Nawaz Sharif will be closely watched by army chief General Asim Munir, who is in talks with all parties and may retain the option of bringing someone else to power if Sharif doesn't work out.
Election Commission of Pakistan has been pushing for polls after its ongoing delimitation exercise. President Arif Alvi, however, has been vehemently opposing this.
Under the constitution, the have 3 days to agree on a caretaker. If they can't, the decision will go to a committee, and if it can't, then the country's election body will decide.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: students are heading to China for higher studies, and Russia is delivering assault helicopters that were ordered in 2015.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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