Tag: prime minister
“No compromise on corruption and money laundering”: PM Khan
News Analysis| Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government would deal with money laundering and smuggling identically. The prime minister said so while...
War no option for India and Pakistan, says Imran Khan
AFP | War is not an option for nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Wednesday, adding that "friendship" was the only...
Excellency, Can I hold your hand? – Maleeha Hashmey
Maleeha Hashmey | If there's any sentence on the planet that is more powerful than "I love you" - it is "I value you". Heartfelt...
Fan-girl moment between PM Khan and Malaysia’s First Lady is heart-melting
News Desk | Siti Hashma, Malaysia's First Lady turned out to be a fan of cricketer-turned-politician Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. A video circulating on...
From barracks to barricades – Farid A Malik
Dr. Farid A Malik | On August 14, 1947, a new nation was born with Quaid-e-Azam as its Governor-General and Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan as...
Domestic cement demand falls by 13.73% but is expected to be...
News Analysis | Exports were the saving grace for Pakistan’s cement industry in August as the domestic consumption plummeted by massive 13.73 percent which in...
Is Grand Opposition Alliance in disarray?
News Analysis | It seems as if the alliance of opposition is having to deal with internal fissures as it emerged late on Wednesday that...
Sheikh Rashid submits Imran Khan’s nomination papers for premiership
News Analysis | The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has submitted his nomination papers for the post of Pakistan’s Prime Minister. Awami Muslim League (AML)...
Voters voted for political stability
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Pakistan is at the threshold of a prosperous prospect. The people of Pakistan have given a chance to a political...
The Despicable American Media Coverage of Pakistan Elections
Sher Ali Tareen | The American mainstream media boasts a voracious appetite for caricaturing, simplifying, and neatly categorizing non-Western people and life, especially when it...
Why Jahangir Tareen’s unwavering commitment to ‘Naya Pakistan’ is commendable?
News Analysis | Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf’s ex-general secretary Jahangir Tareen’s hunt for the independent candidates has reached a decisive phase. Jahangir Tareen who is commonly known...
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...
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...
Interim Prime Minister heads recent cabinet meeting
News Desk | Prime Minister, Justice (Retd.) Nasir-ul-Mulk chaired a meeting of the caretaker Federal Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office. Secretary Interior gave a...
IT Minister sheds light on industry performance
News Analysis | One of the fastest growing industries in Pakistan, the Information Technology (IT) sector, has expanded its export market to over one hundred...
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister: Who & How?
Kanwar M Dilshad | The formal process of choosing the caretaker prime minister kicked off in mid-April, following a meeting between the Prime Minister Shahid...
Why Fazl-ur-Rehman vents venom against Imran Khan?
News Analysis | Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), has once again criticized his political and ideological rival Imran Khan. While speaking to...
The New Islamabad Airport is open and people are confused about...
News Analysis | The long-awaited airport in Islamabad opened its doors to the public today (3rd May, 2018) with contradictory reports of it being a flawless spectacle...
Congress surrenders to the BJP?
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Hindus account for almost eighty percent of India’s population. Yet, over the major part of the seven decades since partition of British...
Netanyahu shows documents relating to Iran Nuclear ambitions; Tehran brushes off...
News Analysis | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Monday, unveiled a database of files which he claimed to have been containing crucial information about...
Nawaz eyes imprisonment, readies party for elections
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, has once again hinted at the possibility of being sentenced to jail in the...
Big protests expected as Trump UK visit in July confirmed
AFP | US President Donald Trump will make a long-awaited visit to Britain on July 13, Downing Street announced Thursday, his first since taking power in...
Nawaz’ contemptuous remarks make sense and so does superior Judiciary’s hesitation
News Analysis | Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, is continuing with his anti-judiciary campaign, despite a ban by the Lahore High Court...
PM Abbasi raised voice to ensure justice for people of occupied...
News Analysis | Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqqan Abbasi has raised the voice of people residing in occupied lands and stressed the utmost need for...
There’s more to financial than editorial interests in Geo’s restoration
News Analysis | Pakistan’s widely claimed no.1 channel, which was taken off the air in March, has been restored once again with speculations and rumors...
Ch. Shujaat blows the lid off Pakistan’s top political secrets in...
News Analysis | The President of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain,disclosed sensational political information, making the Sharif family, a central part of his memoir. In...
Imran Khan and Malala Yousafzai: The “World’s Most Popular”
News Desk | Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's Chairman, Imran Khan, and youngest noble laureate Malala Yousafzai have made it to the top 20 list of most popular...
Fawad lands in hot water after NAB summons him in Ashiana...
News Analysis | National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Principal Secretary to Prime Minister (PM) Fawad Hassan Fawad in Ashiana Iqbal housing scandal. NAB has...
Will PPP rescue Nawaz after his Memogate regret?
News Analysis | In last-ditch effort to avert the looming crises, ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed grave regrets over the Memogate scandal. Despite the...
Privatization of PIA and PSM: significance for Pakistan
News Analysis | The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi gave a heads up to privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Steel...
Why is Nawaz trying to exploit Justice Isa’s remarks?
News Analysis | Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has termed the Justice Isa’s remarks on the Panama case, ‘not an ordinary development’. Talking to the media...
Benazir Bhutto: Pakistan’s Iron Lady
News Desk | Pinki as she was known to her father, became at the age of 35, the first woman to become Prime Minister of...
SC dismisses contempt petition against Sharif: mercy or caution ?
News Analysis | The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has dismissed yet another contempt of court petition against the former premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday,...
Prime Minister Abbasi nominates a young corporate figure Ali Jahangir Siddiqui...
News Analysis | Using his prerogative, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi nominated Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States of...
Is PIA’s restructuring a gimmick used to kick-start privatization?
News Desk | The much-awaited restructuring process of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been initiated prior to the privatization of the National carrier, according to...
