Former Pakistan PM Abbasi launches new political party
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday formed a new political party named Awaam Pakistan after parting ways with the ruling PML-N due to the differences with the party’s way of politics. Abbasi, who served as the…
Pakistan ‘media forced into silence’: Former PM Imran Khan voices concerns on media suppression
NEW DELHI: Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has voiced concerns over the suppression of the media by the state. Khan has been held in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for the last 10 months, facing multiple charges, some…
Zardari, Sharif, military generals: Dubai leaks expose billions in property owned by Pakistan’s elite
NEW DELHI: The Dubai Property Leaks have exposed a significant number of prominent Pakistanis who own high-end properties in Dubai. The leaked data, part of the OCCRP’s Dubai Unlocked project, reveals details of individuals from various sectors like politics, military,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on election as Pakistan’s PM
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second time and hoped that Beijing and Islamabad will continue to deepen their all-weather strategic cooperative partnership under his…
Umpire signalled a ‘no-ball’: Imran Khan on party being denied its cricket bat election symbol
ISLAMABAD: In a veiled swipe at Pakistan’s Supreme Court, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was contesting the elections with the support of “two umpires” and one of them recently signalled a “no-ball”…
Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif vows accountability for those behind his victimization
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif has said that those behind his “political victimization” will be held accountable, The News International reported.He said that his purpose of returning to Pakistan was not just to form a government but…