Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif says he will seek a coalition government after trailing jailed rival Khan
Pakistanโs former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says he will seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates backed by his imprisoned rival, Imran Khan, in parliamentary election results.
Pakistan's disillusioned voters wonder if new polls will change a country mired in political feuding
Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in economic crisis and a resurgent militancy.
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the office of the prime minister.
Pakistan's self-exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns home ahead of a parliamentary vote
Pakistanโs former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned home on a chartered plane from Dubai, ending four years of self-imposed exile in London as he seeks to win the support of voters in parliamentary elections due in January.
Pakistan's PM wins vote of confidence after Senate setback
Prime Minister Khan handily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday, March 6, 2021, days after the embarrassing defeat of his ruling partys key candidate in Senate elections. The need for the confidence vote arose after former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in Senate elections Wednesday defeated Hafeez Sheikh, the finance minister in Khanโs Cabinet. AdThe Senate vote was seen as a test for Khan, who came to power in the 2018 parliamentary elections. AdKhan said his party members went through agony after the Senate vote but now he wants to make the country great. Outside Parliament, opposition leaders from the former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League argued heatedly with Khanโs supporters.