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://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12022455-1707836034.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Members of the polling staff set up a polling station in a school building for the February 8 parliamentary elections, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, February 7, 2024 [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP24038500513569-1707357514.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Pakistan is set to hold its general election on February 8. [Shahzaib Akber/EPA]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/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://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/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://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/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://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/000_1WB0GY.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Nawaz Sharif is the only viable option for Pakistan
With no alternative vision for governance and two insurgencies, Pakistanis must support Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
![Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [REUTERS]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5773561473d54655bc0e2be572e3a8ec_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
India and Pakistan must compromise over Kashmir
History has shown the neighbours can agree on trade and visas. Demilitarisation and self-government are also achievable.
Modi’s 100 days: Biding his time, circling the wagons
Taken together, the Indian prime minister’s first 100 days in office have seen both fair portents an
![Distinct approach in the Modi government's attitude towards economy, politics, society and foreign policy [AP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/20149210421980734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Has democracy failed?
Even if PM Nawaz Sharif survives the current crisis, his government will be permanently weakened.
![Imran Khan's 'freedom march' entered Pakistan's capital on April 15 [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014828161830461734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Tension on Independence Day
Tensions rise in Pakistan, as the country braces for protests.
![Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, led an anti-government march to Islamabad [Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014814143013291734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Pakistan election: Is Imran Khan’s party on the rise?
Former cricket star’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is frontrunner in upcoming vote after ex-PM Nawaz Sharif was imprisoned for corruption.
Published On 22 Jul 2018
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
Ahsan Iqbal: Pakistan not friends with ‘terror’ groups
Al Jazeera talks to Pakistan’s interior minister about Donald Trump’s claim that the country harbours ‘terrorists’.
Published On 11 Nov 2017
From: Inside Story
No more ‘good Taliban’?
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says there is now no difference between “good and bad Taliban”.
Published On 17 Dec 2014
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Who is behind the unrest?
Anti-government protests turn violent in Islamabad.
Published On 31 Aug 2014
