Pakistan general elections 2018 News

PM Modi expressed a strong desire for India and Pakistan to work together towards lasting peace.

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released the seat tally in the 2018 Pakistan elections.

Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, came under the scanner of the Election Commission of Pakistan for not maintaining the secrecy and casting his vote in full view of the media and cameras.

More than 20 popular eateries were offering meal deals and citizens will only have to show their "inky thumb".

Khan had said that whoever goes to receive the Sharifs at the airport "must be a donkey".

Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, who is giving a tough fight to ousted and convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), fears that the Pakistan general elections on July 25 may be rigged as it was allegedly in 2013. Imran Khan urged people to come out and vote in large numbers in the spirit of transparent elections, according to a Dawn report.

This year's election are being described as one of the most controversial in the recent history of Pakistan as the people believe that the time of Sharif's conviction suited the rival PTI which used it to bolster chances in the polls by blaming him for corruption.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the final list of candidates, according to which, 3,459 candidates will contest on 272 general seats of the National Assembly, while 8,396 are running for 577 general seats of the four provincial assemblies.

Bilawal is contesting from two assembly seats namely Karachi`s Lyari and Larkana while Imran has filed his nomination from NA-243 in Karachi East district.

JuD launched its political front Milli Muslim League, but has not been yet registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Noor Jehan will reportedly be running for a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat as an independent candidate.