Earlier in the week, the US State Department expressed reservations about challenges to freedom of expression during the ongoing electoral process
Overall, fewer than 100 prisoners of Adiala Jail were able to vote, constituting only about one per cent of the prison's 7,000 inmates
With former prime minister Imran Khan in jail, Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the elections
Violence has been at its peak in Balochistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, in the lead-up to the February 8 general elections in Pakistan
Pakistan Elections 2024: The country is set to go for polling to elect its 16th National Assembly on February 8. This comes at a time when it is facing several issues
Any large-scale gathering of Khan's supporters near booths could raise tensions because of what they call a military-backed crackdown on him and his party that has restricted campaigning
Pakistan will hold its general elections on February 8
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) concluded setting up the Election Management System (EMS) and election monitoring on Monday
Khan, 71, and Qureshi, 67, are being kept separately as high-profile prisoners - in their capacity as a former prime minister and foreign minister
The announcement comes days after a special court, established under the Official Secrets Act, awarded Qureshi 10 years imprisonment in the high-profile cypher case along with Khan
Bibi's first husband, Khawar Maneka, had filed the case, alleging that she violated the Islamic practice of observing the mandatory pause or Iddat between two marriages
A Pakistan court is expected to announce on Saturday its verdict in a case challenging the 'un-Islamic' marriage of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to his third wife, Bushra Bibi
The party has fielded independent candidates for the next week's elections
In his plea, Khan urged the apex court to declare him eligible to contest the elections from the two constituencies, Geo News reported
It comes just a day after Khan and his foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the breach of state secrets
Cipher case: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, former foreign minister, was also sentenced along with Khan
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The apex court also allowed other PTI leaders, Umar Aslam, Tahir Sadiq, Sanam Javed, and Shaukat Basra to contest the upcoming general elections
It urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to delay polls to a date acceptable for all the relevant stakeholders, and that would also help remove hurdles in the way of free and fair elections
Before the court proceedings began, about two dozen PTI workers and candidates of different constituencies complained to 71-year-old Khan about being denied party tickets