Pakistan begins voting, with Khan in jail and Sharif tipped to win

Authorities said they were suspending mobile telephone services across the country during voting "to maintain law and order" following a bloody election campaign
8 February 2024, 03:10 AM

Eve of Pakistan polls: 28 killed in blasts near campaign offices

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.
7 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Twin blasts kill 28 on eve of Pakistan 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
7 February 2024, 11:47 AM

Pakistan Election: Candidates make final bids to woo voters

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.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Personalities dominate Pakistan polls

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.
6 February 2024, 18:00 PM

How Imran Khan is campaigning from jail in Pakistan: AI and covert canvassing

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
6 February 2024, 05:53 AM

Militants kill 10 cops in Pakistan

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.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Maldives vows to boost defence

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.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

10 cops killed, 6 injured in attack on police station in Pakistan

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
5 February 2024, 05:29 AM

Sri Lanka says financial crisis 'gradually' easing

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is "gradually" emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said today in a speech to mark independence day
4 February 2024, 08:29 AM

Imran, wife get 7 years for unlawful marriage

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined yesterday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Pakistan vows to hold polls despite violence

Pakistan’s general election will go ahead as scheduled next Thursday, caretaker interior minister Gohar Ejaz said, after a meeting summoned by the election commission to discuss increasing pre-poll violence in the west of the country.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Despite violence, Pakistan vows to hold polls as planned

Pakistan's national election will go ahead as scheduled next Thursday despite security challenges, the election commission said today following a meeting to discuss increasing pre-poll violence in the west of the country
1 February 2024, 14:18 PM

Imran’s hope for another stint as PM fades

A Pakistani anti-graft court jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan for 14 years each on charges of illegally selling state gifts, his party and lawyers said yesterday, just over a week before a national election.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Myanmar junta eases rules governing political parties

Myanmar's junta has eased rules on the registration of political parties, state media reported on Wednesday, hours before a state of emergency is set to expire
31 January 2024, 06:06 AM

Malaysia welcomes new king in unique rotating monarchy

Sultan Ibrahim, the wealthy and outspoken ruler of Malaysia's southern Johor state, was sworn in as the country's new king in a ceremony on Wednesday
31 January 2024, 06:05 AM

Imran, his wife jailed for 14 years in Toshakhana case

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife were sentenced today to 14 years in jail after being found guilty of graft in a case involving gifts he received while premier.
31 January 2024, 05:25 AM

State Secrets Case: Pak court jails Imran for 10yrs ahead of polls

A Pakistan court jailed Imran Khan for 10 years yesterday for leaking state secrets, the harshest sentence the former prime minister and cricket superstar has received and announced just days before a general election.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

'People of my parents' age are being killed'

Soldier says after deserting Myanmar military; junta shaken by rebel advances, losses of men
30 January 2024, 11:33 AM

Imran, Qureshi sentenced to 10 years in jail in cipher case

A special court of Pakistan established under the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday handed both former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi 10 years in jail in the cipher case
30 January 2024, 07:41 AM