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Pakistan to hold historic polls on May 11
Mar 20, 2013 13:03 EDT
Pakistan will go to the polls on May 11, the presidency announced Wednesday, in an historic general election marking the first democratic transition of power in the country's 66-year existence.
Pakistan president sets election for May 11
Mar 20, 2013 07:55 EDT
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced Wednesday that general elections would be held on May 11, in what will mark the first democratic transition of power in the country's history.
Pakistan President 'sets election for May 11'
Mar 20, 2013 07:13 EDT
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced Wednesday that general elections would be held on May 11, in what will mark the first democratic transition of power in the country's history.
Pakistan lawmakers tasked with picking interim PM
Mar 19, 2013 15:08 EDT
A committee of Pakistani lawmakers has been tasked with picking a caretaker prime minister to lead the nation in the run-up to polls after politicians failed to reach a deal, an official statement said Tuesday.
Pakistan 'anti-corruption' cleric to boycott elections
Mar 19, 2013 07:25 EDT
A populist Pakistani cleric who has generated mass protests to demand sweeping political reform will boycott the forthcoming general elections, he told AFP.
Pakistan sectarian killers 'operating unhindered'
Mar 14, 2013 11:45 EDT
Hateful graffiti messages against Shiite Muslims are scrawled along main roads. The striped flags of a banned militant faction accused of hundreds of murders flutter from homes.
Pakistan holds head of group that claimed Quetta bombings
Feb 22, 2013 12:13 EST
Pakistani police Friday detained the head of a banned Sunni Muslim extremist group that claimed responsibility for recent deadly bombings in the city of Quetta targeting Shiites, officials said.
Second Pakistan politician shot dead in Karachi
Jan 23, 2013 04:00 EST
A Pakistani politician was shot dead in Karachi in the second such killing in a week, police said Wednesday, fuelling fears that violence may overshadow general elections expected this year.
Pakistan politician buried amid tight security
Dec 23, 2012 08:20 EST
Prominent politicians were among mourners Sunday paying their last respects amid tight security to a Pakistani provincial minister killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Taliban.
Report unmasks tax evasion among Pakistan leaders
Dec 12, 2012 06:36 EST
More than 60 percent of Pakistan's cabinet and two thirds of its federal lawmakers paid no tax last year, according to a report released Wednesday on tax evasion among the country's political leaders.
Pakistan nuclear father registers party for vote
Nov 28, 2012 07:19 EST
The father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb has registered a new political party to contest for the first time general elections expected next year, officials said Wednesday.
Imran Khan: from cricket star to political kingmaker?
Oct 09, 2012 12:42 EDT
Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricket hero turned politician, failed to reach the tribal badlands on a much-hyped march but did succeed in lighting up the political stage once more.
No end in sight for Pakistan's energy crisis
Aug 08, 2012 12:04 EDT
India may claim the world's biggest blackout, but in neighbouring Pakistan an endemic energy crisis blamed on years of mismanagement cripples the economy and makes millions of lives a daily misery.
Son of Pakistan's sacked PM elected to parliament
Jul 20, 2012 02:54 EDT
The eldest son of Pakistan's sacked prime minister has been elected to parliament to replace his father, a month after he was dismissed by the Supreme Court for contempt.
Pakistan lawmakers pass contempt exemption bill
Jul 11, 2012 14:26 EDT
Pakistan's upper house of parliament Wednesday passed a bill that would exempt senior government figures from contempt of court proceedings, in an apparent bid to save the new prime minister from disqualification.
Pakistan MPs pass bill exempting PM from contempt
Jul 10, 2012 12:01 EDT
Pakistani lawmakers have passed a bill that would exempt senior government ministers from contempt of court proceedings, a move seen as a bid to save the new prime minister from disqualification.
Pakistan prepares to reopen NATO supply lines
Jul 04, 2012 12:00 EDT
Thousands of Pakistani truck drivers Wednesday prepared to resume key NATO supply convoys into Afghanistan as a coalition of religious and banned organisations called for countrywide protests.
Pakistan speaker refuses to disqualify PM
May 24, 2012 13:27 EDT
The speaker of Pakistan's national assembly on Thursday quashed efforts to disqualify Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over a court conviction.
Pakistan opposition boycotts PM dinner for Erdogan
May 21, 2012 11:07 EDT
Pakistan's main opposition party said Monday it would boycott a banquet being hosted by the prime minister for Turkey's premier, as a protest against the Pakistani leader's conviction for contempt.
Defiant Pakistan PM refuses to quit after conviction
Apr 27, 2012 14:00 EDT
Pakistan's prime minister refused to step down Friday as he made a defiant appearance in parliament a day after his conviction over a corruption investigation into the president.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Group) PML-N پاکستان مسلم لیگ ن | |
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| Leader | Nawaz Sharif |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Central Secretariat Parliament Lodges Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Ideology | Conservatism, Rightism and soft Islamism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Official colours | Green |
| Website | |
| www.pmln.com.pk | |
