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A top leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz or the PML-N party, who surrendered before authorities for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl along with his accomplices at a hotel, was today sent to three-day police remand.

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and members of his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI will march from Lahore to Islamabad at around 6.30 pm today, in what is expected to be the largest protests organised by the opposition since Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif came to power last year.

Pakistan today elected businessman Mamnoon Hussain as 12th president of the nuclear-armed state, replacing the unpopular Asif Ali Zardari whose five-year term expires in September.

Pakistan's main opposition party announced today it would boycott next week's presidential election to protest against the vote being brought forward without consultation.

Pakistani political parties have nominated their candidates for the upcoming presidential elections with the ruling party's candidate seen as the front-runner.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister Nawaz Sharif called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

With results for 207 of 272 seats in Pakistan declared, Pakistan Muslim League-N's chief Nawaz Sharif looks set for his third term as the country's prime minister.

Pakistan's tribal belt may have been dubbed the world's most dangerous place by the United States, but enthusiastic tribesmen are defying the Taliban to vote for change at next week's polls.

Pakistani judges on Tuesday disqualified Pervez Musharraf from running in the upcoming parliamentary election, a blow to the former military ruler who recently returned from self-imposed exile to make a political comeback, lawyers said.

Pakistan's largest opposition party ended its coalition with the party of President Asif Ali Zardari in the country's most populous province on Friday, dealing a blow to the national government.Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif sharply criticized Zardari's record when announcing the split in the Punjab provincial assembly.Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Leag...

A top leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz or the PML-N party, who surrendered before authorities for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl along with his accomplices at a hotel, was today sent to three-day police remand.

Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan and members of his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI will march from Lahore to Islamabad at around 6.30 pm today, in what is expected to be the largest protests organised by the opposition since Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif came to power last year.

Pakistan today elected businessman Mamnoon Hussain as 12th president of the nuclear-armed state, replacing the unpopular Asif Ali Zardari whose five-year term expires in September.

Pakistan's main opposition party announced today it would boycott next week's presidential election to protest against the vote being brought forward without consultation.

Pakistani political parties have nominated their candidates for the upcoming presidential elections with the ruling party's candidate seen as the front-runner.

Pakistan's presumptive prime minister Nawaz Sharif called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.

With results for 207 of 272 seats in Pakistan declared, Pakistan Muslim League-N's chief Nawaz Sharif looks set for his third term as the country's prime minister.

Pakistan's tribal belt may have been dubbed the world's most dangerous place by the United States, but enthusiastic tribesmen are defying the Taliban to vote for change at next week's polls.

Pakistani judges on Tuesday disqualified Pervez Musharraf from running in the upcoming parliamentary election, a blow to the former military ruler who recently returned from self-imposed exile to make a political comeback, lawyers said.

Pakistan's largest opposition party ended its coalition with the party of President Asif Ali Zardari in the country's most populous province on Friday, dealing a blow to the national government.Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif sharply criticized Zardari's record when announcing the split in the Punjab provincial assembly.Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Leag...