Pakistan's military fanned out across the country ahead of today's election, deploying hundreds of thousands of troops to oversee polling stations in a short but acrimonious contest that analysts say is still "up for grabs".

A poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan based on data from five separate polls carried out in the months leading up to today's elections forecasts

RULERS OF PAKISTAN

Nepal’s Law Minister Sher Bahadur Tamang, who came under criticism from several quarters for his controversial remarks on Nepalese students studying MBBS in Bangladesh, resigns.

The otherwise dull campaigning for the July 25 elections in Karachi finally gains momentum on the last day of electioneering in the country including Karachi.

As election campaigns come to a closet, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership round off their campaigns by predicting victory for themselves in the July 25 elections whereas Pakistan Peoples Party chairman promised a progressive Pakistan with a commitment to democracy.

Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is suffering from high blood pressure but has been refused permission to see his personal doctor, his party said yesterday.

As Pakistan heads into parliamentary elections tomorrow, the country's minorities are looking for better representation and a voice that will speak up for them.

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif falls ill as he suffers from heart and kidney problems and a medical team recommended that he be shifted to a hospital.

Dozens of protesters in Nepal have been injured in clashes with police at a demonstration in support of a hunger-striking doctor seeking

Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped a suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport as he returned home yesterday from more than a year in exile in Turkey over allegations of torturing and abusing a political rival.

Religious parties - some new, others long-established - are fielding more than 1,500 candidates for national and provincial assemblies in Pakistan's general election on July 25.

Pakistani cleric Hafiz Saeed is one of the United States' most-wanted terrorist suspects, accused over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. At home, his charities are banned, as is a new Islamist political party launched by his followers.

The United States remains concerned about the participation of Lashkar-e-Taiba-affiliated (LeT) individuals in the elections and has conveyed its concern to Islamabad as well, says the US State Department.

Mirza Muhammad Ahmed Mughal, an independent candidate from Faisalabad's NA-103, has committed suicide after being disillusioned with not being able to secure the backing of his own family.

There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll.

A public opinion survey yesterday showed that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) enjoys a slim lead at the national level over the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN).

Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui yesterday made serious allegations against personnel of a security agency, claiming that they were manipulating judicial proceedings.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi terms as “unwanted” the hug he received from Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the parliament saying it was a result of the opposition’s lack of reason for their no-confidence motion against his government.

There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll.