Tag: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Sharif family refuses to show up in Ahtasab court
News Desk | Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz being held accountable under the Avenfield Properties case, have decided not to come back to Pakistan on...
Are political rivals really afraid of PML-N’s victory?
News Analysis | Maryam Nawaz, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and daughter of the ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that...
No victimization of PMLN leader, says NAB chief
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal has rejected the notion from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) that anti-graft watchdog is...
India, Pakistan ex-spies spark furore with secret book project
AFP | It began with hushed conversations in hotels dotted around Asia, and resulted in a nearly unthinkable book: "Spy Chronicles", a secret collaboration by...
Pakistan military hits back at criticism as elections loom
AFP | Pakistan's military hit back at mounting criticism of its long campaign against militancy and stressed its support for upcoming elections in a major...
Imran Khan escapes another shoe attack in Gujrat
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan narrowly escaped another shoe attack while addressing a rally, on Tuesday evening in Gujarat. A shoe which was apparently aimed at Imran Khan...
SC questions the delay in appointment of accountability court judge
News Desk | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken suo moto notice of the delay in the reappointment of the accountability court judge Muhammad...
Panama verdict: Victory in a two-dimensional war
Jawad Falak | The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from his post after an investigative panel alleged his family’s wealth...
The psychology behind defending the Sharifs
M. Usama Khawar | On Friday the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced that it has reserved its judgment on the reports brought forward by the...
“Anti-industry” policies of the government: Textile Association to protest
The textile industry is all set to stage countrywide demonstrations along with a special protest in front of National Assembly in Islamabad on July...
PM appears before the JIT: A test of accountability
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is set to appear before JIT on June 15, 2017. Extra security arrangements have been put in place in and...
PML-N’s ‘interesting’ rule: Have the 2018 elections already been lost?
Shaukat Qadir | In the Chinese language, if you say, “May you live in interesting times”; it’s a curse. Pakistan seems to have spent its...
Revisiting Pakistan’s foreign policy: Flaws and possible actions for rectification
Ahsan Hamid Durrani | As we enter the era of the realignment of alliances and shift in global power paradigms, our foreign policy must be...
Attorney General dismisses claims of government’s malicious intent
Following the ICJ verdict of 18th May, which ordered Pakistan to stay the execution of Indian spy, Kulbhushan Jadhav, the media and opposition parties...
Rising Iranian-Pakistani tensions: Is Pakistan’s “house of cards” going to collapse?
James M. Dorsey | An Iranian warning that it may attack militant bases in the troubled province of Balochistan threatens to bring Pakistan’s house of cards...
Govt. to release ‘operative part’ of Dawn Leaks inquiry
The government has decided to make public the ‘operative part’ of the report submitted by the inquiry committee on the “ Dawn leaks ”...
