Tag: Sharifs

Islamabad, Pakistan — It was a brief, formal exchange. On March 5, two days after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s 24th prime minister, his Indian counterpart posted a 13-word message on social media platform X. “Congratulations to @CMShehbaz on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan,” the Indian premier wrote. ...

Both sons of three-time Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif have approached the accountability court, seeking the suspension of their arrest warrants in three corruption references related to the Panama Papers, enabling them to surrender before the court on March 12, Dawn reported.Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz, through their counsel ...

Sharif would be well advised to focus on tackling the challenges facing his country instead of raking up the Kashmir issue Published Date - 5 March 2024, 11:45 PM File Photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. As if the multiplicity of domestic crises on ...

New Delhi: In a surprising turn of events, Bilawal Bhutto, the chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has given up his ambition to become the prime minister of Pakistan and instead secured the president’s post for his father, Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of PPP. Bilawal ...

Pakistan’s two main family-controlled parties agreed to form a government, a move that breaks an almost two-week deadlock and likely keeps jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party out of power even though it won the most seats in the country’s contentious election.Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party will join ...

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-(PTI) backed independent candidate Shahzada Gustasap Khan won the NA-15 Mansehra seat with 105,249 votes. Updated On - 15 February 2024, 08:19 PM File Photo Islamabad: Pakistan‘s election commission on Thursday dismissed a plea by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to stop the ...

In Pakistan poll outcome, key question for India: Whom does New Delhi talk to with no civilian political power centre? Jailed Imran Khan scored a century without a bat, as independent candidates backed by his party, the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf), won most seats in Pakistan’s parliament, the National Assembly. Of the ...

Islamabad, Feb 12 (PTI) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led by former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif has pitched the idea of a “participatory coalition government” to rival parties to end the logjam following the split verdict in the February 8 election, according to media reports on Monday. HT ...

New Delhi: As the general elections in Pakistan resulted in no clear majority for any party, the country’s army chief Gen Asim Munir on Saturday supported former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s proposal to form a coalition government with other democratic forces. Sharif, who has the backing of the Pakistan ...

New Delhi: Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, on Friday appealed to other political parties to come together and form a stable coalition government to restore Pakistan, saying all institutions should cooperate to help the country overcome its challenges. Sharif, who served as the premier three times, ...