President Arif Alvi will administer the oath to Shehbaz in a ceremony at the President's House at 3 pm. Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar, Chief Ministers and governors of all provinces will attend the ceremony.
The country's Karakoram Highway which links Pakistan with China is still blocked in some places due to landslides, according to the spokesman for the northern Gilgit Baltistan region, Faizullah Faraq.
Sharif returned to the role he held until August when parliament was dissolved ahead of the elections and a caretaker government took over.
Pakistan Foreign Office claimed that the intended recipient of the seized machinery was identified as Cosmos Engineering, a Karachi-based firm that manufactures automobile parts and home appliances.
A senator said that there were concerns about the use of social media platforms against the interests of the country “through negative and malicious propaganda against the armed forces of Pakistan.”
The PML-N president Shehbaz is the younger brother of former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, 74, who sprang a surprise last month after being projected as the party's prime ministerial candidate ahead of the February 8.
Jibran Baloch, a Pakistan International Airlines flight steward, vanished after flight PK-782 landed in Canada's Toronto on Thursday. This is the second in a week after air hostess Maryam Raza disappeared in Canada, adding to a string of similar incidents that has Pakistani authorities worried.
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Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, won the chief ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former prime minister Imran Khan's party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
The Pakistani newspaper said that while Ali Zafar refused to accept the chairmanship, the deadline to submit nomination papers ended at 3 pm on Sunday, and only Gohar Khan submitted his candidature for the top post.
The Ministry of Energy officials said they have met the end-December targets related to containing the flow of circular debt below Pakistani Rs 385 billion, timely increase in the electricity prices, and slowing the increase in line losses.
According to the report, when the pilots first tried to land the aircraft, its engines hit the ground, which led to the system supplying lubricant to the engines shutting down. The report said that “engine failure” eventually led to the crash.
Gohar on Thursday announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s next chairman nominee is Barrister Ali Zafar and that internal elections of the 71-year-old former-cricketer-turned-politician’s party are scheduled to take place on March 3.
The attacker reportedly opened fire at Balaj and three other guests were injured at the wedding. Balaj's armed associates swiftly retaliated by shooting dead the unknown attacker, while he succumbed to bullet injuries at the Jinnah Hospital.
PTI-backed independent candidates dominated the elections by winning 93 out of 264 seats, although they can't technically form the government. A coalition seems inevitable even as the PML-N has already snared some of the independents as no parties have won the majority.
Pakistan election results: Party insiders say Nawaz isn’t suited to a coalition because of his temperament. His younger brother, Shehbaz, led a coalition after Khan was ousted from power and is regarded as more accommodating.
According to the report, PML-N would take the post of prime minister, and the posts of the President and Speaker would be set aside for its partners if an alliance is agreed upon.
As no party wins a majority of 169 seats, the one with the biggest share can form a coalition government. The vote was overshadowed by violence, an unprecedented national shutdown of all mobile phone services and allegations of vote rigging.
The elections in Pakistan were marred by political violence, rigging claims and connectivity issues after the government suspended mobile and internet services to foil suspected terror attacks. At least nine people were killed in two dozen incidents of violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Pakistan elections 2024: Pakistan temporarily shut some of its land borders on Thursday as it beefed up security for voters in a general election that has been preceded by a surge in militant violence. The borders with Iran and Afghanistan were also shut.
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