ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif won enough seats in Saturday's parliamentary election that he won't need to form a coalition with other major parties to push through badly needed reforms, final figures showed on Thursday.Full story
HONG KONG (Reuters) - After 18 years as a banker at firms such as Citigroup and Nomura, Shaheryar Chishty took a different direction in late 2011, starting an investment firm that, among other things, helped guide Chinese and South Korean money into Pakistan. Full story
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is claiming victory already in Pakistan’s general election — 14 years after he was toppled in a military coup, jailed and then exiled. This will be his third chance leading the country. NBC’s Waj Khan reports.
Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), points as he speaks to foreign reporters at his residence in Lahore May 13, 2013. Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and
Nawaz Sharif, incoming prime minister and leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), talks to journalists after visiting Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf , outside the Shaukat Khanum hospital in Lahore May
A man distributes sweets to supporters of the party of former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif as they stand in front of one his homes in Lahore on May 12, 2013. Pakistani election winner Nawaz Sharif was in talks Sunday to form a new government, with fixing the shattered economy and tackling Islamist
Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), gestures as he speaks to foreign reporters at his residence in Lahore May 13, 2013. Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India a
