide bomb
QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan Reuters Published July 25, 2018 A suicide bomber killed at least 29 people near a polling center as Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in a knife-edge general election pitting […]
Is Democracy Dying in Pakistan?
How the Military and Judiciary Threaten the Upcoming Elections By Ahmed Rashid Pakistan’s upcoming general elections on July 25 may be the most tense and fraught in the country’s brief […]
Hindus and other minorities face big challenge in Pakistan elections
It’s an uphill struggle for Pakistani Christians, Sikhs, Ahmadis and others. Minority religions make up just 4 percent of Pakistan’s 200 million people; Shiites account for about 15 to 20 […]
Pakistan General Election 2018: Secular candidate Jibran Nasir targeted by mobs for not declaring religion publicly
World Reuters Jul 24, 2018 Islamabad: It began with an audience member asking Pakistani parliamentary candidate Jibran Nasir to declare his religion at a public forum, a request he politely […]
Unease as Imran Khan invokes blasphemy in Pakistan election
Asia image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw== Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan says his PTI party supports the blasphemy law ‘and will defend it’ AFP/AAMIR QURESHI 24 Jul 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s politicians, including PM hopeful […]
Hardline Islamists push religion to center of Pakistan election
Source: Reuters BY Asif Shahzad, Kay Johnson LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States’ most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that […]
What is at stake in Pakistan elections?
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistanis will go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a prime minister, transferring power from one civilian government to another for only the second time in the nation’s 70-year history. The election comes at a critical moment for a country of 200 million people and for […]
Pakistan’s date with democracy
With Nawaz Sharif, the former PM disqualified from contesting the election and jailed, there is a chance former cricket star Imran Khan will lead the country if his party performs […]
Ahmedis and the 2018 elections
Op-Ed Ahmadi voters were not disfranchised in Pakistani elections when the country was founded. There was a time we voted — or at least, my grandparents and their parents did […]