On Thursday, for the first time since undergoing open-heart surgery in London earlier this year, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Islamabad. His daughter, Maryam Nawaz tweeted photos of the premier sitting on a plane, saying: “Prime minister at work during the flight to Islamabad. Just arrived.” After having gone through surgery on May 31st, […]
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A PM House spokesman confirmed on Monday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s return to Islamabad has been delayed as a result of fever and infection. Sharif, who is presently in Lahore “was due to travel to Islamabad tomorrow (Tuesday) morning but due to an infection in one of his leg incisions, he is suffering from […]
Pakistan People Party (PPP) spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said in a statement that Parvaiz Musharraf resigned from the fear of impeachment and the claim of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani about a deal is baseless. Gilani had asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to provide safe passage to former President of Pakistan Retd General Parvaiz […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced on Thursday July 10, 2014 26 kilometre long rapid transport service “Green Line” to provide transportation services to the residents of Karachi. Nawaz Sharif, visiting Karachi to discuss the law and order situation, assured full support to the Sindh provincial government for operation against criminals. Chairing a high level […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan is committed to peaceful use of nuclear energy and does not want an arms race in South Asia. Addressing UN Disarmament Conference in New York‚ he said the international community should do away with discriminatory nuclear policy as it has harmed the world peace. The Prime Minister said […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for a renewed and strengthened global partnership that should be beyond official development assistance and be based on market access, transfer of new technologies, climate finance and domestic resource mobilization. In his statement to the High Level Event on reviewing the progress made in the implementation of the Millennium […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for New York on Sunday to represent his country’s delegation at the UN General Assembly session, officials said. The Foreign Ministry says the Prime Minister will address the UN General Assembly on September 27 and will highlight Pakistan’s point of view on various regional and international issues besides domestic priorities. […]
The Federal Cabinet on Friday approved establishment of special courts for speedy trial of terror suspects and to give more powers to the security forces to keep suspects for three months for interrogation, officials said. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif presided over the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad and approved certain counter terrorism measures as […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will visit New York on September 23rd to attend the UN General Assembly session, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Foreign Office spokesman, Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, told the media in Islamabad that during his weeklong stay in the United States‚ he will address the UN General Assembly on September 27 in […]
The 9/11 attacks that resulted into the so-called U.S.-led war on terror have brought miseries and huge economic losses to Pakistan. Bomb attacks have killed thousands, mostly civilians, across Pakistan since Pakistan has become part of the US coalition. Casualties in Pakistan are more than the U.S. and any other country. The sacrifices of Pakistanis […]
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Pakistani government to ensure that there is a full investigation into the abduction and beating of a journalist for The Friday Times. Ali Chishti, who writes on national security and counter-terrorism, told CPJ and local news outlets that he was abducted and beaten on Friday, August […]
The National Command Authority at its meeting in Islamabad Thursday reaffirmed that Pakistan’s nuclear assets are completely safe. The meeting‚ was presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, at a time when Washington Post reported the US has allocated billions of dollars to spy on Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. Director General of Strategic Planning Division Khalid […]