Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory in national elections yesterday, saying his party has emerged as the largest and would talk to other groups to form a coalition government as it had failed to win a clear majority on its own. 

Emerging market stocks edged lower yesterday while currencies were muted in a quiet session with many markets shut for a holiday, while assets in Pakistan were pummelled by uncertainty over the outcome of the general election.

Fake boycotts, fictional ballots and blasphemy smears: a deluge of disinformation accompanied Pakistan’s contentious election, with a delayed vote count underway yesterday.

Two Pakistanis were killed Friday in a confrontation between police and followers of ex-prime minister Imran Khan, police and his party said, the first confirmed fatalities over a fractious election count.

Of the 136 seats counted, independent candidates backed by Imran's party PTI won 49, ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's PML-N won 42, while the PPP of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of assassinated premier Benazir Bhutto, got 34

Pakistan's main political parties were tied neck and neck in early results today after vote counts in the general election were hit by unusual delays that the government blamed on a suspension of mobile phone services

Pakistan began counting votes after polling ended yesterday in a general election marred by militant attacks, suspension of mobile phone and internet services and widespread vote rigging claims.

At least nine people, including two children, were killed in militant attacks in Pakistan today as the country voted in a general election after suspending mobile phone services and closing some land borders to maintain law and order

Former prime minister Imran Khan and other prominent incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail, sources said on Wednesday

Pakistan temporarily shut some of its land borders and suspended mobile phone services on Thursday as it beefed up security for voters in a general election that has been preceded by a surge in militant violence

Internet monitor Netblocks has said that real-time data shows that internet blackouts are now in effect in “multiple regions of Pakistan in addition to mobile network disruptions”

Authorities said they were suspending mobile telephone services across the country during voting "to maintain law and order" following a bloody election campaign

Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 28 people and wounded dozens yesterday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election.

At least 28 people were killed today by two separate bomb blasts outside the offices of election candidates in southwestern Pakistan, on the eve of a national vote marred by violence and allegations of pre-poll rigging

Pakistan’s politicians hit the campaign trail yesterday for the last time ahead of a general election that observers say has left the nation of 240 million at its most discouraged in years.

Pakistan goes to the polls tomorrow with the jailing of popular former prime minister Imran Khan, the winner of the last national election, dominating headlines despite an economic crisis and other woes threatening the nuclear-armed country.

Days before Pakistan's February 8 election, a masked and headscarf-clad Komal Asghar led a team of similarly dressed women through alleys in the eastern city of Lahore

At least 10 police personnel were killed and six others injured in a pre-dawn attack by militants on a police station in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, as violence escalated ahead of general elections this week.

The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed yesterday after ordering Indian troops to withdraw from the archipelago.

Ten cops were killed while six were injured in a late-night attack on the Chodwan Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday, an official said