Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif used Faizabad sit-in against institutions, claims Sunni Ittehad Council

Chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Sahibzada Hamid Raza, has asserted that the current prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, utilised the Faizabad sit-in to protest against state institutions, according to ARY News. Speaking on Thursday during the ARY News programme “Eleventh Hour,” […]

Nawaz Sharif might leave Pakistan before elections, claims veteran leader Aitzaz Ahsan

Veteran politician and senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif might once again leave the country before the upcoming general elections and track the results from overseas, The Express Tribune reported. Ahsan made the remark during an interview with a private news channel on […]

Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan in September

A Pakistan federal minister has claimed that former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif would return to the country in September. After Shehbaz Sharif, brother of Nawaz Sharif became the Prime Minister in April, PML-N leaders were hoping for their party leader’s early return, reported Dawn. In 2018, an accountability […]

Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif regime considering quashing ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s graft cases, sentencing

With Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s Prime Minister, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is considering quashing or suspending the punishment of his brother and former prime minister Nawaz Minister in alleged corruption cases, local media reported. This comes amid media reports that the Pakistan government has issued a new passport […]

Nawaz Sharif trumps Imran Khan in popularity ratings in Pakistan’s Punjab, KP, Sindh provinces

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supremo Nawaz Sharif is leading in popularity ratings across the country’s many provinces as compared to Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a survey. With a popularity rate of 58 per cent in Punjab, 46 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and 51 per cent in Sindh province, Nawaz Shareef is leading with Imran Khan who witnessed […]

Pakistan’s Punjab province forms medical board to examine Nawaz Sharif’s health reports

Pakistan’s Punjab province has constituted a medical board to examine the health reports of the country’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted in Lahore High Court, reported local media. The Punjab province formed the board after directions from the federal governmentThe special medical board comprising nine senior doctors will submit an assessment report to the provincial government in five days after […]