Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan court frees ex-PM Sharif for medical treatment

Nawaz Sharif, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been rushed to hospital from the prison after recent blood tests raised doctors' concerns.

Pakistan opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif arrested in graft case

His brother, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was sentenced earlier this year to 10 years in prison after the Supreme Court removed him from power.

Pakistan's newly elected parliament meets for first time

Members of the new assembly sworn in and plan to elect the speaker and deputy speaker of the house. Imran Khan, former cricket star and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, says it enjoys the backing of 180 lawmakers in the 342-seat assembly.

Khan to be Pakistan's next PM as ex-leader's party admits defeat

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the party of the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, had rejected the incomplete results, but by Friday conceded defeat to Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.

Pakistan's Imran Khan awaits final poll tally to begin coalition building

After a slow count, Pakistan election officials say Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won 109 of the 269 seats in the National Assembly. Shahbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League won 63 seats.

Pakistan votes, Pakistan wins

Pakistan is a flawed democracy, but its shortcomings should not lead to a dismissal of the country as a 'failed state' or an intrinsically undemocratic one. Pakistanis are demonstrating that the arc of Pakistan's politics, bends towards democracy.

Shehbaz Sharif, from under the shadow of Nawaz

After the ouster of Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif from office, meet the new man leading the party that has governed the country for three rocky tenures.

Deja vu in Pakistan: Cricket, India, the Generals and the Sharifs

In Pakistan, the centres of power haven't shifted much despite the political upheaval leading up to this year's elections. Can elections challenge the status quo?

Ousted Pakistani premier Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison

Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam, widely seen as his political heir, gets a seven-year term for her involvement in the corruption case that centred around the purchase of luxury flats in London.

Anger in Pakistan widens after eight-year-old girl's death

Protests continue in several cities against the rape and killing of a minor girl, with local media reporting the possibility of a serial killer behind a series of cases against minors since last year.