Shehbaz Sharif

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The next phase of the India-Pakistan detente will have to wait till the national elections are over in both countries. (Representational Image)

K.C. Singh | Frozen India-Pak ties need relook amidst power shift

It is unlikely the Indian government will risk engaging with Pakistan with less than a year to go before the Lok Sabha elections

21 Apr 2023 12:05 AM

New Delhi is hardly likely to respond for talks made through a television interview, especially since it has no pressing need to do so. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | India must see big picture, bad time for talks with Pak

After Pulwama attack in early 2019 followed by the Balakot “surgical strike” by India, bilateral relations have practically been frozen

19 Jan 2023 12:05 AM

Shobhaa De | ‘Padosis’ and ‘desis’ … and their uneasy relationships

We desis have always nurtured a love-hate relationship with our neighbours (padosis) through the ages

15 Apr 2022 10:57 PM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (2R) and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM-P) and collation partners of the newly formed government Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (L) leave after a meeting in Karachi on April 13, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Pak hits out at India, US over terror swipe

Islamabad claims some terror groups ‘dismantled’

13 Apr 2022 10:19 PM

23rd prime minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Shehbaz Sharif sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Pakistan

Shehbaz will now form a new government that can remain in place until elections are due in August 2023

12 Apr 2022 3:54 AM

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Delhi hopes for better ties with Shehbaz Sharif

Mr Khan’s successor will be elected at a special session of the National Assembly that has been called at 2 pm on Monday

11 Apr 2022 7:10 AM

Khan said there was a need to investigate the matter. (Photo: File)

Appears Nawaz Sharif's health improved by looking at London-bound plane: Pak PM

Sharif on Tuesday left for London in the air ambulance for medical treatment for multiple diseases.

23 Nov 2019 8:35 AM

Sharif was shifted to his Jati Umra Raiwind residence in Lahore on Wednesday after his two-week stay at a Pakistani hospital for treatment of multiple diseases. (Photo: FIle)

Nawaz Sharif may travel to London for further treatment, says report

Sharif was admitted to hospital in Lahore on Oct 22 after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.

08 Nov 2019 12:06 PM

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of arresting his niece Maryam Nawaz as a tactic of "distracting" others to hide its "failed policy" on the Kashmir issue. (Photo: File)

Maryam's arrest 'distraction' by govt to hide 'failed' Kashmir policy: Shehbaz Sharif

Launching a scathing attack on PM Imran Khan, Sharif said that his party will not be 'pushed back' against government's 'cruel tactics'.

10 Aug 2019 8:47 AM

‘Nawaz is a three-time elected prime minister of this country and this attitude towards him is inhumane,’ Shehbaz Sharif said. (Photo: ANI)

If anything happens to Nawaz, Imran Khan will be responsible: Shehbaz Sharif

He also protested against ban on home-cooked meals for Nawaz, who is in Kot Lakhpat jail in relation to Al Azizia Steel Mills case.

09 Jul 2019 2:16 PM

Pakistan court orders Shehbaz Sharif’s release

A two-member bench headed by Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed heard the plea.

15 Feb 2019 2:48 AM

The presidential election is scheduled to take place on September 4. (Representational Image)

PPP, PML-N likely to field joint presidential candidate

In this regard, an all-party conference chaired by PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to take place in Murree on August 25.

22 Aug 2018 3:55 PM

On Friday, Khan was elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan by the NA lawmakers, defeating his PML-N rival Shehbaz Sharif. (Photo; File)

Lalu Yadav seems to be Imran Khan’s political mentor: Pak opposition leader

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had emerged as the single largest party with 116 seats in the July 25 general elections.

20 Aug 2018 1:53 PM

According to the schedule issued by ECP, nomination papers can be filed to the presiding officers in Islamabad and at the commission’s provincial offices on August 27.

Pakistan to elect next president on September 4

Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be conducted on August 29, while candidature can be withdrawn on August 30.

17 Aug 2018 7:26 AM

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Imran Khan set to be elected Pak Prime Minister today

In case a simple majority of 172 members is not met, then the election is carried out on the basis of majority members in the House.

17 Aug 2018 7:18 AM

Last week, the PTI party announced that Khan would take oath as the new Pakistan Prime Minister at the President House in Islamabad on August 18. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif file nomination papers for Pak PM poll

The newly-elected Speaker of the House, Asad Qaiser announced the process for the Prime Minister poll.

16 Aug 2018 11:58 AM

Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif of the PML-N party is among 10 political parties chief who have failed to obtain the mandatory 25 per cent of the total votes polled in their constituencies, and stand to lose their security deposit.(Photo: AFP)

Shehbaz Sharif, Bilawal Bhutto fail to get minimum vote share, to lose security deposit

A candidate, contesting on a National Assembly seat, has to deposit Rs 30,000 as nomination fee while filing their nomination papers.

13 Aug 2018 2:42 PM

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo lives with diabetes and has also undergone bypass surgery in 2016. (Photo: File/AP)

Nawaz Sharif to be hospitalised due to serious cardiac issues

Pak's caretaker govt today decided to shift former PM to Pak Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad after irregular ECG, blood reports.

29 Jul 2018 6:13 PM

Supporters hold Imran Khan’s picture in Karachi. (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan to captain Pakistan

The provincial results show that the PML-N was leading on 129 seats in Punjab followed by PTI with 121 in the provincial Assembly of 299 members.

27 Jul 2018 1:45 AM

Imran: Pak’s gale force ‘tabdeeli’ for change

Will the gale force “tabdeeli” that he has unleashed be the change that the people of Pakistan have been looking for?

27 Jul 2018 12:29 AM

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