Islamabad: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's party on Sunday won two seats despite announcing a boycott of the 2013 general elections. Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) won a seat each for the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency. The APML had announced a boycott of the general elections after the rejection of Musharraf's nomination papers from all provinces and the imposition...
09:26 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Crickter-turned-politician Imran Khan on Sunday said his party would act as a "solid Opposition" even as he alleged that the general elections in Pakistan were marred by rigging in some provinces. "The greatest strength of democracy is a solid opposition, which was not there in Pakistan for the past 10 years. Till now there was friendly Opposition. We will tell the people the benefit of a good Opposition," Khan,...
08:55 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif, who was on Sunday poised to return to power in Pakistan after a 14-year hiatus, said a new round of talks will be resumed with India on the Kashmir issue, a media report said. Addressing media persons after his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) emerged as the leading party in the general election, Sharif said he will also hold talks with the US on a number of issues,...
08:39 PM, May 12, 2013
Sasaram: After spending nine years in a prison in Pakistan, Indian prisoner Khushbu Paswan has reached his native village in Bihar's Rohtas district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Paswan, 40, alias Tuntun arrived in Baghaila village on Saturday and was given a hero's welcome by his family, the Rohtas Superintendent of Police Vikas Varman said. In 2003 Paswan fled to Amritsar after being released from prison in his...
07:58 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday congratulated Nawaz Sharif on his election victory, which will give him a third term as Prime Minister of Pakistan, and invited him to visit India at a mutually convenient time. Even as counting of votes was underway in Pakistan, Singh conveyed India's desire to work with Sharif to chart a new course in relations between the two countries. In a letter to...
07:35 PM, May 12, 2013
Speaking to CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar, PML-N's Social Media Chief Adnan Rassol said the party chief Nawaz Sharif is clear that Pakistan needs peace with India. ...
06:59 PM, May 12, 2013
As PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif gears up to form the next government in Pakistan, his supporters say they are hopeful that he will fulfil all the promises he made to them. "People want inflation to be lowered, employment to rise, regular power supply. No party has been able to deliver this as they do not have the will to deliver," says one of the supporters. ...
06:53 PM, May 12, 2013
Even as PTI chief Imran Khan conceded defeat in Pakistan elections, he said he never felt so happy in his 17 years of political life because by coming out in a large number to cast their ballot, people of Pakistan have shown that they want development in the country. ...
06:45 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday hoped that India will continue to have good relations with Pakistan if former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif comes to power after the general elections there. "A new government is going to be formed in Pakistan and we believe that setting up of a democratic government will strengthen our bilateral ties. Our Prime Minister will soon be sending across his best wishes...
06:17 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), which is set to form the next government in Pakistan, will frame a national policy to counter terrorism after consulting all political parties and stakeholders, a close associate of party chief Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday. "We have to make Pakistan a secure nation. This is the duty of the government and of all state institutions. A national policy will be made...
05:56 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad/Lahore: Party-wise National Assembly results: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - 124 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) - 32 (Unofficial, Geo News) Independent - 31 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - 30 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) - 10 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) - 3 Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) - 3 Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) - 17 Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) - 2 National Party...
04:37 PM, May 12, 2013
PML-N has won 130 seats out of 272 seats while Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf conceded defeat after bagging around 34 seats in the Pakistan General Elections. Street celebrations started on Saturday night after Nawaz Sharif addressed his supporters and asked them to pray for an absolute majority. ...
04:10 PM, May 12, 2013
Nawaz Sharif may be a man accused of corruption charges or taking Pakistan on the track of conservatism but for many he is the man who understands what Pakistan needs at this moment of economic turmoil. Here's a look at who Nawaz Sharif really is! ...
03:10 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Many stalwarts of Pakistani politics, including ex-prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, bit the dust in the polls that saw a large number of people exercising their vote for a historic democratic transition. The biggest upset was of PPP's Ashraf, who suffered a humiliating defeat in Rawalpindi-II (National Assembly-51), Geo News reported. As per unofficial and initial results, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Raja Mohammad Javed Ikhlas won the seat....
02:18 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan seems to have bowled an over pitched delivery in Pakistan's general elections by winning far lesser seats than what he expected, but has yorked everyone out in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where his party is set to emerge as the single largest. The flamboyant 60-year-old Imran, whose party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is set to come a distant second in the historic general elections, won from three...
01:49 PM, May 12, 2013
Nawaz Sharif is known for pragmatic business oriented approach, also known for his links with religious right wing parties, one of the first things he has said after his victory was to convey his love to the people of India. ...
01:30 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday congratulated PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for his party's performance in the historic general elections and hoped that the former Pakistani premier will live up to his commitment to restart the peace process. "Congratulations to Nawaz Sharif. I hope he is now able to live up to his commitment to restart his peace process interrupted in 1999," Omar tweeted as...
01:00 PM, May 12, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that India favours whatever result that comes out of a democratic election. ...
10:59 AM, May 12, 2013
Lahore: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif's daughter on Sunday said her father, who was set to become Pakistani premier for a third time, will not disappoint the people and will "deliver". Maryam Nawaz thanked the people of Pakistan and said, "Inshallah, her father wouldn't disappoint the people". "The wise youth chose to side with PMLN who delivered and will deliver InshaAllah ! Well done! Let's together build a Roshan Pakistan !"...
10:41 AM, May 12, 2013
"Nawaz Sharif has got a history of service and deliverance and people believe he's the true son of the soil and it was people's faith, which led to win," said his daughter Maryam Nawaz. Nawaz Sharif is set to form the next government in Pakistan. ...
09:45 AM, May 12, 2013
