‘Election engineering’: Is Pakistan’s February vote already rigged? | Elections News

‘Election engineering’: Is Pakistan’s February vote already rigged? | Elections News

Islamabad, Pakistan — A former prime minister is in jail. Election authorities are busy stopping his party’s candidates from contesting. And another ex-premier, previously imprisoned and then in exile, is now back, with the cases against him dropped. Less than a month before Pakistan holds its 12th general elections on February 8,…

Has Pakistan’s top court cleared former PM Sharif’s way back to power? | Politics News

Has Pakistan’s top court cleared former PM Sharif’s way back to power? | Politics News

Islamabad, Pakistan — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appears poised to compete in the country’s February 8 legislative elections that could see him return to power, after the nation’s Supreme Court reversed its six-year-old verdict disqualifying politicians found to not be “honest and righteous”. But while some analysts said that…

T20 World Cup 2024: India vs Pakistan scheduled on June 9 in New York | Cricket News

T20 World Cup 2024: India vs Pakistan scheduled on June 9 in New York | Cricket News

India and Pakistan will face each other in New York in their group-stage match at the T20 World Cup 2024. The cricketing rivals have been scheduled to play at the 34,000-seat modular stadium in Long Island on June 9. Tournament co-host, the United States, will open the ninth edition of…

Pakistan poll body rejects ex-PM Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections | Elections News

Pakistan poll body rejects ex-PM Imran Khan’s nomination for 2024 elections | Elections News

The jailed leader’s bid to overturn his disqualification in the wake of conviction in a corruption case rejected by election body. Pakistan’s election body has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination to contest the 2024 parliamentary elections, with Khan’s Pakistan Tahreek-e Insaf (PTI) party accusing authorities of stopping most…

India formally asks Pakistan to extradite Mumbai attack suspect Hafiz Saeed | Politics News

India formally asks Pakistan to extradite Mumbai attack suspect Hafiz Saeed | Politics News

Saeed is accused by India and the US of being involved in the 2008 attacks, which killed 166 people. India has formally requested that Pakistan extradite the 2008 Mumbai attacks suspect Hafiz Saeed for trial in India, according to New Delhi’s Ministry of External Affairs. “We have conveyed a request…

Pakistan court restores jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party election symbol | Imran Khan News

Pakistan court restores jailed ex-PM Imran Khan’s party election symbol | Imran Khan News

Khan’s party claimed the election body’s move was aimed at preventing him from contesting the February 8 polls. A court in Pakistan has ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party can contest elections using its cricket bat logo – a relief for the jailed opposition leader in advance of…

Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in state secrets case ahead of key election | Imran Khan News

Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in state secrets case ahead of key election | Imran Khan News

The ex-PM is granted bail in the cypher case, but no clarity on his release as the country prepares for February 8 polls. Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail in a case alleging he leaked state secrets, but he remains in jail on other charges ahead…

What explains the dramatic rise in armed attacks in Pakistan? | Armed Groups News

What explains the dramatic rise in armed attacks in Pakistan? | Armed Groups News

Islamabad, Pakistan – A recent deadly suicide attack on a military post in northwest Pakistan has raised fears of the return of armed rebellion in the country’s tribal regions that have seen a dramatic rise in armed attacks this year. A little-known group, Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), claimed the December 12…

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution | Environment News

Pakistan uses artificial rain for the first time to fight pollution | Environment News

Cloud seeding was used to counter the hazardous smog in the megacity of Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Artificial rain has been used for the first time in Pakistan in a bid to combat hazardous levels of pollution in the megacity of Lahore, says the provincial government….