Tag: Nawaz Sharif
Imran Khan: Pakistan’s Jack Kennedy
Boase Roger | The words ‘hope’ and ‘Pakistan’ do not often appear together. Pakistan, a sprawling nation of 205 million, is hard to govern, even...
Politics Above Personality
News Desk | On the 25th of July, the whole world witnessed the second consecutive civilian transfer of power in Pakistan. There are good reasons...
Nawaz pulling the strings from Jail to defeat Khan
News Analysis | Jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed party leaders to continue protest against alleged rigging on Election Day--July 25. In the...
PTI pushes out stubborn bigwigs
News Analysis | In its first ever nationwide victory, PTI has broken the power monopoly of certain figureheads belonging PPP, PML-N and other far right...
PML-Q demands post of CM Punjab or deputy prime minister slot;...
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is certain to form government in the country’s largest province, Punjab, but it is facing extreme challenges at the...
G.E’18: Ayesha Gulalai seriously needs to quit
News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf defector and former MNA Ayesha Gulalai of the NA-1 Peshawar managed to bag all of 30 votes, according...
What Imran Khan means to Indian occupied Kashmir
Murtaza Shibli | Ghulam Nabi Ganai, a 67-year-old retired executive engineer, is elated about Imran Khan’s victory. As I enter his home in Frisal, a...
Aliens did not beat PMLN in elections, the common man did
Bushra Zafar | It was a hot and sultry morning, and I was part of the long queue outside the polling station in one of...
How accountable would be PTI’s Government?
News Analysis | Accountability- would start with him, with his cabinet and then would flow down to everyone, promised Imran Khan in his first address...
PM in-waiting IK’s victory speech and the promises he made
News Analysis | The Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan addressed the Nation, in what can be dubbed as his victory...
Election Results leave PML-N in a pool of tears
News Analysis | In what seems to be a reverse déjà vu of the 2013 general elections, incumbent – and apparently, outgoing – party; PML-N...
Chaudhry Nisar pays price for abandoning Nawaz
News Analysis | The unraveling results have shaken many Pakistani Political leaders whose historical statistics on polling results led to a prediction of guaranteed winnings...
A letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan
News Desk | Dear Mr. Prime Minister in waiting, On your obvious victory against your opponents, let us congratulate you on behalf of the people of...
The Match and the Tournament!
Syed Haider Raza Mehdi | It's the last ball of the match and this time Imran has hit it clean out of the ground! It's...
Khan supporters celebrate as Pakistan faces electoral chaos
AFP | Pakistan woke to electoral chaos on Thursday with the outgoing ruling party denouncing "blatant rigging" in the pivotal general election and rejecting unofficial,...
What would count as valid or invalid vote: clarified by ECP
News Analysis | Pakistan is to hold 2018 General Elections tomorrow to elect lawmakers for the National and Provincial assemblies. The Election Commission of Pakistan...
Who & who are fighting Imran Khan?
Haider Raza Mehdi | Just look at the enemies surrounding Imran, the Supreme Court, NAB and the Army! Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Asfandyar Wali, Achakzai, Fazal,...
PTI led coalition government or PML-N+PPP coalition government?
News Analysis | Pakistan is set to enter into much-anticipated general elections 2018 amid qualms raised by different political parties whether the polls will be...
Sheikh Rasheed says, “I object!”, to ECP’s verdict
News DESK | Awami Muslim League’s candidate, Sheikh Rasheed refuses to accept the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision of delaying elections in NA-60. One...
Prevent Rigging Tomorrow Via Whatsapp
News Desk | Addressing multiple issues which resulted from the 2013 General Elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan has been busy taking precautionary measures against...
Police book 50 PML-N supporters as they ransack anti-narcotics court
News Analysis | 50 people, including the son of PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi and a former MPA, were booked by Rawalpindi police for rioting and...
Nawaz on verge of playing ‘beemari card’
News Analysis | According to sources, jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is facing a serious health scare in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail. According to the...
Justice Siddiqi’s allegations: Army requests SC to look into “serious allegations...
News Analysis | Pakistan is set to hold the general election after two days. International media and some segments in Pakistani media are ‘alleging’ secret...
Nisar asks people to vote-out PML-N from North Punjab
News Analysis | Disgruntled PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan asked the people of Taxila not to vote for PML-N. Addressing an election campaign rally...
Bilawal alleges PML-N and PTI of alliance with ‘banned organization’ to...
News Analysis | Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticized Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for going into an electoral alliance with proscribed organizations against his party. Bilawal...
PTI university claims shunned by HEC
News Analysis | As general elections are closing in, politicians indulge in ceasefire via dialogues on a regular basis. Read more: Independent Observers arrive in Pakistan, as...
ECP unimpressed by Imran Khan’s ‘indecent’ language
News Analysis | Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI), who claims to be the champion of western-style democracy in Pakistan, has greatly dismayed...
Famous people who went to Adiala jail
News Desk | Central Jail Rawalpindi, more commonly known as Adiala Jail, was built during the 70's. The central jail became operational after the District Jail...
Maryam Nawaz to be transferred to Sihala rest house after mosquito...
News Desk | Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Nawaz Sharif is expected to be shifted to Sihala rest house after complaints of mosquito bites and...
Maryam Nawaz: Pakistan’s richest prisoner in history?
News Desk | Pictures circulating on social media show Maryam Nawaz adorned in Gucci and Bottega Veneta on her travel from London to Pakistan, presenting herself...
Nawaz Sharif Breathes a Sigh of Relief at his Homecoming Rally
News Analysis | Prior to Pakistan’s former Prime Ministers’ arrival, people were in skeptic as to the nature of the supporters’ reaction. It was predicted...
Pakistan braces for protests amid Nawaz’s return
News Analysis | Disqualified Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are expected to land in Lahore at 6:05 pm today after...
Writing on the wall for corrupt elite of Pakistan?
Ikram Sehgal | Even a cursory analysis of the three Nawaz Sharif sackings as PM reveals one constant sordid fact, his incurring penchant to listen...
What happened to Begum Kulsoom Nawaz ‘s health now? – Analysis
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Capt. (R) Safdar have been convicted in Avon-field Apts case and sentenced to prison terms. None of...
NAB contemplates on airlifting Nawaz, Maryam from airport to Adiala Prison
News Desk | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to air-lift former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from airport to...
Nawaz unhappy with PML-N leaders for not mobilizing workers on ‘Ehtesab...
News Desk | Following the verdict of the Avenfield case were the voices that were used against Nawaz Sharif in suspicion, as no signs of...
