Pakistan's former Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi and independent lawmaker from Balochistan Aslam Bhootani among others are being considered for the position of country's caretaker Prime Minister.
Pakistan has a lengthy history of imprisoning former prime ministers. Ever since it was created, Pakistan is infamous for such incidents. Earlier in 1950, Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi's Company Bagh (aka East India Company Garden) during a public meeting of the Muslim C
Speaking on Dawn News English show 'Spotlight', the PML-N leader made it clear that martial law always remained a possibility if the system failed or when there was a conflict between institutions and the political leadership was unable to chart a way forward.
Pakistan's National Assembly passed a resolution for a proper investigation into the death of Religious Affairs minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor in an accident in Islamabad on Saturday, reported Dawn.
The employees assembled at the old Abbasia Campus, from where they proceeded to the Bahawalpur Press Club and protested. The protesters demanded the varsity administration pay the March salaries at the earliest, along with the April month, ahead of the Eidul Fitr, in pursuance of a governmen
Heart-wrenching scenes were witnessed at the mortuary of the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Friday as the bodies of those who had been killed in the stampede in a SITE factory were lying over stretchers and their relatives were mourning their death.
Speaking at a Dawn News broadcast on Saturday, Abbasi said the inquiry Imran has requested for was provided for under Article 6 of the country constitution. "If Imran Khan thinks the Constitution was violated, he should file an Article 6 petition," he said, adding, "It is his right."
Sources privy to the matter said that Abbasi decided to step down after Maryam Nawaz was elevated as the party's chief organizer and senior vice president by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is also PML-N president.