Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday night nominated Shehbaz, 72 as the prime ministerial candidate
The White House has called for ensuring a transparent election process in Pakistan and said there is a need to respect the will of the Pakistani people
Participants during the party's core committee meeting agreed to early completion of the nomination process for important government and parliamentary positions
Independent candidates, mostly affiliated with Khan's PTI, secured the most parliamentary seats in last week's general election
Addressing a press conference after the meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) high-powered Central Executive Committee (CEC), held under his leadership
The 71-year-old jailed cricketer-turned-politician and PTI founder will have to be brought back, a party leader said
The Baloch Raji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of armed pro-independence groups, claimed responsibility for 161 attacks in the 11 days leading up to the election, according to The Balochistan Post
The Bilawal Bhutto-led Pakistan Peoples Party which won the third-largest number of seats in the National Assembly in the elections appears to be split
Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, made these remarks at the daily press briefing here on Monday
Pakistan's benchmark stock index fell 2.8% Monday after dropping 1.8% on Friday
It also claimed that the delay did not harm "any specific political party"
Almost a dozen Independent candidates who won the Pakistan general elections on February 8, joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Samaa TV reported on Tuesday
"Immediate decisions are being taken on complaints filed," the poll panel added in its statement
The leaders of both parties engaged in substantive discussions regarding the prevailing political landscape and the imperative of collaborative efforts for the betterment of the country
In often dysfunctional Pakistan, citizens have typically seen the army as a functional and trustworthy institution
The parties of the Sharif and Bhutto clans "agreed in principle to save the country from political instability," according to a statement posted on X last night
The general election in Pakistan is a watershed moment in its patchy democratic history. Never before have the Pakistani people defied the Army so openly by voting against the parties it supported
It's harder to see a scenario where Khan's PTI forms a government given the military's opposition to it, analysts say
'Waseem Qadir, the successful independent candidate from National Assembly Constituency NA-121 Lahore, officially announced his joining of Pakistan Muslim League (N),' said PML-N in a post on X
Pakistan's political chaos is likely to continue