The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) yesterday announced a general election for January, almost three months later than scheduled, removing political uncertainty over the timing to help salvage a falling economy.

Pakistan will hold delayed elections in January next year, the election commission announced today, as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises

Pakistan's Punjab police have charged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and all others accused with "criminal conspiracy" in all May 9 cases registered in the province, including arson attacks on the residence of the Lahore corps commander

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan’s jail detention related to charges of leaking state secrets was extended for another two weeks, his lawyer said yesterday. The latest extension of the remand order will keep Khan in jail until September 26,

Pakistan's President Dr Arif Alvi today wrote a letter to the country's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and proposed that elections be held by November 6

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's jail detention related to charges of leaking state secrets was extended for another two weeks, his lawyer said on Wednesday

Bangladesh Prime Sheikh Hasina today joined G20 leaders in paying tributes at the memorial of India's Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi

Maldives leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will seek re-election tomorrow in a presidential vote also serving as a referendum on his pursuit of renewed ties with India, the archipelago’s traditional benefactor.

The main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was closed yesterday as security forces from both countries exchanged fire, Pakistani security sources said.

Myanmar's junta will likely hold elections in 2025, officials from military-sanctioned political parties told AFP on Tuesday.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who is incarcerated in Attock Jail, has ruled out "any deal to seek his release and asserted he would never leave Pakistan," his lawyers claimed, after meeting the ex-prime minister

General elections would be held by mid-February at any cost, perhaps by late January if the delimitation of constituencies is completed earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) assured the Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday, allaying fears that polls could be delayed indefinitely to extend the interim government's tenure

A Pakistani court yesterday extended the jail custody of former prime minister Imran Khan for 14 days to investigate him on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer said, a day after another court suspended his prison sentence for graft.

A special court, recently established to hear cases filed under the Official Sec­rets Act, extended the judicial remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan till September 13 on Wednesday, his lawyer confirmed

An adult lion escaped from a private vehicle amidst heavy traffic in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, causing panic for two hours before it was recaptured, police said

A Pakistani court yesterday suspended former prime minister Imran Khan’s recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release as a judge has ordered his detention in the cipher case.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case

A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south killed two people and wounded four others, a senior local official told AFP on Tuesday

A Pakistani court yesterday quashed a sedition case against former prime minister Imran Khan, a relief for the embattled leader whose appeal against conviction in a separate corruption case will be decided on by a high court today.

Ruling on graft appeal due Tuesday