Pakistan election: PTI joins religious parties, PPP backs rival PMLN
Two leading parties announce separate coalition plans to help secure a majority needed after Pakistan’s contested polls.
![PTI has announced it will not enter into any coalition with PMLN, PPP and MQM to form government after the February 8 election. [Sohail Shahzad/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12022455-1707836034.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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![Pakistan is set to hold its general election on February 8. [Shahzaib Akber/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11922882-1704984623.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Supporters of major opposition political parties including Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) gather during an anti-government rally in Karachi [Shahzaib Akber/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/h_56432099.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![The cases against Zardari, left, and Sharif, right, came ahead of their political alliance planning an anti-government rally [File: AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_Del6222381.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Pakistan’s Khan accuses rival Sharif of ‘playing India’s game’
Imran Khan attacks former three-times premier Nawaz Sharif over the latter’s criticism of country’s powerful military.
![Khan was responding to renewed attacks on the government in recent weeks [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_1WB0GY.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Former Pakistani PM Sharif granted medical bail, still in custody
Court grants jailed Sharif bail on medical grounds, as ailing political leader receives treatment for immune disorder.
Pakistan’s jailed ex-PM diagnosed with immune disorder
Sharif, 69, is being treated at a hospital in Lahore, where medical tests suggest he has a low count of blood platelets.
Pakistan opposition holds ‘black day’ protests against PM Khan
A year after 2018 elections, thousands of opposition supporters hold rallies across Pakistan against the government.
Pakistan judge denies ‘blackmail’ in ex-PM Nawaz Sharif case
Anti-corruption judge denies charges he was ‘blackmailed’ into handing former PM seven-year jail term for corruption.
Pakistan ex-PM Sharif granted bail on medical grounds
Sharif is currently serving a 7-year term in a corruption case stemming from the 2016 Panama Papers scandal.
Pakistan court rejects bail for ex-PM Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad High Court denies bail on medical grounds to former prime minister currently admitted in Lahore hospital.
Pakistan: Ex PMs, journalist appear in court on treason charges
Hearings in a treason case against Almeida and two former prime ministers Sharif and Abbasi under way in Lahore.
Pakistan court releases ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter, and son-in-law freed by High Court after anti-corruption court convictions in July.
Jailed former Pakistani PM released for wife’s funeral
Nawaz Sharif, daughter, and son-in-law, temporarily released on parole to attend the funeral of Kulsoom Nawaz.
