Pak Elections News Today

Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former assassinated Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, took oath on Sunday (March 10) as the 14th president of the South Asian country. Zardari, backed by Pakistan Peoples' Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) secured 411 votes against 181 votes secured by Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Mahmood Khan Achakzai.

Pakistan News: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan condemns the rigging in the February 8 elections and demands the real mandate of the public to be handed over. PTI intensifies its call for the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.

Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's party on Wednesday alleged that its "mandate has been stolen in the dark of the night" after major political parties in the country decided to form a coalition government led by PML-N President

Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is the largest recognised party with 80 seats and PPP is second with 54. Together, they have enough for a simple majority in the 264-seat legislature.

Independent candidates, a vast majority of them backed by Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), secured 101 seats in the National Assembly. They were followed by three-time former Nawaz Sharifs Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with 75 seats, which technically is the single largest party in Parliament.

Islamabad, Feb 10 (PTI) Declaring that it would form the government both at the centre as well as in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party on Saturday asked the election commission to announce complete results by midnight or face protests in areas where results were still awaited.

Balochistan Minister of Information and Public Relations Jan Achakzai said all the political parties and candidates have been urged to conduct their meetings indoors to minimise the risk.

A Pakistani court on Tuesday restored the bail of former prime minister Imran Khan in seven cases against him in connection with the May 9 violence on military installations.

Ahead of the 2024 general elections, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday that he will not seek 'political retribution' from opponents.

Delivering her first election speech on Wednesday, speaking in both Pashto and Urdu, she urged the youth to vote for development.