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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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Nawaz Sharif’s Return To Pakistan Not Driven By Revenge: Shehbaz Sharif

October 5, 2023 admin

Sources said Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan on October 21 via a connecting flight. Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said the party’s supreme leader Nawaz Sharif was not returning to the country to “seek revenge” but rather to take the nation towards prosperity, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. The…

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Pakistan’s ex-PM Shehbaz slams suspension of Imran Khan’s sentence in Toshakhana case, calls it ‘dark chapter’

August 29, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on August 29 slammed Supreme Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial for “favouring” Imran Khan, saying his messages to the lower courts led to the suspension of the sentence of the former Premier and called the verdict a “dark chapter” in the country’s history. The Islamabad High Court (IHC)…

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Toshakhana corruption case | Islamabad High Court suspends Imran Khan’s three-year sentence

August 29, 2023 admin

The Islamabad High Court on August 29 suspended Imran Khan’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana corruption case and ordered his release from jail, in a major relief to Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister ahead of the upcoming general elections. A Division Bench comprising Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood…

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