Asif Ali Zardari

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan's powerful military and is viewed by many...

BEIJING (Reuters) - New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in Switzerland and Germany, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. Li,...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s overwhelming victory in parliamentary elections this weekend returns to power a seasoned politician who historically has had rocky ties with Pakistan’s powerful military and is...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistanis went to the polls Saturday to elect a new parliament amid continued violence marring the historic event, as militants detonated a bomb outside a liberal, anti-Taliban party’s campaign office in the southern port...

Por Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD, 10 mayo (Reuters) - El partido de la ex estrella del cricket pakistaní Imran Khan conseguía más apoyo el viernes, en la víspera de unas históricas elecciones generales, lo que eleva la posibilidad de obtener un...

* Khan makes last-minute gains * Tough negotiations over government expected * Sharif remains front-runner By Michael Georgy ISLAMABAD, May 10 (Reuters) - Former Pakistan cricket star Imran Khan's party was enjoying a late surge of support on Friday,...

CHINIOT, Pakistan — Even from his hospital bed, with a gash in his head and three broken vertebrae from a 15-foot fall, Imran Khan stumped for votes. "I have done whatever I could do," Khan told the nation as a Pakistani television crew...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Gunmen on Thursday abducted provincial assembly candidate Ali Haider Gilani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, at a campaign gathering in the southern city of Multan -- a dramatic escalation of the wave of...

By Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD, May 9 (Reuters) - Whoever wins Pakistan's elections has a fight on their hands - not just against the Taliban, but negotiating with international backers to provide a multi-billion-dollar bailout for a country that has...