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TopicPakistan general elections

Topic: Pakistan general elections

Nawaz Sharif will be the face without power. He returns to Pakistan with limited space to play

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.

Amid tussle over Pakistan general elections, President Alvi proposes 6 November as poll date

Election Commission of Pakistan has been pushing for polls after its ongoing delimitation exercise. President Arif Alvi, however, has been vehemently opposing this.

Pakistan PM Sharif, Opposition’s Raja Riaz to pick caretaker leader to oversee general poll

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.

What is this democracy Pakistan keeps referring to?

As a consequence of continuous appeasement of military in Pakistan, the current ‘arrangement’ has given khakis authority to call shots.

Imran Khan goes on a barefoot religious trip to Saudi Arabia with wife Bushra Maneka

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan’s transgenders to debut in election; Karachi is the hottest assembly seat.

Pakistan’s spending a billion rupees on special French ballot paper for its general elections

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.

On Camera

Economic Survey 2025-26 takes global lessons seriously—and shows why Swadeshi is the way to go

The Economic Survey 2025-26 is not a celebration of success, but a measured warning that the traditional paradigms of global economic growth are no longer applicable.

Economic Survey backs skilled visas to give IT services sector a boost, green energy for data centres

The IT services sector contributed more than half of India’s Gross Value Added, serving as a major driver of exports and employment, the Economic Survey 2025-26 has found.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.