Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is on a five-day visit to China, his country’s biggest and most important ally. The second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be formally announced during the visit. The $62-billion CPEC, which was launched in 2015, is part of President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative …
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday responded to former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif’s contention that Islamabad violated the Lahore Declaration of 1999, saying that a “perspective based on reality” is emerging on the Pakistani side. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was re-elected president of Pakistan’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party in 2017, when he was forced …
DAYS AFTER former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted that Islamabad had “violated” the Lahore pact, India on Thursday said an “objective view” was emerging on the issue in Pakistan. On Tuesday, Sharif, who has been elected as the PML(N) chief again, said Pakistan had “violated” the 1999 Lahore Declaration with India, which was signed …
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has admitted that Pakistan violated the Lahore agreement that he and Atal Bihari Vajpayee signed in 1999, and indirectly referred to the Kargil misadventure by General Pervez Musharraf as his country’s “fault”. In a meeting with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) general council, Sharif admitted, “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan …
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As Pakistan continues to grapple with a major economic crisis, Kissan Ittehad Pakistan announced that thousands of farmers will take part in a nationwide demonstration against the ongoing wheat crisis. The protests are scheduled to take place on May 10 and will start from Multan. Now the reason behind this protest is the fact that …
Scores of attendees were seen shouting slogans against Punjab Chief Minister and ruling Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Maryam Nawaz, and in support of jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, as she attended an event at Aitchison College in Lahore. CNN-News18 has exclusively accessed the video footage. ALSO READ | ‘Qaidi Number 804…’: Imran …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who’s expected to form the government, entered the lower house …
Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N won 75 seats while Bilawal Bhutto’s PPP came third with 54 seats in Pakistan polls. Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have finally reached an agreement to form a new coalition government after days of intense negotiations, senior party leaders have announced. In a joint news conference late …
A file photo of Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Chief Organizer of the Pakistan Muslim League (N). | Photo Credit: PTI Nawaz Sharif sacrificed his ambition to become Pakistan’s prime minister for a record fourth term and nominated his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif for the plum post as the powerful Army gave him two options either …
The choice of Shehbaz as PM face comes as a surprise, as his older brother Nawaz Sharif was widely expected to take the top post. Shehbaz’s elevation has caused some disquiet within the PML-N, and even set off speculations that Nawaz’s political career might be over, something his daughter Maryam was quick to quash. What …