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Pakistan

PML-N govt to appoint Mohsin Naqvi federal interior minister: sources

Naqvi is also serving as PCB chief

Published 08 Mar, 2024 04:31pm

Pakistan

Ishaq Dar to be made foreign minister: sources

Former caretaker foreign minister Jalil Abbas Jilani will be adviser to the PM on foreign affairs

Updated 07 Mar, 2024 10:59pm

Pakistan

Army chief calls on PM Shehbaz

Congratulates Shehbaz on taking oath of office

Published 06 Mar, 2024 01:24pm

Pakistan

Narendra Modi congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on becoming prime minister of Pakistan

The PML-N president was sworn in as the 24th PM of Pakistan on Mar 4

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:29pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz announces massive financial aid for Gwadar flood victims

Families of the deceased will get Rs2 million each

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:19pm

Pakistan

Ishaq Dar out of race for new finance minister: sources

HBL CEO Muhammad Aurangzeb expected to become adviser to PM on finance

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 07:30pm

Pakistan

Institutions no longer needed should either be shut down or merged: PM Shehbaz

PM Shehbaz calls for devising plan to shift to smart meters in power, gas sectors

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 12:02am

Business & Economy

Benchmark index of PSX settles near 66,000 as Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as PM

Bulls hail govt formation developments

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 06:39pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz takes oath as prime minister of Pakistan

Oath administered by President Arif Alvi

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 03:44pm

Pakistan

Chinese President Xi felicitates Shehbaz Sharif on becoming prime minister

Says the country will progress under his leadership

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 12:37am

Pakistan

Omar Ayub criticises Shehbaz’s ‘fake mandate’, demands inquiry into May 9

Adds that coalition parties look like they are attending a funeral

Published 03 Mar, 2024 04:05pm

Pakistan

Who did not participate in polling process for prime minister election?

Maulana Fazlur Rehman's JUI-F boycotted the election

Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:54pm

Pakistan

Mistake or freudian slip? Shehbaz calls himself opposition leader

His first speech faced fierce slogans from the opposition

Published 03 Mar, 2024 02:24pm

Pakistan

Profile: Two-time prime minister Shehbaz Sharif

He has served as Punjab's chief minister as well as leader of opposition in NA

Updated 03 Mar, 2024 05:06pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz Sharif elected PM for second term, offers olive branch to opposition

Shehbaz was up against Omar Ayub Khan, opposition parties give rowdy welcome

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 11:21am

Pakistan

Nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif, Omar Ayub for PM slot accepted

Election for prime minister slot to be held on Mar 3

Updated 02 Mar, 2024 06:50pm

Business & Economy

Pakistan’s sovereign dollar bonds rally ahead of election for prime minister

2027 maturity gained the most, rising around 1 cent to trade at 77.3 cents

Published 01 Mar, 2024 05:43pm

Business & Economy

Race for new finance minister heats up ahead of IMF negotiations

Former finance minister Dar in lead among three aspirants

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 04:55pm

Pakistan

Imran began sit-ins despite agreement to work together, Nawaz says

Shehbaz claims PMLN has 104 members in NA

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 08:43pm

Business & Economy

Bulls dominate PSX as PPP, PML-N finalise govt formation deal

Shehbaz Sharif to be joint candidate for prime minister slot

Updated 21 Feb, 2024 06:23pm

Pakistan

PPP and PMLN agree on power sharing formula

Shehbaz to be candidate for PM, Zardari to be candidate for president

Updated 21 Feb, 2024 12:12am

Pakistan

Nawaz was ‘trapped’ by Shehbaz: Elahi

Says PTI's mandate was stolen

Published 14 Feb, 2024 10:23pm

Pakistan

Maryam reacts to Nawaz Sharif’s potential ouster from politics

Sharif was out of the PM race as his brother Shehbaz was nominated for the slot

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:59pm

Pakistan

Fazal hints at sitting in oppostion

Asks Shehbaz how mandate was stolen

Published 14 Feb, 2024 12:11am

Pakistan

Sharifs seek to keep Punjab’s top seat in the family once again

Shehbaz confirms Maryam will be the party's candidate for Punjab CM

Published 13 Feb, 2024 11:57pm

Pakistan

Zardari calls for ‘reconciliation’ as Nawaz nominates Shehbaz for PM slot

Shehbaz says he will try to convince Nawaz to take PM slot

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 10:35pm

Pakistan

PML-N to sit in opposition, if independents prove majority

Calls for sitting together to resolve issues

Updated 13 Feb, 2024 02:39pm

Pakistan

Shehbaz resolves to take everybody on board after election 2024

Says TI report tantamount to PML-N's honesty

Published 04 Feb, 2024 03:41pm

Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif will become PM for fourth time, says Shehbaz

PML-N president cites people will reject PPP on election day

Updated 28 Jan, 2024 06:08pm

Pakistan

Bilawal offers venues for verbal duel with Nawaz after Shehbaz’s challenge

Reminds Shehbaz that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif never visited Thar in his stint as PM

Updated 27 Jan, 2024 11:11pm