ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formed a new political party named Public Pakistan after parting ways with the ruling PML-N due to the differences with the party’s way of politics. Abbasi, who served as the prime minister from August 2017 to May 2018, was joined by former finance minister Miftah…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said that he does not keep grudges referring to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan‘s past comment of dragging “Nawaz Sharif in streets”. He further criticised the policies of the PTI leader for the ongoing economic crisis in Pakistan, Dawn reported.“He (Imran) had once…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party has said it was not consulted by the ruling PML-N-led government on the upcoming federal budget despite being a coalition partner, according to a media report on Sunday. The Pakistan government will likely present the budget for the financial year 2024-25 on June 12.The government, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif resigned from his position as President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as reported by ARY News, citing sources. He has submitted his resignation to Nawaz Sharifthe PML-N supremo. Following this development, the PML-N has scheduled a general council meeting in Lahore on May 28 to elect a new…
Pakistan‘s former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is likely to make a comeback for another stint as his PPP and PML-N were close to finalising a power- sharing deal. If the insiders are to be believed, Bilawal would join the cabinet of PM Shehbaz Sharif as foreign minister, the Express Tribune newspaper reported on Sunday. Citing…
ISLAMABAD: Former PM and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Yusuf Raza Gilani has been elected as chairman of the senate, the upper house of parliament, on Tuesday after Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) boycotted the elections for the top position.Gilani’s ascend to the coveted position was expected after his party signed a power-sharing deal with…
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council have jointly nominated his party leader Omar Ayub Khan as the leader of the opposition in Pakistan’s National Assembly. The PTI-SIC formalised the nomination by submitting his documents to the office of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Saturday, the Dawn…
NEW DELHI: The parliamentary party of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Wednesday formally nominated Shehbaz Sharif for Prime Minister of the coalition Government.Shehbaz,72, had earlier led coalition government for 16 months till August 2023 before the caretaker government took over following the announcement of general elections.Chaired by the party supremo and Shehbaz Sharif’s elder brother…
NEW DELHI: Terming the 2018 general elections as a “dark chapter” in Pakistan’s history, former premier Nawaz Sharif‘s party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on Tuesday expressed concerns regarding the electoral history of Pakistan. “In 2018, Nawaz Sharif was behind bars, he was not allowed to participate in the election. Was it fair back then?…
ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif is set to begin a second term as Pakistan‘s prime minister in coming days, returning to the role he had until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of last week’s elections. Sharif, 72, was named by his party and coalition allies to head the nuclear-armed nation despite his elder brother and three-time…
