The country's two major parties — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party — are set to play an ARD-like

India on Saturday said it hoped the new government of Pakistan would "work constructively" to end militancy in South Asia, in its first comments following this week's general election in Pakistan.

Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, jailed earlier this month over graft charges, has fallen sick inside prison and is being moved to hospital, a minister said Sunday. Sharif and his daughter were jailed on July 13 after a graft court sentenced them to 10 and seven years respectively over properties in Britain which emerged in the wake of Panama Papers revelations.

The final draft of a list of Indian citizens in north eastern state of Assam will be made public today amidst anxiety among Muslim migrants from Bangladesh. Hundreds of central paramilitary and state police personnel have been deployed across Assam and neighbouring states to prevent any possible untoward incident following the publication of the NRC.

Even after bagging millions of votes and winning dozens of seats at national and provincial levels, mainstream political parties, such as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are at the mercy of independent candidates to form government in Punjab, reports The Express Tribune.

Though Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as the single largest party in National Assembly after the July 25 polls and its leaders have been claiming they will not need support of any party, final preliminary results issued by the country''s election commission show that the party is still short of numbers to form government on its own.

Imran Khan's party said it has begun talks with independents and small parties to form a coalition government after a resounding triumph in Pakistan's general election, as rival parties planned protests over alleged vote rigging.

The United States said Friday it was concerned about "flaws" in Pakistan's pre-electoral process, but said it was nonetheless ready to work with the new government.

In its first official reaction to the general elections in Pakistan, India expresses hope that the new government in that country, which is likely to be headed by Imran Khan, will work constructively for peace with neighbours to build a South Asia free of terror and violence.

Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan's victory in Pakistan's disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term reforms needed to end decades of boom-and-bust cycles.

Pakistan's likely new prime minister Imran Khan opens coalition talks with at least one smaller party and independent politicians, a spokesman says, following the announcement of full results of an election disputed by rivals.

At least 33 people were killed when a bus carrying them fell into a 500 feet deep gorge in western Indian state of Maharashtra, senior officials say.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerges as the largest political party in Pakistan winning 115 of the 270 National Assembly seats in the 11th General Elections as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) releases the complete preliminary results more than 56 hours after the conclusion of voting.

Equity and bond markets have welcomed Imran Khan's victory in Pakistan's disputed election, but the former cricket hero faces a tough slog to avert a currency crisis and implement long-term reforms needed to end decades of boom-and-bust cycles.

The United States has questioned the fairness of elections in Pakistan adding that it shared the concerns expressed by the European Union and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan starts preparations for formation of his party’s government at the Centre after the PTI won a majority of seats in the National Assembly.

Amidst all the acrimony about the extent to which what took place on Wednesday was actually democratic, it is worth dwelling at least briefly on the most important element of the electoral exercise—the “demos” or people themselves.

In his first reaction over Wednesday's elections, Nawaz Sharif, the incarcerated leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), alleged that the polls had been “stolen”.

Pakistan's main parties rejected the outcome of elections won by Imran Khan and announced protests demanding new polls yesterday, after the pivotal vote was criticised by foreign observers over allegations of rigging.

As Pakistan forms a new government, the United States and China cautiously welcomed Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan.