Poll Bells Toll for Pakistan as PM Shehbaz to Dissolve Assembly on August 9
1 year, 5 months ago

Poll Bells Toll for Pakistan as PM Shehbaz to Dissolve Assembly on August 9

News 18  

The Pakistan National Assembly will be dissolved on August 9, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday. Since it is a premature dissolution, the elections must be held within 90 days, the news outlet reported citing the Constitution of Pakistan. Shehbaz said during the dinner reception that his party, the Pakistan Muslim League, finalised consultations within the party and a final discussion will be held on Friday. Shehbaz claimed that he and his allies led Pakistan through an economic crisis with a 13% increase in revenue collection and added 1.3 million new taxpayers to the tax net.

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Pakistan’s Relations With Afghan Taliban Enter Uncharted Territory
9 months ago

Pakistan’s Relations With Afghan Taliban Enter Uncharted Territory

The Diplomat  

Last month, Pakistan conducted airstrikes on alleged Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan hideouts in Afghanistan, raising concerns about the potential consequences of a further deterioration of relations with the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan has conducted several military operations against the TTP in Afghanistan after the Afghan Taliban took control of the country, but this is the first time that Islamabad has openly claimed to …

Old beginning: The Hindu Editorial on Pakistan politics
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Old beginning: The Hindu Editorial on Pakistan politics

The Hindu  

There was no level playing field in Pakistan’s general elections on February 8, in which the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, barred from fielding candidates on its popular cricket bat symbol, was pitted against the military-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The PML-N has joined hands with the Pakistan People’s Party and several smaller parties to …

Imran Khan’s PTI calls for nationwide protest amid delay in poll results
11 months ago

Imran Khan’s PTI calls for nationwide protest amid delay in poll results

Live Mint  

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has called for a nationwide protest on Sunday to protect the sanctity of the vote as independent candidates are in the lead with 100 seats, ARY News reported. 2) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf -affiliated Independent candidates, too, moved to the Lahore High Court, challenging the results of the PP-164 and NA-118, where father-son duo Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz secured …

Pakistan elections Highlights: Police fire tear gas at Imran Khan supporters
11 months ago

Pakistan elections Highlights: Police fire tear gas at Imran Khan supporters

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan election results: A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, adjusts his mask as he and others block the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway as part of their protest demanding free and fair results of the election, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Pakistan election results 2024 Highlights: Vote counting for Pakistan's 12th general elections, held on February 8, has concluded, …

Rigged elections in Pakistan: What’s next for the near-failed state?
11 months ago

Rigged elections in Pakistan: What’s next for the near-failed state?

Live Mint  

Uncertainty has swamped Pakistan as allegations of poll rigging overshadowed the country as it entered third day of counting of votes in its general elections 2024. For Pakistan elections 2024 LIVE updates, Both Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif have claimed victory but none have come even closer to crossing the majority. Some analysts have listed what awaits Pakistan as the …

Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary
11 months ago

Pakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday hit back at criticism over the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which were held amid sporadic militant attacks and an unprecedented stoppage of all mobile phone services. It said such statements “ignore the undeniable fact that Pakistan has held general elections, peacefully and successfully, while dealing with serious security threats resulting primarily from foreign It …

Pakistan’s Khan, Sharif both claim election win, despite no clear majority
11 months ago

Pakistan’s Khan, Sharif both claim election win, despite no clear majority

Al Jazeera  

Protests erupted across the country over delays as final results of Thursday’s elections have not yet been released. Pakistan faces a period of uncertainty with the election results showing no clear majority and two opposing political leaders, Nawaz Sharif from Pakistan Muslim League and Imran Khan from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, declaring victory. “This is probably the most controversial election in Pakistan’s …

Pakistan Elections: A look at challenges awaiting new govt
11 months ago

Pakistan Elections: A look at challenges awaiting new govt

Live Mint  

Will Pakistan manage to get a new prime minister this time? As per Pakistani media reports, the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan showed that independent candidates, mostly backed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, were leading the poll results. Around 10:30 pm on Friday, news agency PTI cited the Election Commission of Pakistan's …

Pakistan general election 2024 | Imran Khan's party says its polling agents picked by police in Punjab province
11 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan general election 2024 | Imran Khan's party says its polling agents picked by police in Punjab province

The Hindu  

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's party on February 8 claimed that polling in several areas of Pakistan's Punjab province of Pakistan began on February 8 without the presence of its agents, some of whom were picked by the police to make rigging easier in the elections. Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidates are contesting the polls independently after the Supreme …

Pakistan polls 2024: What you need to know about candidates, key issues and what this election means for the country
11 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan polls 2024: What you need to know about candidates, key issues and what this election means for the country

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pakistan's 127 million voters get to elect a …

Pakistan holds polls, army’s shadow looms
11 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan holds polls, army’s shadow looms

Hindustan Times  

In the throes of a serious political, economic and security crisis, Pakistan is holding its delayed federal and provincial elections today. The principal political actors remain unchanged — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party — but the status of the first two has radically changed since the 2018 elections. Imran Khan, the blue-eyed boy of the army …

Pakistan: Imran Khan's party to hold fresh intra-party polls on Feb 5 amid crackdown
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan: Imran Khan's party to hold fresh intra-party polls on Feb 5 amid crackdown

India TV News  

Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is set to hold fresh intra-party elections on February 5 amid a state crackdown, the central media department of the party announced on Thursday. "The PTI Federal Election Commission is pleased to announce the Election Schedule for the Intra-party Elections of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to elect the Chairman, Central and Provincial Organisations," the …

Pakistan to deploy thousands of security forces for election
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan to deploy thousands of security forces for election

The Hindu  

Pakistan will saturate its northwestern region with thousands of security forces before next month's general election, officials said on January 16, as Islamabad battles rising militancy ahead of a controversial poll. In the first week of February some 5,000 paramilitary Frontier Constabulary forces will deploy to the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, commander Moazzam Jah Ansari told AFP. A …

Pakistan Army accuses 'neighbouring country' of giving latest weapons to TTP
1 year ago

Pakistan Army accuses 'neighbouring country' of giving latest weapons to TTP

Firstpost  

The two-day 261st Corps Commanders’ Conference was chaired by General Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, at GHQ, Rawalpindi Top military officials in Pakistan have claimed that the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan - also known as the Pakistani Taliban - was receiving “latest weapons” and “liberty of action” from a neighbouring nation. The two-day 261st Corps Commanders’ Conference …

Pakistan: Suicide bomb attack on police station kills 6 officers
1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan: Suicide bomb attack on police station kills 6 officers

Deccan Chronicle  

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police station's main gate in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least six officers and wounding 25 others, officials said. The attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Khan said. The newly formed militant group Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, or TJP — believed to …

Biting those hands that fed them: How TTP, ISKP are threatening Pakistan's national security
1 year, 2 months ago

Biting those hands that fed them: How TTP, ISKP are threatening Pakistan's national security

Firstpost  

Whether it is Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic State-Khorasan, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban, they have all thrived in the jihadist ecosystem that the Pakistani Army has created and sustained Pakistan’s security forces have come under increasing militant attacks over the last few days. On 30 July, a suicide bomber killed at least 54 people and wounded nearly 200 others at a …

Pakistan to hold general elections in last week of January, says poll panel
1 year, 3 months ago

Pakistan to hold general elections in last week of January, says poll panel

Al Jazeera  

The elections, due to be held in November, are delayed due to the election commission’s fresh marking of constituencies. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s poll panel has announced the much-awaited general elections will be held in the last week of January next year. In a short statement on Thursday, the Election Commission of Pakistan said the polls, due to be held …

Pakistan’s National Assembly likely to be dissolved on August 9
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan’s National Assembly likely to be dissolved on August 9

Al Jazeera  

The assembly’s dissolution will set the stage for general elections later this year. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s National Assembly will be dissolved on August 9, three days before the completion of the five-year parliamentary term, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said. Pakistan’s constitution says if the assembly is dissolved on time, which is August 12, the elections will take place …

Pakistan Election Commission announces tentative dates for general polls as PM set to handover power
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan Election Commission announces tentative dates for general polls as PM set to handover power

India TV News  

Pakistan Election Commission official on Thursday announced a tentative date of the general polls and claimed that the country is fully prepared for holding the elections, Dawn reported. Quoting Election Commission Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal, it reported that polls would be held by October 11 if the National Assembly was dissolved on August 12, when its five-year term comes to …

Pakistan Taliban Issues New ‘Terror Hit-List’ Featuring Names of Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah
1 year, 7 months ago

Pakistan Taliban Issues New ‘Terror Hit-List’ Featuring Names of Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah

News 18  

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and it’s faction Jamaat-ul-Ahraar are planning to launch attacks on leaders of the armed forces, intelligence agencies and politicians. According to people familiar with the developments, top politicians like Pakistan interior minister Rana Sanaullah and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz are in their crosshairs as their names have been put on a hitlist. The people …

The Twin Factors Behind Pakistan’s Growing TTP Problem
1 year, 9 months ago

The Twin Factors Behind Pakistan’s Growing TTP Problem

The Diplomat  

In late January, a deadly suicide bombing killed over 100 individuals and injured around 225 at a mosque in Police Lines, Peshawar. Initial investigations suggest that the mosque bombing was orchestrated by a local splinter group of the TTP to avenge the August 2022 death of Omar Khalid Khorasani – the mastermind behind the APS attack. The Afghan Taliban But …

Won't Target Political Rallies, Polling Booths for Upcoming Pak Elections, Says TTP - News18
1 year, 10 months ago

Won't Target Political Rallies, Polling Booths for Upcoming Pak Elections, Says TTP - News18

News 18  

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in a statement has announced that the group will not target “political rallies, parties, processions and polling stations in the upcoming elections in the country.” It also stated that the TTP will continue its jihad against the Pakistan army and security agencies. A notification issued by the Counter Terrorism Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on March 8 said, …

Deadly suicide bombing at Peshawar mosque: How the Taliban has returned to haunt Pakistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Deadly suicide bombing at Peshawar mosque: How the Taliban has returned to haunt Pakistan

Firstpost  

At least 34 people died and 150 were injured, mostly police officers, after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Monday during prayers at a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city. Taliban has called Islamabad’s recent statements “provocative and baseless”, saying its government is “trying its best that the territory of Afghanistan is not used against Pakistan or any other …

Pakistan begs before Afghan Taliban, urges action against TTP bases in Afghanistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan begs before Afghan Taliban, urges action against TTP bases in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has stepped up attacks against security forces across Pakistan. Islamabad: With the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan creating widespread havoc with almost daily attacks against the security forces, Pakistan has been begging the Afghan Taliban to prevent the banned group from using Afghanistan as their safe haven. In the last three months alone, the TTP, which wants …

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India
2 years ago

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India

ABP News  

New Delhi: India believes that the growing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban, coupled with a near-collapsed economy of both countries, will prove to be “dangerous” for New Delhi, reactivating the “hotbeds of terrorism” in the region, top-level officials told ABP Live. As New Delhi is watching patiently the unravelling of deep-rooted tensions between Islamabad …

Pakistani Taliban Issue Threat to Coalition Govt for Attacking TTP Leadership to ‘Please America’
2 years ago

Pakistani Taliban Issue Threat to Coalition Govt for Attacking TTP Leadership to ‘Please America’

News 18  

Pakistan’s Taliban has issued an explicit threat to the ruling parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan’s Peoples Party, for attacking their leadership “to please America”. TTP has asked Bilawal Bhutto and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to review their policy against the Taliban outfit and the US, and has accused the current government of working for the ‘American Agenda’. Recently, Taliban …

TTP challenges Pakistan's sovereignty, declares own government
2 years ago

TTP challenges Pakistan's sovereignty, declares own government

Firstpost  

In a direct challenge to the sovereignty of the Pakistan government and the country’s military establishment led by the Pakistan Army, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan - also known as the Pakistan Taliban - has announced its own government in northern Pakistan and has declared various ministries Peshawar: After capturing power in Afghanistan the Taliban is intent on forming yet another government. …

Tehreek-e-Taliban attacks increasing in Pakistan over the past year
2 years ago

Tehreek-e-Taliban attacks increasing in Pakistan over the past year

Op India  

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan with its supporters has attacked defense establishments in Pakistan 148 times within a year. However, the common people in Pakistan have been showing their aggression in the matter via protests like the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement demanding the establishment to take action against these groups, according to Khaama Press. Police said the blast took place when police officers …

What is behind a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan?
2 years ago

What is behind a resurgence of violent attacks in Pakistan?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts say the government must assert its dominance and immediately devise a strategy to counter escalating attacks. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan is facing a resurgence of violent attacks, with analysts saying the government must immediately devise a strategy to counter the threat to internal security as the country heads into an election year. 150 TTP attacks this year Islamabad-based research …

Pakistan: Imran Khan blames 'imported govt' for Taliban attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2 years ago

Pakistan: Imran Khan blames 'imported govt' for Taliban attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Firstpost  

A day earlier, four police personnel were killed and as many others wounded in an overnight terrorist attack on the Bargai Police Station of Lakki Marwat area Islamabad: Since the Taliban captured Kabul and regained their dominant status in Afghanistan in August last year, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has carried out near daily attacks on the security forces of Pakistan from …

TTP declares end to truce, orders attacks across Pakistan
2 years, 1 month ago

TTP declares end to truce, orders attacks across Pakistan

Firstpost  

This decision by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan comes even as Pakistan is facing regular attacks in its tribal areas and along the Durand Line - its border with Afghanistan - from the Afghan Taliban and insurgents linked to the Pakistan Taliban Peshawar: In a major blow for Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan declared an end to the ceasefire with the Pakistani government …

Pakistan Taliban ends ceasefire with gov’t, threatens new attacks
2 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan Taliban ends ceasefire with gov’t, threatens new attacks

Al Jazeera  

The armed group calls off a truce agreed with the government in June and orders fighters to ‘carry out attacks in the entire country’. Islamabad, Pakistan – The armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has announced the end of an indefinite ceasefire agreed with the government in June and issued orders to its fighters to carry …

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and govt talks reach impasse amid economic crisis
2 years, 4 months ago

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and govt talks reach impasse amid economic crisis

Hindustan Times  

With terror incidents continuing unabated, the ongoing talks between the Pakistani government and the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan being held in Afghanistan are heading for a collapse. Between July 25 and 28, a 13-member Pakistani Ulema delegation of the Deobandi School, including Mufti Taqi Usmani and other members drawn from Karachi, Lahore and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, visited Kabul and held discussions with …

Imran Khan's party makes come back in Pak's Punjab assembly by-polls: PM Sharif suffers setback
2 years, 5 months ago

Imran Khan's party makes come back in Pak's Punjab assembly by-polls: PM Sharif suffers setback

India Today  

Ousted premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Sunday made a 'clean sweep' in the crucial Punjab assembly by-polls, in a major setback to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif whose Chief Minister son Hamza Shehbaz is all set to lose his post. Now we ask the PTI-PMLQ to form the government in Punjab," the Prime Minister's spokesperson Malik Ahmad Khan told PTI. …

Turbulent times in store for Pakistan
2 years, 9 months ago

Turbulent times in store for Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

Every few years, Pakistan’s politics is roiled by a crisis that has its roots in the longstanding civil-military imbalance. Ever since he assumed office in August 2018, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has battled accusations from the Opposition of being a “selected” premier, a leader foisted on the country by the powerful military establishment as part of its efforts to …

Cross-border terrorism by Taliban seeks to destabilise Pak democracy: Rpt
2 years, 10 months ago

Cross-border terrorism by Taliban seeks to destabilise Pak democracy: Rpt

Business Standard  

The Taliban who were helped by Pakistan to rein in Afghanistan is now seeking to destabilise Pakistan's democracy empowering the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan that is battling Islamabad, working to launch a 'jihad' in Pakistan. More than the money, the cause of concern to Islamabad is the rise of terror attacks across Pakistan attributed to the TTP in recent months, confirming that …

Pakistan announces month-long ceasefire with banned terror group TTP
3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan announces month-long ceasefire with banned terror group TTP

India TV News  

The Pakistan government and banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have agreed on a month-long ceasefire starting Tuesday to further talks for achieving lasting peace in the country, according to a statement. The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a banned terrorist organisation based along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Last month, the government had faced criticism from politicians and victims …

On Afghanistan, Pakistan walks tightrope of optimism and caution
3 years, 4 months ago

On Afghanistan, Pakistan walks tightrope of optimism and caution

Al Jazeera  

Some see Taliban takeover as Islamabad’s preferred outcome, but it may embolden armed groups in the country. “There is an inherent concern that with the Afghan Taliban taking over it will also have a fallout effect on this side of the border, particularly on Pakistan’s fight against militancy,” said Hussain. “This is precisely why we want to see a stable …

PM Modi hopes Imran Khan’s Pakistan will work for peace
6 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi hopes Imran Khan’s Pakistan will work for peace

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes Pakistan—often accused by neighbours India and Afghanistan of fomenting terrorism and supporting terrorist networks in the region—will work towards creating a secure, stable and prosperous neighbourhood. The 25 July Pakistan elections, which has seen cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf emerging as the single largest party with 116 seats, has however ignited hopes …

Pakistan Election Results 2018: Polling day manipulation will haunt country, claims PPP, as early results put PTI in lead
6 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Election Results 2018: Polling day manipulation will haunt country, claims PPP, as early results put PTI in lead

Firstpost  

Early results have put Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in lead with the party leading in 82 seats as against Pakistan Muslim League — Nawaz who is ahead in 57 seats. “Magisterial powers to security personnel, slowing down the voting process by allowing only 3-4 voters inside polling stations at a time, refusal to extend the polling time as voters kept …

Bomb blast in Balochistan's Quetta kills 22
6 years, 5 months ago

Bomb blast in Balochistan's Quetta kills 22

ABP News  

It's a deadly morning in Quetta as the death toll from the blast targeting a police van has risen to 22, according to sources at Civil Hospital. It is the second uninterrupted democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year chequered history amid accusations of manipulation by the powerful army and concerns over the participation of Islamic hardliners in large …

Pakistan election 2018: Fears of instability 'no matter who wins' after brutal and violent campaign
6 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan election 2018: Fears of instability 'no matter who wins' after brutal and violent campaign

The Independent  

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