The former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan was granted bail in 12 cases related to May 9 riots by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi, The Express Tribune reported.
Ahead of the February 8 general elections, the Pakistan police stopped the electoral rally of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and seized their sound system along with the vehicles, as reported by The Express Tribune.
Aleema Khan, the sister of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has been summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on charges of "anti-state" and hate speech, The Express Tribune reported.
The next-to-invisible women's participation in the Pakistan general elections has been a pertinent issue, and the reserved seat criteria is merely a formality as they are only allocated on the basis of nepotism, The Express Tribune reported on Monday.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has termed the upcoming general polls 'mock elections', saying that the exercise is a waste of money, The Express Tribune reported on Sunday.
Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah called on Pakistan President Arif Alvi and discussed the increase in the prices of subsidised wheat as the residents of the region announced that they would stage marches against the hike today (Saturday), as reported by The Express Tribune.
The counting of votes has begun in Bangladesh as polling for the 12th Parliamentary elections in the country ended on Sunday, with 27 per cent votes cast till 3 pm (local time), the Dhaka Tribune reported.
At least 14 polling centres and two schools in 10 districts of Bangladesh were set on fire between Friday evening and early Saturday, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
The Bangladesh Election Commission's election application, "Smart Election Management BD" crashed on the eve of general elections scheduled to be held on January 7, as reported by the Dhaka Tribune.
The pre-poll violence occurred on Friday at around 9:05 PM, killed four people. Officials called the incident a "planned attack." The CID team collected DNA samples from the relatives of the victims to identify the bodies, Bangladesh-based The Dhaka Tribune reported.
Ahead of the January 7 general elections in Bangladesh, the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), issued a call for a 48-hour nationwide 'hartal' (general strike) commencing on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's "illegal government,"