ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill during a ruckus-marred session attended by political heavyweights, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. The bill was passed by a two-way voting process — voting by division and clause-by-clause voting. Presented in the house for voting by Law Minister Azam …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif departed on Friday for a two-day official visit to Azerbaijan at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev. In a post on social media platform X, state-run PTV said that Information Minister Attaullah Tarar was also accompanying the premier. Earlier today, the Foreign Office (FO) said PM Shehbaz would undertake the visit to participate in events …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Monday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif against “unconstitutional restrictions” on the inter-provincial movement of wheat to the province. The development comes as the Punjab government has faced criticism by the KP and Sindh governments for choking wheat flow to the two provinces. However, a day earlier, Punjab Information Minister …
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has contacted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by telephone to discuss the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) decision to form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), taking the premier into confidence over the move, sources said on Sunday. According to party sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz has tasked the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) AJK Affairs Committee …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday stressed that consensus among provinces was necessary for unity and ensuring the “true spirit of a federation” within the country. Addressing the Balochistan Workshop in Islamabad today, PM Shehabz recalled various challenges faced by the people of Balochistan. Noting that some of those challenges required financial resources, the premier recalled meetings in Lahore …
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met his elder brother, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, on Sunday to discuss key national and international issues. Party officials said Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz also joined the meeting, where subjects such as the ongoing talks with Afghanistan, a crackdown against the TLP, as well as the forthcoming local government polls in Punjab also came …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed that the establishment of a strong and viable Palestinian state, based on pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, remains and will continue to remain the foundation of Pakistan’s policy on the Middle East. The prime minister departed for Pakistan after concluding his two-day visit to Sharm El-Sheikh, where he attended the …
ISLAMABAD: The PPP on Thursday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had a phone call in which they discussed the “country’s prevailing political situation” amid the row between their two parties. The coalition allies have been trading barbs over how the PPP and PML-N have been providing aid to victims of the recent floods. The …
LAHORE: Just a day before leaving for Malaysia on a two-day official visit, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met his elder brother and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday and discussed with him the ‘growing tensions’ between the PPP and PML-N, requesting him to play his part in cooling off the tempers. The meeting that took place at their Jati Umra …
LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said his government nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize because “he helped save the region from destruction” during a period of Pakistan-India escalation. The Pakistani government in June had decided to formally recommend US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for his “decisive diplomatic intervention and …