Pakistan

Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, blames one of his political rivals for the murder of PTI vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain.

Nawaz Sharif is on the verge of forming a new government after Pakistan's historic elections. He has said he will improve relations with India to address "mutual fears".

Fourteen years after being toppled by a military coup, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif claims a triumphant comeback based on early elections results.

Polls close in Pakistan on an election day that saw at least 11 killed in an attack at ANP party offices in Karachi and complaints from the city voters of irregularities and intimidation.

Pakistan's general election on Saturday is meant to mark the first time a democratically elected government in the country has been succeeded by another. But it is a transition beset by violence.

Pakistan's elections on 11 May are a huge landmark, marking a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a country with a deep desire for change, writes Anwar Akhtar. Prepare for the tightest race in years.

Pakistan's leading state prosecutor investigating cases including the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been shot dead in Islamabad.

A Pakistan court remands former president Pervez Musharraf in custody for two weeks as judges step up plans to put him on trial over claims of an illegal crackdown on the judiciary when in power.

The former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is taken into police custody in Islamabad after fleeing a court which had ordered his detention.

by Lindsey Hilsum

Former president Pervez Musharraf flees a court in Pakistan after it ordered his arrest for detaining senior judges when he imposed emergency rule in 2007.