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Early trends show the NDA, led by AINRC, is set to retain power in Puducherry. Chief Minister N Rangasamy secured the Thattanchavady seat, a key victory. The Congress-DMK alliance struggles, indicating a fragmented opposition. The NDA's organizational strength and voter outreach appear to have secured them another term, promising continuity in governance.

Puducherry's 9.5 lakh voters will elect 294 candidates across 30 Assembly seats on April 9. The ruling NDA faces a challenge from the INDIA bloc and actor Vijay's TVK party. Chief Minister N Rangasamy is contesting from two constituencies as all arrangements are in place for the polls.

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and a Karachi-based party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P), have declared that they will be jointly participating in the upcoming general elections scheduled on February 8. The MQM-P delegation had a meeting with the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif at the party's Model Town secretariat in Lahore, which led to this development.

The PML-N has formally nominated its chief Nawaz Sharif for the office of Prime Minister.

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) proposes participatory coalition government to end logjam in National Assembly. PML-N has 75 seats, PTI-backed Independents have 101 seats. PML-N starts consultations with former allies. Formula suggests PML-N as prime minister, PPP as president and speaker, MQM-P as deputy speaker. PML-N may keep finance ministry, other ministries distributed among allies.

In a significant development for the PML-N party, five newly elected independent members of Pakistan's National Assembly have decided to join the party led by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. This move comes as Sharif aims to form a coalition government following the election that resulted in a hung Parliament. Adding to this momentum, a candidate previously supported by Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party also joined the PML-N.

Shahbaz Sharif was unanimously elected as interim president of Pakistan's ruling PML-N today while his elder brother and ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was made the beleaguered party's 'Quaid' (top leader) for life time.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has prepared a backup plan to ensure that Nawaz Sharif becomes the prime minister for a fourth time, according to a senior party leader. If there are legal hurdles preventing this, the party will remove them if voted back into power. Sharif, who returned to Pakistan from London in October after four years of self-imposed exile, is facing appeals against his conviction in corruption cases. The PML-N remains confident that Sharif will become prime minister again, but the backup plan suggests some uncertainty.

Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has stepped down from his role as President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He has officially submitted his resignation to Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the PML-N. As a result of this development, the PML-N has set a general council gathering in Lahore for May 28 to choose a new president. Initially, the party had intended to convene this meeting on May 11.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) plans to seek bail for Nawaz Sharif before his return to Pakistan to avoid his arrest at Lahore airport. The party's legal team will approach the Lahore High Court (LHC) a week before his arrival. A protective bail application may also be submitted two days before his return. If approved, Nawaz Sharif will not go to prison immediately and will be able to address public gatherings.

The country's anti-graft body - National Accountability Bureau - arrested Nawaz and Maryam in the Evenfield properties case upon their arrival here yesterday and shifted them to Sahala Rest House Rawalpindi after declaring it sub-jail.

Pakistan's main opposition PML-N today asked the government to review its policy on the war against terrorism, saying it is resulting in the killing of innocent people.

Senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met Pak PM Gilani and assured him 'that the PML-N members would continue to support the coalition government'.

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, set to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister, has convened a meeting of parliamentarians and legislators of his party here on May 20 to brainstorm a plan of action to deal with Pakistan's pressing problems including terrorism.

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to regain the leadership of his ruling PML-N party on October 3 under a proposed new law that will allow a disqualified legislator to head a political party.

A leader of the PML-N's women wing was arrested after she attempted self-immolation in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan after being denied a ticket for the May 11 general election, police officials said today.

Pakistan witnessed a violent start to the elections as a PML-N candidate was shot dead in Lahore while a blast hit a polling booth, even before the voting began.

Nawaz Sharif's PML-N spurned Prime Minister Gilani's invitation to rejoin the PPP led Pakistan coalition government, saying "it is in the interest of democracy that we sit in opposition".