Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will leave for Lahore via the historic Grand Trunk Road on Wednesday morning, despite security concerns following a bombing here, the media reported
"In the internal party discussions so far, names of Begum Kulsoom and Maryam have emerged as first and second priority respectively," a PML(N) official said.
“The decision to disqualify me had already been taken, only a justification was being sought,” Nawaz Sharif told media persons.
In October 1999, General Musharraf, the then army chief of Pakistan, had ousted Sharif in a bloodless coup and seized power. Sharif was in exile in Saudi Arabia for eight years, before he returned to Pakistan in 2007.
Global Times today said Nawaz Sharif's resignation as Pakistan Prime Minister may bring "some uncertainties" to the CPEC.
Terming the code of conduct “confusing”, political observers in Pakistan wondered how the holder of a public office could be barred from taking part in his own election campaign.
A total of six candidates are in the race to become the new prime minister although Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) candidate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has a clear edge.
The Supreme Court has disqualified then-Prime Minister Sharif and ordered a probe into his and his family’s offshore assets.
Six candidates are in fray after Pakistan's opposition parties failed to agree on a joint against PML-N's Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for the prime minister's election.
Nawaz Sharif’s party today accused the Opposition leader, Imran Khan of submitting fake documents in the foreign funding case against him in the Supreme Court.
The references would be filed under orders from the Supreme Court as part of the verdict which disqualified Nawaz Sharif from the office of Prime Minister, Geo News reported
Abbasi, the former minister for petroleum and natural resources, is the principal accused in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case registered in 2015 over the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract, Dawn News reported
Shahbaz Sharif is looking to nominate his son Hamza as his replacement as Punjab CM to keep the position in the family.
Is everyone else in this country 'sadiq' and 'ameen'?" the former Pakistan Prime Minister asked.
The apex court yesterday disqualified Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the embattled leader out of office.
Reports say that Punjab Excise and Taxation Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman was likely to replace Shahbaz as the Chief Minister.
A five-member bench disqualified Nawaz Sharif under articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, which state that a member of the parliament should be "truthful" and "righteous".
The CPEC is a flagship project of China's Belt and Road initiative. Beijing also calls the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor as part of the ambitious design.
Reports say that the decision was taken at a high-level meeting of the PML-N attended by Nawaz and senior party leaders following the PM's disqualification by the Supreme Court for dishonesty in the Panama Papers trial case.
Addressing the media after the apex court disqualified Sharif as the prime minister, 64-year-old Imran Khan, who was one of the three petitioners in the case, thanked the judiciary of Pakistan.
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