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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicPakistan People’s Party

Topic: Pakistan People’s Party

Pakistan elections: All eyes on whether Army favourite Nawaz Sharif will win majority

Elections marred by political violence, with twin bomb blasts in Balochistan killing 26 on eve of polls. Imran Khan’s party has fielded independents after a state-sanctioned crackdown.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to Imran Khan — Pakistan’s yearning for a ‘miracle man’ is its downfall

Absolutism has made Pakistani politics less issue-oriented and more tribal. It is hard to tell apart PML-N or PPP from PTI on important subjects.

‘Game over’: Pakistanis ask if Imran Khan is the next ‘victim’ of Fawad Chaudhry curse

With the Opposition's no-confidence motion in place, people are mocking Fawad Chaudhry for claiming that Imran Khan's the 'only leader' of Pakistan.

Cynthia Ritchie’s accusations are bigger than Covid in Pakistan. As Imran Khan would like

Cash-strapped and under pressure for poor Covid-handling, Imran Khan government and Pakistan military are using an age-old strategy to shift attention.

#MeToo movement makes debut in Pakistan, high-profile people named

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Legal trouble for former PM Shaukat Aziz as court issues non-bailable warrant; International golf returns to Pakistan after 11 years.

PM Modi congratulates Imran Khan, hopes democracy will take deeper roots in Pakistan 

Here’s what is happening across the border: Pakistan may get its first woman Prez and Nawaz's hospital ward made a sub-jail.

Pakistan media targeted as it doesn’t believe in silence of the lambs: Dawn CEO

Pakistan’s teenage prodigy started making video games at 13, and a former PPP senator has said the elections are already rigged.

Chief Justice of Pakistan announces donation of Rs 1 million for dam construction, invites philanthropy

New press freedom movement starts in Pakistan as alerts warn of antibiotic-resistant typhoid fever.

The devious plans of Pakistan’s army & Supreme Court might just work in upcoming polls

The powers-that-be must seriously consider the price Pakistan pays for each round of their attempt to manipulate the political process.

Bilawal Bhutto’s convoy attacked at Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood

Printing of most expensive ballot paper starts for July elections as a transgender activist declares assets worth Rs 100 million.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.