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New Delhi: 73-year-old veteran politician and  Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was appointed the country's deputy prime minister on Sunday. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division, the appointment was made by Prime Minister Sharif "with immediate effect and until further orders". The announcement comes at a time when both ...

In what was effectively a one-word post on X, PM Narendra Modi said "congratulations" to Shehbaz Sharif on taking over as Pakistan PM. PM Modi's curt message was in stark contrast to his congratulatory post in 2022, when Shehbaz had taken oath as PM for the first time, in ...

From visuals claiming to show recent elections in Pakistan to old posts being linked to the ongoing farmers' protest, take our quiz to find out how much misinformation you fell for this week.(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us ...

For now, the new Shehbaz Sharif government in Islamabad will have to address an urgent fiscal exigency. Source link

LAHORE: The surprise nomination of Shehbaz Sharif as Pakistan's next prime minister is being seen here as a likely end of his elder brother Nawaz Sharif's political career after he failed to secure the coveted post for a record fourth time. Shehbaz Sharif, 72, is expected to become prime ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s key political players have not finalised the name of the country’s new prime minister even as consultations between them have been on for four days following the controversial national and provincial elections, considered the most rigged in Pakistan’s history.The names of former three-time PM Nawaz Sharif (74), ...

A set of screenshots, which purportedly show X (formerly Twitter) posts by former Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and caretaker PM Anwaar Ul Haq Kakar, is being shared on social media.What is in the screenshots?: Screenshots of both posts condole the demise of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, while calling ...

Under Pakistani law, a convicted person cannot run for any public office for a period defined by the election commission. Source link

More than 200 supporters of Imran Khan, including those who resisted the former prime minister’s arrest in a corruption case, have been arrested across Pakistan’s Punjab province, police announced on Tuesday. Khan, 70, was arrested from his Zaman Park residence on Saturday shortly after an Islamabad trial court found ...

Islamabad: With Imran Khan's sentencing and quick arrest on Saturday in a corruption case, Pakistan has maintained its notoriety for jailing former prime ministers while shying away from taking any action against military dictators who repeatedly violated the Constitution. Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was ...