A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) accompanied by police, including female officials, arrested the Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman hours after the Islamabad High Court rejected his bail plea. read more

Zardari, who was president in 2008-2013, spent time in jail in the 1990s and 2000s, and was nicknamed Mr 10% for the commissions he had received on government contracts. His arrest came just hours after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged people... read more

Prime Minister Imran Khan faced criticism in parliament for conceding that Pakistani soil had been used in the past by terrorists to carry out attacks in Iran. read more

As many as 172 suspects were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) on the recommendations of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the apex court. A person cannot fly abroad if his name is placed on the ECL. read more

Pakistan Senate’s former chairman Mian Raza Rabbani of Pakistan Peoples Party said that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s offer for talks to India was incomprehensible. read more

Three candidates – ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Arif Alvi, the Pakistan Peoples Party’s Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and Jamiat-e-Ulema (F) chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman – are in the race. read more

Pakistan Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry had said that Imran Khan government issued directives for complete editorial independence of state media. read more

A simple majority in the vote, due to take place in the lower house of parliament on Friday afternoon, will bring Khan one step closer to power ahead of a swearing-in ceremony set for Saturday. read more

Thirteen independent candidates have also won and would play important roles as Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf needs their support to form the government at the Centre. read more

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

Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party clinched at least 109 national seats, according to results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan. read more

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. read more

Asif Ali Zardari also predicted that no party will hold the majority in the next assembly. read more