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Pakistan's politics

  • Sunday, 30 March, 2025
    Pakistan threatens to deport Afghan refugees after Trump funding cuts

    Suspension of foreign aid and resettlement programmes endanger 870,000 people, analysts warn

    An Afghan woman protests against the Trump administration’s immigration ban in Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Pakistan
    Pakistan rescues hostages seized from train by Balochistan separatists

    State-run radio says all militants involved in railway ambush killed, but fate of some passengers still unclear

    A paramilitary soldier at a railway station in the Sibi district of Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    Pakistan
    Pakistan to seek extradition of billionaire tycoon from UAE

    Developer Malik Riaz Hussain says fraud allegations by anti-corruption watchdog are attempt to ‘blackmail’ him

    Real estate tycoon Malik Riaz
  • Friday, 17 January, 2025
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    Pakistan’s bet on Taliban backfires as violence surges

    Islamabad had deadliest year in almost a decade following rise in terror attacks

    Relatives and local residents attend the funeral of a police officer who was killed by suspected militants in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    Pakistan’s military struggles to solve ‘Imran Khan problem’

    Jailed former prime minister remains hugely popular and capable of mobilising support, say analysts

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Imran Khan supporters pour into capital to challenge Pakistan’s government

    Thousands of demonstrators breach barricades to reach close to Islamabad’s Red Zone before being pushed back

    Protesters wearing masks and helmets walk through thick clouds of tear gas in Islamabad
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Pakistan capital under lockdown as protesters call for Khan’s release

    Supporters of jailed former prime minister march on Islamabad in latest threat to Shehbaz Sharif’s legitimacy

    Policemen during a protest by the supporters of the opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
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    Xi faces heat over failure to protect Chinese workers overseas

    Bomb attack by Pakistan separatists adds to pressure on Beijing to secure interests

    Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past uniformed military personnel holding rifles
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan's economy
    Pakistan’s military backs Sharif in push for IMF reforms

    Country’s powerful armed forces support Islamabad’s painful restructuring under $7bn bailout

    Paramilitary soldiers stand guard along a road, ahead of the general elections in Karachi, Pakistan
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Pakistan’s old guard confronts shock Imran Khan upset in Punjab

    Surge for jailed former PM’s candidates in base for army and dynastic parties could weaken incoming coalition

    Guards at a polling station during last Wednesday’s election
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Pakistan
    Imran Khan’s rivals nominate Shehbaz Sharif to lead new Pakistan government

    Jailed former PM says proposed alliance has ‘no moral ground’ after allegations of vote rigging

    Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
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    Imran Khan rises again in Pakistan

    Pakistan’s shocking election results have left the country in turmoil

  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Pakistan plunges into power vacuum after Khan defies election odds from jail

    Success for former PM’s supporters deals blow to military establishment and heralds more instability

    A man holds aloft a photograph of Imran Khan
  • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
    Imran Khan’s allies accuse Pakistan officials of vote rigging

    Rival parties begin coalition talks after poll marred by delays, mobile blackouts and vote-tampering allegations

    Supporters of the convicted former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf political party shout slogans in Peshawar on Friday
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Imran Khan loyalists win shock victory in Pakistan election

    Independents from former PM’s party will be largest group in parliament but will struggle to form government

    Supporters of Imran Khan’s PTI party protest
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Pakistan’s political dynasties jockey for power in election lacking Imran Khan

    Incoming government will face economic crisis but lack popular mandate for much-needed reforms, analysts warn

    Supporters and activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party shout slogans during a protest demanding the release of PTI leader Imran Khan, in Peshawar
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan
    Imran Khan taps AI and TikTok to fight Pakistan election from jail

    Barred from next week’s vote, former prime minister is using chatbots and social media to energise his party’s supporters

    People drive past electoral posters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan
  • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
    Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison ahead of Pakistan election

    Former prime minister’s party says latest conviction an attempt to suppress its vote on February 8

    Imran Khan speaking during a 2023 interview
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    News in-depthPakistan
    Pakistan battles rising terror threat in Afghan border regions

    Islamabad blames Taliban for harbouring militants despite supporting the group during US occupation

  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    Pakistan’s economy cannot afford another election delay, warns Zardari

    Leading political figure says a new government is needed to instil confidence among foreign creditors

    Bilawal Bhutto Zardari  speaks to journalists in Islamabad last week
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    Pakistan’s top court paves way for ex-premier Sharif to contest election

    Ruling overturns lifetime bans for those with criminal convictions ahead of polls next month

    Nawaz Sharif in 2014
  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    News in-depthPakistan's economy
    Pakistan steps up tax evasion crackdown: pay up or lose your phone

    Critics warn IMF rescue deal at risk from poor tax collection

    A farmer checks harvested wheat grain on a farm in Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
    Former Pakistan leader Nawaz Sharif returns from exile in bid to regain power

    Ex-prime minister seeks to unite opposition to Imran Khan ahead of next year’s elections

  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Imran Khan
    Pakistan court blocks Imran Khan’s release from prison

    Popular former prime minister fights barrage of legal cases that threaten his political comeback

    Imran Khan
  • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
    Pakistan appoints caretaker prime minister

    Anwar ul-Haq Kakar set for longer than usual interim rule after elections delay

    Members of Imran Khan’s opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party protest in Karachi
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