A European Union monitoring team says that the campaign for Pakistan’s general election this week featured a “lack of equality” that meant it was not a level playing field for all parties.

Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Mahesh Kumar Malani becames the first non-Muslim to win a general seat in the National Assembly since the amendment in Legal Framework Order was passed in 2002 in Pakistan, he told Dawn today.

Prime minister in-waiting Imran Khan is provided VVIP security protocol, meant for the head of government.

Pakistan's electoral commission is expected to announce the full results of a disputed election today, paving the way for the winner, former cricket hero Imran Khan, to begin searching for coalition partners.

In his first reaction over elections in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, the incarcerated leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), alleges that the polls have been “stolen”.

Election Commission (ECP) of Pakistan releases 95 per cent of the provisional results of National and the four provincial assemblies.

Pakistan's transgender community faced pushback at the country's general election on Wednesday as five transgender candidates failed to win office and transgender observers and voters were blocked from polling stations, campaigners said.

The chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Pakistan, Michael Gahler, has said that apart from a few incidents of terrorism, the overall situation of the general election was satisfactory.

For Pakistani cricket legend-turned-politician Imran Khan, his party's first place in a national election, putting him on the brink of becoming the country's next prime minister, is the culmination of a battle that started more than two decades ago.

Despite the alleged backing from military, hardline religious parties and groupings failed to make their presence felt in the July 25 general election in Pakistan.

Former cricket players, athletes and celebrity musicians have congratulated PTI's Khan for his performance at the country's general elections on social media.

Authorities in northern Myanmar recovered eight bodies yesterday after a landslide that engulfed 27 small-scale jade miners, an official

Police officers have replaced Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan's private security guards outside his residence in Bani Gala.

Former Pakistan National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has become the first woman in the country to have been elected for a fifth consecutive time from the same general seat.

Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan yesterday declared victory in a divisive general election, and said he was ready to lead the nuclear-armed nation despite a long delay in ballot counting and allegations of vote-rigging from his main opponents.

Many political heavyweights suffered defeat in their strongholds, according to unofficial results of the countrywide polling that concluded at 6pm on Wednesday, with some complaining of rigging and foul play.

Former National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza becomes the first woman in the country to have been elected for a fifth consecutive time from the same general seat.

As Pakistan awaits an official announcement from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the outcome of this year’s general elections, let’s have look at the outcomes of the elections held in the country since 2008.

Pakistan's cricket legend Imran Khan declares victory in a divisive general election marred by a long delay in ballot counting and allegations of vote rigging by most opponents.

The election results may be on halt but preliminary numbers put PTI firmly in the lead, and most people have more or less called it: Imran Khan will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister.