Pakistan's election tomorrow comes at a time of crisis -- and at a time when the youth vote is energized like never before. The Real News Network takes a look at the forces shaking up the country's political establishment ahead of the country's fi...

Ali Haider Gilani, son of former Pakistani PM Yousouf Raza Gilani, was seized -- and possibly shot -- by unknown gunmen while campaigning for an assembly seat. Violence is escalating ahead of Saturday's election, and the Taliban has threatened mor...

A prosecutor investigating some of Pakistan's most sensitive cases was gunned down as he left his Islamabad home today. Chaudhry Zulfikar was the lead prosecutor in the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and was also inves...

An analyst says while the powerful Pakistani military could protect former president Pervez Musharraf from facing justice they are allowing the democratic process of the high court to prevail. In the background of this a Pakistani ...

Pervez Musharraf's bodyguards bundled him into an SUV and fled to his Islamabad compound yesterday after a court appearance ended with an order for the former president's arrest on treason charges. The former army chief is now under house arrest, ...

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has returned home, ending more than four years of self-imposed exile. The former military ruler will run in next month's general election. Risking arrest and death threats, will Musharraf regain the pol...

Pakistan's parliament is being dissolved ahead of elections. A democratically elected government has completed a five-year term for the first time - a milestone in a country where military-led coups are common.

A general strike closed many stores and banks in the Pakastani city of Karachi today. The strike was held to protest against sectarian violence that is dominating the city, killing more than 2,000 people in the past year.

Pakistan's government has reached a deal with the firebrand cleric who has led days of huge protests in the capital. Tahir ul-Qadri hailed the settlement as a victory, though while it saves face for the anti-corruption campaigner, it does not gran...

As Pakistan's prime minister resists an order for his arrest, foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman meets Tahir ul-Qadri, the cleric who has inspired tens of thousands of people to take to the streets to demand change -- but who is accused...