Pakistan election

A man looks at the poster with the names of contesting candidates and their electoral signs, outside a polling office, set up for general election in Karachi, Pakistan February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Pakistan general elections: Twitter abuzz with reference to 1970 elections

(Left) Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif speaks at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League (N), at Model Town in Lahore, Pakistan, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar. (Right) Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Pakistan election: How Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif can both declare victory

Volunteers for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) look on as they watch results on TV screens after the end of the polling during a general election at the party's main office in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/File Photo
South Asia

Pakistan election: Imran Khan's party wants to form government, threatens protests

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto (L) and former president Asif Ali Zardari (c) while meeting with the former premier and PMLN president Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: Collected
South Asia

Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto 'agree' to form govt in Centre, Punjab

Polling officers count ballot papers during the general election in Karachi, Pakistan February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File photo
Politics

Imran Khan's PTI-backed independents lead with 92 seats, Nawaz's PMLN bags 71, PPP 54

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Analysis

Pakistan election: Imran Khan puts his enemies to shame

FILE PHOTO: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pauses as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Pakistan's jailed ex-PM Imran Khan claims election victory

People walk past a banner with a picture of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan outside the party office of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a day after the general election, in Lahore, Pakistan, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
South Asia

Independents backed by Imran Khan's PTI take lead in Pakistan election

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, center, addresses supporters next to his brother Shehbaz Sharif, right, and daughter Maryam Nawaz following initial results of the country's parliamentary election, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Photo: AP
South Asia

Sharif says he will seek coalition government after trailing imprisoned rival Imran Khan

A man stands near the banner and campaign posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of the general elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
South Asia

Pakistan may face more economic misery if election result unclear

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif walks on the day he votes at a polling station during the general election in Lahore, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
South Asia

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif claims poll win, seeks coalition

A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan pastes a poster of the candidate on the entrance of a house during a door-to-door campaign, ahead of the general elections in Lahore, Pakistan January 28, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

How PTI candidates campaigned with many hiding or serving jail

Polling officers count ballot papers during the general election in Karachi, Pakistan February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

87% of Pakistani voters trust electoral process as 'free and fair': Gallup