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In his augural speech on Sunday, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif chose to rake up the Kashmir issue after being elected PM for the second time as he called for a resolution in the National Assembly for the freedom of the Kashmiri people, equating them with the Palestinians.
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Mirza, a rights activist from the exiled PoK, has drawn parallels between the development plan of Maryam Nawaz , the newly elected Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab.
The elections in Pakistan, for whatever they were worth, are now over. By giving a mixed result, they have created more confusion than was prevalent earlier, and have caused considerable embarrassment to the Army Chief, General Syed Asim Munir.
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif once again hailed India saying neighbouring countries have reached the moon but Pakistan has still ‘not risen’ from the earth.
Coming down heavily against his own country, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that while India has reached the Moon and successfully hosted the G20 summit, his country is "begging money" from the whole world.
PTI Chief and former Pak PM Imran Khan has claimed that the Shehbaz Shairf govt has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years and ban his party.
Pakistan has a lengthy history of imprisoning former prime ministers. So, here are times when former prime ministers of Pakistan were arrested
Addressing a rally in Lahore, Imran Khan threatened the current political dispensation in Islamabad saying he's not like Nawaz Sharif who will run away adding he'll expose the ISI.
PML-N Vice President and former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz issued an apology and deleted a tweet regarding slain journalist Arshad Sharif after the netizens called it "insensitive and shameful".
UK and Pakistan on Wednesday signed an agreement that would enable London to repatriate Pakistani criminals, failed asylum seekers and immigration offenders. The deal, which was finalized by the previous Imran Khan government late last year, however, is not an extradition treaty.
With Pakistan battling severe financial crisis, the Shehbaz Sharif cabinet has decided that the position of Trade Minister in India would be reinstated
Shehbaz Sharif was nominated by the Opposition as the joint candidate for the election of Prime Minister that is scheduled to hold today at 2 PM local time
PM Imran Khan has turned back from the statement he had issued showing concerns towards the Hazara coal miners who were killed in an attack and called them blackmailers.
Opposition parties of Pakistan have mounted pressure on PM Imran Khan govt to resign from their office. Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), which was formed last month by nine major opposition parties is organizing nationwide agitations against the government.
Thousands of opposition supporters of Pakistan rallied in Karachi to oust PM Imran Khan.
Interfering in it's ally's internal matter this time, China on Monday moved up lauding the decision by the Lahore High Court to remove the name of former Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif unconditionally from Exit Control List for four weeks for his medical treatment abroad.
The incoming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government has opted to invite Heads of State on the BIMSTEC alliance for the swearing–in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his first set of Cabinet colleagues, on 30, November. BIMSTEC stands for The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation and includes as its members, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan and of course, India.
After the rejection of bail extension by Pakistan Supreme Court, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has returned to prison to serve his term in a corruption case. The former Prime Minister was granted a six-week bail on medical grounds which ended on Tuesday. Sharif surrendered at the Kot Lakhpat jail, where he was accompanied by a procession of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers led by his daughter.
Distancing himself, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif always used medical reasons to get away with the jail term. But, not this time. Giving a clear indication of ‘enough is enough’, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday rejected a petition by Nawaz Sharif for an extension in the bail granted to him on medical grounds in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference.
Playing the medical cards, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Nawaz Sharif was granted bail for six weeks to receive medical treatment but said he would not be allowed to leave the country. Apparently, Sharif is serving a seven-year sentence imposed last year for failing to disclose the source of income that allowed him to acquire the Al-Azizia Steel Mills in Saudi Arabia.
Providing an interim relief to the ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar, the Islamabad High Court suspended their respective prison sentences in the Avenfield corruption case on Wednesday.
A pro-Pakistani face in Kashmir and separatist Aasiya Andrabi, who is nowadays enjoying a jail in Tihar has confessed to have contacts with a former PM of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, his foreign policy adviser Sartaz Aziz and UN-designated global terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin.
‘‘I have confidence in the ability of our armed forces. The armed forces shall accomplish this task and ensure that no one dares to indulge in this kind of misadventure in future,” said the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in an address to the nation on June 7, 1999. Thus, was put into motion the Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1999, commonly referred to as the Kargil War.
Shattering the hopes of ousted PM Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz of getting bail, a Pakistan court on Tuesday adjourned until last week of July. Notably, Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Capt Safdar were convicted in the Avenfield corruption case.
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested by Pakistani accountability officials on Friday. Notably, Nawaz Sharif was with awarded ten-years imprisonment a case stemming from 2016 Panama Papers revelations that showed they owned the apartments through off-shore companies. While Maryam was convicted and awarded with seven-years imprisonment for concealing ownership of the apartments.
Abu Dhabi, July 13: Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are all set to face ten-years and seven-years imprisonment respectively in the Avenfield corruption case. Notably, the duo of father and daughter is returning today to Pakistan from London to face the punishment in the corruption case. Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam will land at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at 6.15 PM today as they have reached Abu Dhabi. However, before getting arre
Pakistan's accountability court on Friday pronounced former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam, and son-in-law Captain Safdar guilty in the Avenfield corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the Supreme Court's directives in the landmark Panamagate verdict last year which deseated then PM Nawaz.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a startling revelation about the role of Pakistan in the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai that took the lives of 160 people besides damaging property worth crores.
The World Bank on Wednesday denied as "incorrect" media reports in Pakistan that former PM Nawaz Sharif allegedly laundered $4.9 billion to India. This was the massive setback for Pakistani media who were trying to spread false propaganda against India. The denial from World Bank comes a day after Pakistan's top anti-corruption body, National Accountability Bureau ordered a stringent investigation against former PM Nawaj Sharif and others after Pakistani media reported his involvement in laundering $4.9 bil
Pakistan's Supreme Court today ruled that the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified from holding public office for life. In March 2018, the Pakistan’s Apex court had disqualified Sharif as the president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and stated that all the decisions made by him in the position of the party chief stand 'null and void'.
A suicide bomber blew himself near the Lahore residence of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif killing 9 people and injuring 25 others. The teenage suicide bomber reportedly attacked a check-post near the Sharif residence targeting cops.
The Court of Pakistan has issued a bailable arrest warrant against the expelled Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on Thursday in two cases of corruption namely the Flagship Investment reference and the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Hill Metal Establishment references. For Avenfield, the court adjourned the hearing until 3rd November.
