PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar remained tight-lipped about Nawaz Sharif's "unannounced visit" to Beijing.
During the Senate session, the newly elected senators are slated to recite their oaths, with the election for the chairman and deputy chairman positions set to take place on the same day, according to sources.
Reacting to the comments made by Pakistan's Foreign Minister on resuming trade ties with India, the Ministry of External Affairs said that there lies a contradiction between his comments and that of the Pak Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
Ishaq Dar, who is currently serving as Pakistan's Foreign Minister, is likely to get the finance ministry -- which he held during the last PDM government -- again, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Muhammad Zubair said, ARY News reported.
President Asif Ali Zardari, acting on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz, has established the eight-member CCI in accordance with Article 153 of the Constitution, as stated in a notification released on Friday.
Taliban's appointed Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has invited Pakistan's foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, to Kabul, reported Khaama Press.
The Senate elections are scheduled for April 2, with 48 vacant seats up for grabs across the National Assembly, Senate, and the four provincial assemblies. The deadline for submitting nomination papers is today, March 16.
Muhammad Ishaq Dar officially assumed as Pakistan's 39th Minister for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday. Earlier, Dar served as the Finance Minister of Pakistan during the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) regime that came to power after Imran Khan's ouster in 2022.
Addressing a Yaum-i-Tashakur rally in Thatta to commemorate the PPP's electoral victory in Sindh, Bilawal shared insights into the negotiations with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).