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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif leaves for China on ‘private visit’
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left for China late on Monday on a five-day “private visit”. The Sharif family is keeping the visit low-profile. According to the Pakistan Muslim League…
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Maryam visits Kot Lakhpat Jail, reflects on her and father’s difficult time in prison
Lahore: Nawaz Sharif is a “kingmaker” today while his oppressors are “nowhere”, an emotional Maryam Nawaz, the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, has said, as she visited the Kot…
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Nawaz Sharif asks PM Shehbaz Sharif to form cabinet quickly
Islamabad: The ruling coalition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party is set to finalise the federal cabinet soon with the PML-N deciding to request its prime supporter PPP to join…
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Three-time former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif takes oath as ordinary lawmaker
Islamabad: Three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday took oath as an ordinary lawmaker in the 16th session of Pakistan’s National Assembly, days after giving up his bid to lead the…
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Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman CM of Pakistan’s Punjab province
Lahore: Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice…
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Parties reach deal to form new Pak govt; Imran Khan loyalists left out
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have finally agreed on a power-sharing deal to form a coalition government led by former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, a move that…
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Nawaz Sharif’s party says Pakistan’s electoral history not perfect
Islamabad: Terming the 2018 general elections as a “dark chapter” in Pakistan’s history, former premier Nawaz Sharif’s party on Tuesday said that the country’s electoral history was not perfect and this situation…
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Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become PM for fourth time
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed on Tuesday, February 13, that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will become the prime minister for a record fourth time. The now-74-year-old…
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No govt can be formed in Pakistan without Imran Khan: party leader
Islamabad: No democracy can function and no government can be formed in Pakistan without jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, a senior party leader asserted on Tuesday as rival political parties were…
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Guterres calls for resolving Pakistan poll disputes through legal means
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for resolving the Pakistan election disputes through legal means. “The Secretary-General urges the authorities, political leaders to maintain a calm atmosphere and to reject…
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Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N floats idea of ‘participatory coalition government’: Report
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) led by former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif has pitched the idea of a “participatory coalition government” to rival parties to end the logjam following the…
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Fractured mandate in Pak poll: PML(N) invites MQM(P)
Islamabad: Amid split mandate in the Pakistan general polls, hectic parleys are on among the political parties to stitch an alliance and form the government. PML(N) has invited MQM(P) delegation to discuss…
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Pakistan Army chief backs Nawaz Sharif’s call to form coalition govt
Islamabad/Lahore: Pakistan’s powerful army chief Gen Asim Munir on Saturday urged the country’s polarised political leadership to form a “unified government of all democratic forces”, as he backed ex-premier Nawaz Sharif’s plea…