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Foreign relations. Pakistan portal. v. t. e. General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, [3] were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The Election Commission of Pakistan announced the detailed schedule on 15 December 2023.
Indirect Presidential elections were held in Pakistan on 9 March 2024 to select the 14th President of Pakistan, who is the country's head of state. Asif Ali Zardari of the PPP was elected as President, defeating Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the PTI-backed alliance [2] Outgoing President Arif Alvi was eligible for re-election but did not contest for a second term.
In the run up to the 2024 Pakistani general election, various organisations have been carrying out opinion polling to gauge voting intention throughout Pakistan and the approval rating of the civilian Pakistani government, first led by Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf until 10 April 2022 and then by Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (N), with the latter government being supported by ...
Two of Pakistan’s dynastic political parties have formally announced the formation of a coalition government, ... Punjab, on February 6, 2024. - Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images.
8 August – Arshad Nadeem clinches Pakistan's first Olympic track and field medal after winning gold at the men's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [ 100 ] 9 August – Three soldiers and four militants are killed in attacks on three army outposts in the Tirah Valley , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that are claimed by the Gul Bahadur ...
In April 2024, Lieutenant General Ayman Bilal Safdar, the Commander of Mangla Corps, was made to resign after he accused the Army for election rigging during a Corps Commander Conference held on March 5, 2024. According to reports, he was previously considered a candidate for the position of COAS after the retirement of Asim Munir.
Pakistan has experienced an economic crisis as part of the 2022 political unrest. It has caused severe economic challenges for months due to which food, gas and oil prices have risen. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused fuel prices to rise worldwide. Excessive external borrowings by the country over the years raised the spectre of ...
The 2022–2023 Pakistan political unrest was a series of political crises after the ousting of former prime minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion in April 2022. [15] The crises began in 2022 when the opposition joined hands and submitted a no-confidence motion against Imran Khan's government in the National Assembly .