Maryam Nawaz taken to Services Hospital to see ailing father Nawaz Sharif
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Nawaz Sharif moved to jail in Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted on Tuesday from a prison in Rawalpindi to the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, where he will serve the seven-year prison sentence handed to him for corruption a day earlier. Fazeel Asghar, Home Secretary of Punjab province, told Geo News that[Read More…]
Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced 7-year imprisonment in corruption case
An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to seven years jail term in Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case, while acquitting him in the Flagship Investment reference. In a short verdict announced today, the court said there was concrete evidence against the former premier in the Al-Azizia reference, and[Read More…]
Why no investigation of CM Raman Singh’s son in Panama Papers, asks Rahul Gandhi in Raipur
Chhattisgarh assembly election is due for December 2018 and the political corridors in the state are becoming active now. Pulling up his socks, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has reached Chhattisgarh for election campaigns. Attacking BJP over its failure in dealing with corruption, Gandhi says former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz[Read More…]
Pakistan General Election: An upright conduct or a rigged play?
One of the most crucial aspects of democracy is the ‘responsible citizenship’; the responsibility for the betterment of a nation upon a common man is what distinguishes democracy from colonialism at the core. The essence of a democratic rule lies in the question, ‘what is your idea of a glorious,[Read More…]
Pakistan’s turmoil: Nawaz in jail while 130 killed in poll meeting
Just hours before the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a deadliest suicide bomber claimed at least 133 lives, including a top nationalist leader, amid a poll meeting in Baluchistan on Friday. Candidate Siraj Raisani, a politician running for provincial legislature, died along with more than 125 civilians when[Read More…]
Avenfield Verdict: “Returning To Pakistan,” says Nawaz Sharif after being sentenced to 10 rears’ jail
Sentenced to 10 years in jail for corruption, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif said this evening that he is not a thief and that he will return to Pakistan soon. “I will continue my struggle from jail. This is a part of the struggle,” Mr Sharif told reporters in[Read More…]
Avenfield corruption case: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail
In a corruption case involving the purchase of four luxury apartments in London, an anti-graft court in Pakistan sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in jail and fine with £8 million, while his daughter Maryam Sharif has been sentenced seven years of jail punishment and fined[Read More…]
Nawaz Sharif names brother as PM candidate for 2018 election
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif has nominated his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the candidate for the Prime Minister’s office in the next parliamentary elections. Sharif announced the decision after a Wednesday night meeting of PML-N leaders at his residence. Pakistani media quoted party leaders present[Read More…]
PM Modi talks of ending corruption but is silent on Panama Papers: Congress leader Pawan Khera
The Congress on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of ending corruption during his ‘Mann ki Baat‘ programmes but has remained silent on the Panama Paper leaks. Congress leader, Pawan Khera, asked the PM what action had been taken against Chhattisgarh chief minister, Raman Singh over the Panama[Read More…]
Following Sharif’s ouster, Pakistan will elect new Prime Minister on Tuesday
Replacing ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s parliament will elect his successor on Tuesday. Pakistan SC on Friday disqualified Sharif for being dishonest and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal. This made him quit office as the PM. President Mamnoon[Read More…]
Panama Papers case: Rahul Gandhi demands Raman Singh to quit like Nawaz Sharif
Accusing Chhattisgarh chief minister, Raman Singh over the Panama Papers issue, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded the resignation of Raman Singh. The Congress vice president alleged, “Sharif resigned after his and his family’s name figured in the Panama Papers scandal but chief minister Raman Singh’s family is also facing allegations in[Read More…]
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi made interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
Pakistan Muslim League (PM-L) senior leader and former petroleum minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will run the PML-N government as interim prime minister of Pakistan until Nawaz Sharif’s brother Shahbaz is elected as member of parliament, Pakistan media reported. “Abbasi would serve as the chief executive of Pakistan for 45 days.[Read More…]
Who could be the next Pak PM? These are the contenders!
After Nawaz Sharif quit office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, speculations are on to as to who will be his successor. “He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so he has ceased to be holding the office of Prime Minister,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the courtroom[Read More…]
Panama Papers hearing: Nawaz Sharif quits as Pakistan Prime Minister
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday ruled out that Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, who was named in the Panama Papers investigation, has been disqualified from holding office. He quit the office as the prime minister of the country. The apex court has also ordered a case against the prime minister[Read More…]
PM Modi meets Pak PM Nawaz Sharif ahead of SCO summit
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Astana ahead of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. Sources said the two leaders exchanged pleasantries at the function, but no bilateral meeting was expected. “Since it was the first occasion when the two leaders came across each[Read More…]
Trump pleased to meet Nawaz Sharif
In his first overseas visit as the President of the United States, Donald Trump had a brief encounter with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday. He said that he was pleased to meet him. The interaction happened before the Arab-Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Centre in[Read More…]
Kulbushan Jadhav row: Nawaz Sharif meets Pakistan Army chief after stay on hanging
On Wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa held a meeting after International Court of Justice stayed the hanging of Indian “spy” Kulbushan Jadhav. This was their second meeting in the same week and is significant considering the light of prevailing tension in the[Read More…]
PM Modi wishes Nawaz Sharif on birthday
Despite the severe chill in bilateral relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted his Pakistani counter part Nawaz Sharif on his birthday. “Birthday wishes to Pakistan PM Mr. Nawaz Sharif. I pray for his long and healthy life,” Modi tweeted. Sharif turned 67 on Sunday. Birthday wishes to Pakistan[Read More…]
Nawaz, Raheel witness military exercises near India border
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday witnessed ongoing military exercises near the border with India. The exercise, in Khairpur Tamiwali in Bhawalpur, Punjab province, is aimed at checking the operational preparedness of the Pakistani military. Tanks, planes, artillery and other heavy weapons will[Read More…]
Pakistan can’t be bullied, capable of defending itself: Sharif
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan cannot be bullied by Indian “tactics” and its restraint should not be “misunderstood” as weakness, warning that his country was fully capable of defending against “any belligerence”. His remarks came a day after the Pakistan Army admitted that seven of its soldiers[Read More…]
Sharif is pushing Modi’s agenda in Pakistan, alleges Imran Khan
Imran Khan on Sunday accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of pursuing his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s interests in Pakistan as the government cracked down on the cricketer-turned-politician’s supporters with police arresting over 100 of them. “When Nawaz Sharif went to London for whatever kind of surgery, he on the hospital[Read More…]
Stop pushing terrorism in J&K: PoK parties to Nawaz Sharif
In a memorandum to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, London-based representatives of political parties in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have urged the Pakistani government to reconsider policies on Kashmir and stop the export of extremism, terrorism. “(We) Note with regret that despite our suffering and great human and economic loss[Read More…]
Country is run like a monocracy, says chief justice of Pakistan
In a scathing attack on the Nawaz Sharif government, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali said the country was being run like a “monocracy” in the name of democracy, the Dawn reported on Friday. “This court has repeatedly been saying that monocracy exists in this country in the name[Read More…]
Struggle of Kashmiris can’t be terrorism: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif today said India will be “mistaken” if it equates the “freedom struggle” of Kashmiris with terrorism. Sharif added that Kashmiris were fighting for their right of self-determination and Pakistan would continue to support them. “No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom[Read More…]