ISLAMABAD — Pakistan banned a hard-line Islamist party on Thursday, more than a week after heated clashes with police that left at least five people dead. The ban follows a march by the party, Tehreek ...

ISLAMABAD — After compromised elections last week, a former prime minister of Pakistan is likely to resume the premiership, his party announced. Shehbaz Sharif will lead a coalition of junior parties ...

The party of the jailed former prime minister of Pakistan won the most seats in Pakistan’s parliamentary elections this week in a resounding rebuke by the country’s military leaders. The Pakistan ...

The move underscores the country’s struggle to contain religious extremism without provoking influential clerics who can summon thousands of supporters to the streets. By Salman Masood Reporting from ...

The ban follows a march by the party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), earlier this month from the eastern city of Lahore to the capital city, Islamabad. It escalated into a vicious street battle ...