In a further blow to former PM Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate Ameer Muhammad Khan, who won PP-89 from Bhakkar, has joined the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Dawn reported.
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member of Parliamentary Affairs (MPA), Chaudhry Muhammad Adnan, was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Rawalpindi, Dawn reported quoting Rawalpindi police on Monday.
Seven paramedical staff members sustained severe burns on Sunday when a fire broke out in the emergency room of Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad in Karachi, Dawn reported citing the local authorities.
At a time when there is growing discontent among people in Pakistan over delay in election results, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Barrister Gohar Khan has said a firm no to having power-sharing talks with political parties of Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Dawn reported.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan Convener, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that discussions during a meeting with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders did not involve any talks regarding the formation of the next government, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
Even though the counting of votes was underway and no clear winner in sight, the major political parties in Pakistan held meetings on Friday night aiming to wrangle sufficient numbers to form governments in the Centre and the four provinces, Dawn reported.
Independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), are leading with 52 seats, according to the provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) so far, Dawn reported.
The polling for the general elections in Pakistan concluded amid allegations of rigging and the shutdown of cellular and internet services., Dawn reported.
The polling process, with more than 128 million voters, will begin at 8 am (local time) and will continue till 5 pm (local time), Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
The election campaign in Pakistan came to an end on Tuesday as the country's election commission issued an advisory restraining all political parties and candidates from electioneering for the polls on Thursday, Dawn reported.