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Thursday, April 9, 2026
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

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

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.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

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.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

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 insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

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.