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Election results further divide Pakistan, expose deep rot and fissures

With this election the disarray in Pakistan is likely to become worse. The coalition government will lack legitimacy

Why Shehbaz Sharif and not Nawaz Sharif is likely to be the next Pakistan PM

In a surprising move, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) [PML-N] has nominated Shehbaz Sharif as its official candidate for the prime minister’s post. This comes after speculation was rife that Nawaz Sharif would return as Pakistan’s PM for the record fourth time. So what changed?

Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become PM for 4th time, Imran Khan rules out coalition with PML-N, PPP

Expressing astonishment at reports of a power-sharing formula being discussed between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party leader Latif Khosa described it as a joke that rival political parties were putting forward such a proposal

Vantage | What Pakistan's bits-and-pieces govt will mean for its army and people

The Generals are not going anywhere; their grip on the country may have slipped a bit, but they have reminded the world of Pakistan's eternal truth: Never bet against the army

Pakistan polls: PPP-PML-N talks stuck over who gets the prime minister's chair

Protests against the results have been called by a number of political groups and candidates who claim they have been rigged. Supporters of the PTI stopped traffic in Peshawar, in the north, but the party canceled the massive protest it had planned to stage if the results were not announced on Sunda

How election results in Pakistan’s Punjab serve impending threat to Sharif family

This election result, when the army was entirely behind the Sharifs in Punjab and yet Imran Khan’s independents could secure 115 seats, is a wake-up call for the Sharif family

Pakistan polls: How another weak coalition in Islamabad will open a floodgate of issues for India

China is already well entrenched across the country. Others, like the US, will use a weak government for its own (diverse) interests. Writing off Pakistan as a nuisance to be simply set aside is the laziest of analyses

Pakistan election results 2024: What’s next for PML-N, PPP and PTI?

Pakistan is likely to see a coalition government again as no party has touched the majority mark of 133. Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N has begun talks with his rival Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s PPP to forge an alliance. Here’s what Independents backed by jailed former PM Imran Khan’s PTI party could do

Pakistan Polls 2024: US to work with new govt regardless of political party, says State Dept

The US condemns electoral violence, restrictions on the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including attacks on media workers, and restrictions on access to the Internet and telecommunication services, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said

Pakistan Polls 2024: PML-N reaching out to PPP, MQM-P and JUI-F to form coalition govt, says Nawaz Sharif 

Sharif, the three-time former premier, said that there is a need for all the political parties to sit together and form a government to pull Pakistan out of its difficulties.