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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicPakistan election

Topic: Pakistan election

Shehbaz Sharif elected Pakistan’s PM for second time, to take oath on 4 March

Shehbaz Sharif earlier served as prime minister of a coalition government from April 2022 to August 2023 before Parliament was dissolved to hold general elections.

PPP and PML-N agree to form coalition government in Pakistan, Shehbaz to be PM, Zardari President

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari hoped that the coalition govt with PML-N would lead to a positive market response as the Pakistan faced a hung Parliament after the elections.

Independent election winners to join Sunni Ittehad Council, says Imran Khan’s PTI

Independent candidates, largely backed by PTI, won 93 seats in the election. The winning independent candidates had to join a party within 3 days after the results were declared.

Shehbaz Sharif set to be next Pakistan PM, Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam CM of Punjab

Former PM and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif nominates his younger brother for the top post after days of suspense over who would form the next government in Pakistan.

PPP to support Pakistan PM candidate from rival PML-N, Bilawal Bhutto rules himself out of race

Bilawal said PML-N was only party to reach out to PPP for govt formation & that PPP won’t take any ministries. He asserted he’d like to see his father Asif Ali Zardari as president. 

Should India talk to the new Pakistan govt? Imperfect peace is better than a crisis

PM Modi is skilled at communicating by not picking up the phone. Even as panic grew in Pakistan during the Balakot crisis, he declined a midnight call from his counterpart Imran Khan.

Our take on Bharat Ratna awards, Pakistan elections, UCC & anti-cheating bill – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

With Pakistan’s poll body yet to declare results, both Nawaz Sharif & Imran Khan claim victory

According to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf are leading with 97 seats.

Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir congratulates country on ‘successful conduct’ of elections

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's army chief congratulated the country on Saturday for the "successful conduct" of its national elections, saying the nation needed "stable hands" to move on from the

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India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

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‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.