Nawaz Sharif’s party, Pakistan Peoples Party fail to reach agreement on sharing power

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The talks between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on a power-sharing formula for a coalition government remained inconclusive, though both sides claimed significant progress in the discussions, according to a media report on Sunday...

Pakistans election commission has formed a panel to probe the allegations of Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha that rigging took place against Imrans party in Rawalpindi.After levelling the allegations, Chattha resigned on Saturday...

Independent candidates, a majority backed by former PM Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, won 93 of the 265 National Assembly seats that were contested in the February 8 election..

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led PPP has assured the PML-N of its support in the government formation and election of the next prime minister on the condition that, in return, it will get key constitutional offices, including that of the president...

Meanwhile, jailed ex-PM Imran Khans party has demanded a judicial commission to probe a senior bureaucrats allegation that the election body and the top judiciary were involved in vote rigging...

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