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Pakistan's new finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is an ex-JPMorgan banker

Muhammad Aurangzeb is a former CEO with JP Morgan’s Global Corporate Bank in Singapore. All you need to know about him

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Published on Mar 12, 2024 10:08 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Shehbaz Sharif invokes Kashmir in 1st speech, then makes embarrassing confession

Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called out the 'global silence' on the prevailing situation in Gaza

File photo of Shehbaz Sharif, who has been elected as the next prime minister of Pakistan. (PTI)

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Published on Mar 03, 2024 06:55 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Shehbaz Sharif elected Pakistan's prime minister for a second time

Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of Nawaz Sharif, on Sunday became Pakistan's prime minister as lawmakers elected him with 201 votes amid protests in parliament.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party Shehbaz Sharif (AFP)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2024 04:51 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Pak electoral body formed committee records statements amid rigging allegations

The committee led by a senior member of ECP recorded statements of DROs and RO of 13 National Assembly constituencies and 26 provincial assembly constituencies

Polling staff count ballots after the end of the voting at a polling station during a general election, in Hyderabad, Pakistan. (Reuters)

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Updated on Feb 21, 2024 02:41 PM IST

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Pakistan elections 2024: Official admits rigging under his watch, resigns

Pakistan elections 2024: According to the report, the Commissioner held a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in which he tendered his resignation.

Pakistan Elections 2024: Supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party 'Pakistan Muslim League-N, celebrate victory of a candidate of their party in the parliamentary elections, in Peshawar.(AP)

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Published on Feb 17, 2024 03:22 PM IST

ANI |

Could February 9 Pakistan elections be declared null? Court to decide

Pakistan Elections: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa will lead the bench which will include Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Mussarat Hilali.

Pakistan Elections: Supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party 'Pakistan Muslim League-N, celebrate victory of a candidate of their party in the parliamentary elections, in Peshawar, Pakistan.(AP)

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Published on Feb 16, 2024 04:39 PM IST

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No good choices ahead for Pakistan after elections

This article is authored by Tara Kartha, distinguished fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi

A woman cast her ballot at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Islamabad on February 8.(AFP)

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Published on Feb 16, 2024 09:38 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

Who will become Pakistan's PM? How will next government be formed? Explained

Pakistan Elections 2024: Independent candidates who are backed by former PM Imran Khan won the most seats in the elections.

Pakistan Elections 2024: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporter wears Khan's mask whilst he protests against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's national election results, in Karachi.(AFP)

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Published on Feb 12, 2024 04:18 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Pakistan election: Imran Khan loyalists at top, but may not form govt. Why?

Pakistan election result: As vote counting ends, Imran Khan-backed candidates secure 93 seats, while Nawaz Sharif trails with 75.

Pakistan election result: A portrait of the former prime minister Imran Khan is seen amid flags of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the religious and political party Jamat-e-Islami (JI) as supporters attend a joint protest demanding free and fair results of the elections, outside the provincial election commission of Pakistan (ECP)in Karachi,(REUTERS)

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Published on Feb 11, 2024 05:21 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Malala Yousafzai on Pakistan elections: ‘I believe today, as I always have…’

Pakistan Elections 2024: Malala Yousafzai said, “I hope our elected officials, whether in government or opposition parties, will prioritise democracy.”

Pakistan Elections 2024: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai speaks during an interview.(Reuters)

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Published on Feb 10, 2024 08:08 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

UK notes 'serious concerns' over Pakistan elections: ‘Not all parties were…’

Pakistan Elections: UK said, “We recognise ... serious concerns raised about the fairness and lack of inclusivity of the elections.”

Pakistan Elections: David Cameron, UK foreign secretary, arrives for a meeting of cabinet ministers at 10 Downing Street in London.(Bloomberg)

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Published on Feb 09, 2024 10:51 PM IST

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Pakistan People's Party 'only party' that wants timely elections: PPP chief

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Pakistan People's Party is the 'only party' that wants elections amid the ongoing tensions of delays in Pakistan general elections.

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari(AFP)

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Published on Oct 03, 2023 01:44 PM IST

ANI | | Posted by Neha Yadav

Pak election body publishes lists of preliminary delimitation of constituencies

Last week, the ECP announced it would hold the election in the last week of January.

Security personnel stand guard on top of the parliament house building in Islamabad on August 9, 2023. Pakistan's parliament was dissolved on August 9, ushering in a technocrat-led interim government to oversee an election that will not include the country's most popular politician, Imran Khan. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

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Published on Sep 28, 2023 12:39 AM IST

PTI |

Pakistan's general elections to be held in last week of January 2024: EC

General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan within 90 days after dissolution of the National Assembly, which was prematurely dissolved on August 9.

The previous government just days before the end of its term announced that the elections could take place only after a new census was completed and new constituency boundaries were drawn. (File)

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Updated on Sep 21, 2023 03:49 PM IST

PTI |

Economy to army: Five challenges Pakistan’s new PM Imran Khan faces

Imran Khan takes oath: Here’s a look at the biggest hurdles he faces as the prime minister of Pakistan.

The posters of Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan are displayed along a highway in Islamabad on Saturday. Pakistan's cricket star-turned-politician Khan was sworn in as prime minister on Saturday.(AP)

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Updated on Aug 18, 2018 05:18 PM IST

Islamabad | ByAgence France-Presse

Pakistan election: Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto fail to get minimum vote share, to lose security deposit

A candidate, contesting on a National Assembly seat, has to deposit Rs 30,000 as nomination fee while filing their nomination papers.

Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of the PML-N party is among 10 political parties chief who have failed to obtain the mandatory 25% of the total votes polled in their constituencies, and stand to lose their security deposit.(AFP File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2018 09:57 PM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

Imran Khan’s party bags 33 more seats as PTI set to form government

Imran Khan’s party, which is just 14 short of the number required for simple majority, will depend on smaller parties to prove its majority in the House.

Labourers, who set up the venue, sit under a wall with a billboard displaying a photo of Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party in Karachi, Pakistan.(Reuters)

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Updated on Aug 12, 2018 02:45 PM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

How a phone app, database of 50 million voters helped Imran Khan claim victory in Pakistan election

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party usage of the database and the associated app represents a sea change in the antiquated way in which Pakistan’s biggest parties conduct elections.

A supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan stands next to poster of him near Khan’s residence in Islamabad. The use of the phone app and the database partly explains how Khan’s party managed to win tight-margin races in the nuclear-armed nation of 208 million people.(AFP)

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Updated on Aug 05, 2018 10:14 AM IST

Reuters, Islamabad | BySaad Sayeed and Drazen Jorgic

Pakistan elections: 1.67 million votes were rejected, says report

The report said the increase in rejected votes was observed in all four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

A voter casts her vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan.(REUTERS File)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2018 11:31 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Islamabad | ByImtiaz Ahmad

Yet to get formal invite for Imran Khan’s swearing-in: Kapil Dev

Former India captain Kapil Dev on Saturday said he is yet to get a formal invite from Pakistan Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan to attend his swearing-in ceremony though he has been informally communicated to be present at the event.

Kapil Dev said he congratulated Imran Khan over phone on his becoming Prime-Minister-in-waiting.(PTI/File Photo)

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Published on Aug 04, 2018 06:14 PM IST

Bengaluru | ByPress Trust of India

Imran Khan to be sworn in as PM before August 14, his party says

Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, has won 115 general seats. A PTI leader said consultations are on to complete the number game as a party can only form government if it manages to secure 172 seats in total.

A big poster of Imran Khan, head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, at a market in Islamabad on July 28.(AP Photo)

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Updated on Jul 29, 2018 08:00 PM IST

Islamabad | ByImtiaz Ahmad

Extremist groups rejected, Hafiz Saeed-backed party fails to win a single seat in Pakistan election: Results

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), not a single candidate of the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek party, supported by the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, could win a seat

Hafiz Saeed, center, head of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-ud-Dawa, affixes his thumb impression before casting a vote in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 25, 2018.(AP File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 06:07 PM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

In a first, Hindu candidate wins National Assembly seat in Pakistan elections

Non-Muslims in Pakistan got the right to vote and contest on general seats of the parliament and provincial assemblies in 2002.

Politician Mahesh Kumar Malani is from the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP).(Twitter/Dr Mahesh Malani)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 08:26 PM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

US, EU, Britain voice concern over Pakistan elections

US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the US also had deep reservations over the participation of terrorist-affiliated individuals in the elections.

A supporter of Imran Khan, chief of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, releases fireworks to celebrate projected unofficial results announced by television channels indicating their candidates' success in the parliamentary elections in Islamabad on July 26.(AP Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 10:07 PM IST

Washington/London | ByHT Correspondents & Agencies

Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N concedes Pakistan election to Imran Khan; EU cites concerns

Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N president and brother of Nawaz Sharif, said the party would play the role of a strong opposition.

The allegations of rigging in Wednesday’s election followed a bitter campaign in which Pakistan’s powerful military was accused of tilting the race in favour of Imran Khan.(AFP)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 07:34 PM IST

Islamabad | ByReuters

Imran Khan’s wife congratulates Pakistan for choosing a leader who ‘takes care of people’s rights’

Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi was quoted as saying, “Allah Almighty had given the nation a leader who takes care of the rights of the people.”

Imran Khan is set to form the government after bagging the highest number of seats in the 11th general election in the country.(Picture courtesy: Twitter/PTI official)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 12:12 AM IST

Islamabad | ByIndo Asian News Service

Pakistan election results ‘tainted, dubious’, says Nawaz Sharif from inside prison

Nawaz Sharif said the polls had been stolen and the “tainted and dubious” results would cast a “bad impact” on the country’s politics, the Dawn newspaper reported.

File photo of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressing a party general council meeting in Islamabad.(AP File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2018 12:12 AM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

Imran Khan’s party gains comfortable lead in Pakistan election, but will need coalition to form govt

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistan’s history.

Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), speaks to members of media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 25, 2018.(Reuters)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 06:47 PM IST

Islamabad | ByAgencies

If India takes one step forward, we will take two: Set to be Pakistan’s new PM, Imran Khan talks peace

Though the official results are yet to be declared, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf looks set to form the new government in the country’s only second civilian-to-civilian transfer of power.

Cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, gives a speech as he declares victory in the general election in Islamabad, Pakistan.(AP Photo)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 10:40 AM IST

Islamabad, Hindustan Times | ByImtiaz Ahmad

New Android-based mobile application technology behind delay in declaring Pakistan election results

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had deployed a new system called the Result Transmission System (RTS) to ensure swift result transmission from polling stations in Wednesday’s elections.

An employee of the Pakistan Election Commission compiles official results of the parliamentary elections at the election commission's headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday.(AP)

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Updated on Jul 26, 2018 11:48 PM IST

Islamabad | ByPress Trust of India

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Latest from pakistan election

Muhammad Aurangzeb is a former CEO with JP Morgan’s Global Corporate Bank in Singapore. All you need to know about him

Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called out the 'global silence' on the prevailing situation in Gaza

Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of Nawaz Sharif, on Sunday became Pakistan's prime minister as lawmakers elected him with 201 votes amid protests in parliament.

The committee led by a senior member of ECP recorded statements of DROs and RO of 13 National Assembly constituencies and 26 provincial assembly constituencies

Pakistan elections 2024: According to the report, the Commissioner held a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in which he tendered his resignation.

Pakistan Elections: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa will lead the bench which will include Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Mussarat Hilali.

This article is authored by Tara Kartha, distinguished fellow, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi

Pakistan Elections 2024: Independent candidates who are backed by former PM Imran Khan won the most seats in the elections.

Pakistan election result: As vote counting ends, Imran Khan-backed candidates secure 93 seats, while Nawaz Sharif trails with 75.

Pakistan Elections 2024: Malala Yousafzai said, “I hope our elected officials, whether in government or opposition parties, will prioritise democracy.”

Pakistan Elections: UK said, “We recognise ... serious concerns raised about the fairness and lack of inclusivity of the elections.”

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Pakistan People's Party is the 'only party' that wants elections amid the ongoing tensions of delays in Pakistan general elections.

Last week, the ECP announced it would hold the election in the last week of January.

General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan within 90 days after dissolution of the National Assembly, which was prematurely dissolved on August 9.

Imran Khan takes oath: Here’s a look at the biggest hurdles he faces as the prime minister of Pakistan.

A candidate, contesting on a National Assembly seat, has to deposit Rs 30,000 as nomination fee while filing their nomination papers.

Imran Khan’s party, which is just 14 short of the number required for simple majority, will depend on smaller parties to prove its majority in the House.

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party usage of the database and the associated app represents a sea change in the antiquated way in which Pakistan’s biggest parties conduct elections.

The report said the increase in rejected votes was observed in all four provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Former India captain Kapil Dev on Saturday said he is yet to get a formal invite from Pakistan Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan to attend his swearing-in ceremony though he has been informally communicated to be present at the event.

Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, has won 115 general seats. A PTI leader said consultations are on to complete the number game as a party can only form government if it manages to secure 172 seats in total.

According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), not a single candidate of the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek party, supported by the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, could win a seat

Non-Muslims in Pakistan got the right to vote and contest on general seats of the parliament and provincial assemblies in 2002.

US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the US also had deep reservations over the participation of terrorist-affiliated individuals in the elections.

Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N president and brother of Nawaz Sharif, said the party would play the role of a strong opposition.

Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi was quoted as saying, “Allah Almighty had given the nation a leader who takes care of the rights of the people.”

Nawaz Sharif said the polls had been stolen and the “tainted and dubious” results would cast a “bad impact” on the country’s politics, the Dawn newspaper reported.

Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan declared his victory on Thursday and dismissed the allegations of fraud calling it the most transparent election in Pakistan’s history.

Though the official results are yet to be declared, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf looks set to form the new government in the country’s only second civilian-to-civilian transfer of power.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had deployed a new system called the Result Transmission System (RTS) to ensure swift result transmission from polling stations in Wednesday’s elections.

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