Newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his maiden address to the national assembly said that they want good ties with India but it cannot happen without a peaceful resolution to the Kashmir question.
Shehbaz, 70, was the only candidate left in the race after former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will boycott the voting and staged a walkout.
Shehbaz, 70, was the only candidate left in the race after former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will boycott the voting and staged a walkout.
Shehbaz Sharif, the president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and former leader of Opposition, became the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday. He secured 174 votes in the National Assembly.
The voting on the no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was held in the country's National Assembly late on Saturday night, with 174 members recording their votes in favour of the motion that ousted the Imran Khan government.
Pakistan joint opposition candidate Shehbaz Sharif and PTI's Shah Mahmood Qureshi are in the race for tomorrow's PM elections. Both of their nomination papers have been approved.
According to a notification, FIA Lahore Director Mohammad Rizwan has gone on leave on full pay with effect from April 11, onward.
Elections for the next Prime Minister of Pakistan will take place tomorrow (April 11). The National Assembly will elect the PM by afternoon.
Amidst the high political drama going on in India's neighbouring country Pakistan, several videos of next Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on various occasions have been going viral on social media platforms. In one such video, he can be seen knocking off podium microphones with his hand gestures. Check out the epic reactions of the netizens here!
On Thursday night, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a landmark judgement ruled President and Deputy Speaker's move as unconsitutional and ordered a no-confidence vote on Saturday.
A larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the deputy speaker’s ruling unconstitutional in a unanimous judgment. The court sets aside the ruling and the steps taken after it including the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Pakistan Supreme Court ordered to reinstate the National Assembly and summon its session on Saturday to hold voting on a no-trust motion moved against Imran Khan. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, also included Justices Munib Akhtar, Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Ijazul Ahsan and Mazhar Alam Khan, announced the verdict, which was reserved earlier in the day.
Pakistan's Supreme Court 5-member bench heard arguments from Khan's lawyers, his opposition, and the country’s president before adjourning Thursday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addressing the nation said that his government's policy has not been anti-India and anti-America but he talked about how foreign forces are behind the current political crisis in the country.
Reports say that Pakistan's top military brass is now engaging with Imran Khan and the opposition parties to get out of the current political crisis.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is also facing a rebellion by his about two dozen lawmakers and allied parties. No prime minister in Pakistan's history has ever been ousted through a no-confidence motion, and Khan is the third premier to face the challenge.
Pakistan News Updates: The Imran Khan government effectively lost majority after the MQM-P with its seven members decided to join the opposition. Another ally of the ruling coalition, the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) with five members in the lower house had announced on Monday that it had "accepted the opposition's invitation" to vote against Khan.
If Imran Khan loses the no-trust vote, which according to the current numbers in the national assembly, seems a tough task for him, then Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif may claim stake to form the government, since the united opposition are having the numbers.
Sharif, 69, a cancer survivor, was currently isolating at home, Geo News quoted spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb as saying, adding that the Leader of Opposition was following his doctors' advice on how to fight the infection.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) issued six orders to freeze assets owned by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza Shehbaz and Salman Shehbaz, Dawn newspaper reported.
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