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Newly-Elected Pak PM Thanks PM Modi For Felicitating Him On His Re-Election

March 8, 2024 admin

Shehbaz Sharif, however, raked up the Kashmir issue during his victory speech in National Assembly. Islamabad: Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for felicitating him on his re-election. Sharif, 72, took the oath as prime minister of Pakistan on Monday, assuming the cash-strapped country’s reins for a…

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Asif Ali Zardari Set To Be Elected As New Pak President: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

March 7, 2024 admin

Asif Ali Zardari is frontrunner for Pakistan presidential election that will be hold tomorrow. Islamabad: Asserting that Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected as the next President of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that there will be strong coordination between them, according to ARY News. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former…

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Days after PM congratulates him, Pakistan PM Sharif thanks him for the greeting

March 7, 2024 admin

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings on social media on Thursday, even as the two countries showed no signs of any thaw in ties at present. “Thank you [PM Modi] for felicitations on my election as the Prime…

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Ensure Pakistan does not divert loans to foot defence bills: India to IMF

March 6, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. | Photo Credit: AP Taking a tough stance, India has batted for “stringent monitoring” of any emergency funds provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its financially beleaguered neighbour Pakistan, stressing that such funds must not be redeployed towards defence bills or repayment of loans from other countries. India’s…

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New Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif orders ‘immediate’ talks with IMF for extended facility for ailing economy

March 5, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (L). | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered “immediate” talks with the IMF for an extended fund facility for his cash-strapped country, saying that improving the state of the economy would be the top priority of his government which has received the “mandate”. In January,…

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Maryam Nawaz’s selection as Punjab CM a ‘milestone’ in Pakistani politics: U.S.

March 5, 2024 admin

Maryam Nawaz. | Photo Credit: AP “The selection of Maryam Nawaz as the Chief Minister of the Punjab province is a milestone in Pakistani politics,” the U.S. has said, asserting that it looks forward to cooperating with Islamabad on integrating women more fully into the country’s political life. Maryam, the 50-year-old daughter of three-time former…

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Shehbaz Sharif Sworn In As Pakistan’s Prime Minister For Second Time

March 4, 2024 admin

Shehbaz Sharif earlier served as prime minister of a coalition government Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday sworn in as Pakistan’s 24th Prime Minister, taking over the reins of the cash-strapped country for a second time since 2022, amidst staggering economic and security challenges. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the 72-year-old Shehbaz in…

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Shehbaz Sharif voted Pakistan’s Prime Minister for a second time

March 3, 2024 admin

Shehbaz Sharif on March 3 became the Prime Minister of Pakistan for a second time to lead a coalition government after he comfortably won a majority in the newly-elected Parliament. Mr. Shehbaz, 72, who was the consensus candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), received 201 votes in the…

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Shehbaz Sharif, Omar Ayub File Nomination Papers For Pak PM Post: Report

March 2, 2024 admin

The nomination papers were received by the Secretary of the National Assembly. (File) Shehbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), and Omar Ayub, the nominee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council, have both filed nomination papers for the position of Prime Minister of…

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Maryam Nawaz becomes first-ever woman Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan

February 26, 2024 admin

Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on February- 26, became the first-ever woman Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan when she was elected to head the Punjab province, describing it as an ‘honour’ for every woman in the country. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of…

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