Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif releases a dove as he arrives to address a welcoming rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases. … Read more

Lost mother, wife to politics: Nawaz Sharif says at his first rally on return

Lost mother, wife to politics: Nawaz Sharif says at his first rally on return

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, waves to his supporters upon his arrival to address a welcoming rally, in Lahore, Pakistan, on October 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP “I lost my mother and wife to politics,” former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on October 21, getting visibly emotional as he described how … Read more

Nawaz Sharif to leave U.K. for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah before returning to Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif to leave U.K. for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah before returning to Pakistan

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. File Photo | Photo Credit: AP Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would leave London for Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to perform Umrah pilgrimage before returning to Pakistan next week, ending a four-year “self-imposed exile”, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said on Tuesday. Senator Irfan Siddiqui told … Read more

Imran Khan guilty of ‘high treason’: Nawaz Sharif

Imran Khan guilty of ‘high treason’: Nawaz Sharif

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and all others involved in the “conspiracy” against the nation are guilty of high treason and should be tried for desecrating the Constitution. The former premier’s remarks came after President Arif Alvi approved the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan to … Read more

Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan says self-proclaimed democrats seeking Army’s help to ‘overthrow’ him

Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan says self-proclaimed democrats seeking Army’s help to ‘overthrow’ him

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday claimed that those who call themselves “democratic” were seeking the Army’s help to topple his government as he criticised the Opposition parties. His attack on the Opposition parties came during the ground-breaking ceremony of a highway upgradation and rehabilitation project, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Khan, without naming … Read more

Pakistan Opposition parties protest against delay in foreign funding case of PM Imran Khan’s party

Pakistan Opposition parties protest against delay in foreign funding case of PM Imran Khan’s party

ISLAMABAD: An alliance of Pakistan’s Opposition parties seeking to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday held a protest outside the election commission‘s office here to protest against delayed proceedings in his party’s foreign funding case, terming it as the “biggest fraud” in the country’s history. The case launched in 2014 is based on charges … Read more

Move to ‘kidnap’ Sindh IGP to register FIR ‘brainchild’ of Pakistan interior minister

Move to ‘kidnap’ Sindh IGP to register FIR ‘brainchild’ of Pakistan interior minister

ISLAMABAD: Defending Pakistan Rangers’ move to ‘kidnap’ Sindh IGP and the subsequent arrest of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Safdar Awan, Pakistan interior minister Brigadier Ijaz Shah has said that no political leader in a democratic system could be allowed to target national institutions in the name of freedom of expression. Pakistan government and the … Read more

Pakistan government sends arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif: Report

Pakistan government sends arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif: Report

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has sent arrest warrants through its mission in London for deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif who has been living in the UK for medical treatment, a media report said on Friday. Sharif, 70, has been in London since November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him permission to go … Read more