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Reports that the upper house of the Pakistani Parliament passed a law that will allow General Pervez Musharraf to renege on a promise he made in 2003 and continue to serve as both the country's president and its army chief.

Reports that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf might remain as the country's top military commander and president, as suggested by information minister Sheik Rashid Ahmed.

Reports on the electoral victory of Shaukat Aziz as Pakistan's prime-minister designate. Responsibilities of Aziz as prime-minister designate.

Announces the appointment of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain as prime minister of Pakistan.

The article reports on the victory of the political party of cricket player Imran Khan in Pakistan's election in July 2018 and its possible impact on the country's problematic relationship with the West and its neighbors. Topics include Khan's better chance to implement change in Pakistan and improve relations with China, his sympathy with the Taliban, and his rejection of the country's tough blasphemy laws.

The article looks at the journey of Imran Khan from a popular cricket player to Pakistan's upcoming prime minister in 2018. Khan led the national team to a World Cup victory over Great Britain in 1992 which also led to his increasing involvement in Pakistani politics denouncing political corruption and weak governance. His election as prime minister is expected to further weaken Pakistani-U.S. relations.

The article focuses on stepping down of party leader Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister of Pakistan after the Supreme Court ruled that corruption allegations had disqualified him, and mentions uncertainty in the political environment of the country due to same.

The article reports on the bombing at Sufi Shrine in Lahore, Pakistan in 2019.

The article reports that Imran Khan, the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan in his speech has stated in his speech regarding an anti-corruption campaign theme and has offered very little conciliation to his adversaries promising to bring justice to those who have looted the nation.

The article reports on the economic issues in Pakistan to be faced by Imran Khan following his election victory as the country's prime minister in July 2018. Topics include Khan's pledge to tackle Pakistan's distressed economic condition as he ascends to the premiership, the impact of the country's relationship with two financial powers China and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Khan's task to rescue its economy, and a brief information on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The article discusses the rise of the Islamic fundamentalist organization the Taliban supreme commander Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour and the strengthening of his stature following the Taliban's capture of Kunduz, Afghanistan, in Autumn 2015. According to the article, Mullah Mansour kept the 2013 death of his predecessor, Mullah Muhammad Omar, a secret, benefited from an alliance with the Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, and his organization of the insurgency against the U.S.-led military coalition during the Afghan War. It also discusses his relationship with Pakistan.

The article reports on the victory of a former cricket star Imran Khan, who had won the parliamentary seats in the National Assembly in Lahore, Pakistan.

The article focuses on the former cricket player Imran Khan who transformed his personality after entering politics in Pakistan.

The article discusses the national election in Pakistan, within the context of the Pakistani military operations against the political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (M.Q.M.). Topics, including the ethnic groups in Pakistan, the police's killing of Pashtun shopkeeper Naqeebullah Mehsud and the development of a Pashtun civil rights movement known as P.T.M., are discussed.

The article reports on the security officials who raided the business of Rana Iqbal Siraj, a candidate for the legislature in the province of Punjab, India.

An editorial is presented on the political and economic condition in Punjab, Pakistan wherein people are living in grueling poverty that rely on agriculture and work as laborers.

The article discusses the selection of Nasir ul-Mulk as Pakistan's caretaker prime minister within the context of general elections to be held in July 2018, including in regard to civilian-military tensions and former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's relationship with opposition politician Imran Khan.

The article discusses the implementation of a constitutional amendment which provide equal rights to people living in tribal regions as well as to end the legacy of British colonial law in Pakistan.

The article reports that the Pakistani politician Imran Khan have been in light of his warming ties with the military, which controls the power in Pakistan hwerein Khan believes on the democratic government rules from moral authority.

The article reports that Pakistan government has deployed army troops in Islamabad on November 26, 2017 regarding to help to restore law and mentions the views of nation's law minister, Zahid Hamid, on the same.

The article reports that Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who one of most wanted militant in South Asia and has lived in the open in Pakistan despite having a $10 million American bounty on hishead. Milli Muslim League political party which is started by Jamaat-ud-Dawa and is headed by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has announced is using the posters of Saeed for campaigning.

The article reports that the interim prime minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who was formerly the petroleum and a longtimepolitician, airline owner and skydiving buff has vowed to fixwhat he described as political abnormalities between the executive andjudicial and military branches. He has mentioned that he is not a bench warmer and would be proactive in resolving issues.

The article states that U.S. development expert Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto were killed by a U.S. drone strike during a January 2015 attack against a compound operated by the Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda in Pakistan. According to the article, Weinstein and Lo Porto were hostages in the compound. The article states that U.S. president Barack Obama took responsibility for the deaths of the hostages, but that Weinstein's family expressed disillusionment at U.S. and Pakistani approaches to Weinstein's capture and imprisonment.

The article discusses the potential impact of a massacre of students at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan by the Taliban Islamic extremist organization, highlighting Pakistan's history of political violence and culture wars. Topics addressed include the massacre's role in galvanizing public opinion against the Taliban in Pakistan, Pakistan's policies on terrorism, and protests at the Red Mosque Islamist seminary.

The article discusses the Pakistani Taliban Islamic extremist organization's planning of a terrorist attack at Pakistan's Karachi international airport that took place on June 8, 2014. Topics addressed include the attack's implications in terms of the scale and capabilities of the Taliban's operations in Pakistan, the participation of Uzbek militants in Taliban attacks, and details of the shooting at the airport. The Pakistani government's response is noted.

The article discusses a potential decline in political influence of exiled Pakistani politician Altaf Hussain in the city of Karachi, Pakistan as of September 12, 2013. Topics addressed include Hussain's role as a leader of the Pakistani Muttahida Qaumi political party, criticisms of the party's tactics, and the effects of a British murder investigation on Hussain.

The article describes the gang activities of Pakistani Taliban militants in Karachi, Pakistan, such as police killings, extortion, and shootings of public health workers. The history of political and gang violence in Karachi is discussed, as well as the Awami National Party political group, the 2009 military operation in the Swat Valley in Pakistan, and the Manghopir neighborhood in Karachi.

The article reports on posters across Pakistan that urge Pakistani Army General Raheel Sharif to take control of the government in a military coup.

The article reports on the growing fears of potential violence and escalating unrest in Pakistan, following the execution of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri who assassinated Governor Salmaan Taseer.

The article focuses on an increase in Islamist politicians in Pakistan, including Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman, that have come into prominence in the country and are attempting to control religious extremism and keep peace in the country following the assassination of the country's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The impact the politicians could have on politics in the country following the country's next national election is discussed.

The article discusses the assassination of Pakistani politician and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, noting that official government accounts of her demise were not supported by the doctors who treated her. The hospital where she died released a statement indicating that she had died of a bullet wound and that an autopsy was not permitted.