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Political intolerance has polarised Pakistan society to extreme levels
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): While religious intolerance has been deeply entrenched in Pakistan society for decades, the recent wave of political intolerance where the public appears to have developed a blind faith in their leaders, making them into some cult figures, has polarised
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Subsidy on oil prices by Imran Khan govt has left Shehbaz Sharif administr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The capping of oil prices, amounting to a subsidy of 150 billion Pakistani rupees per month, by the Imran Khan government towards the end of its tenure has become a major concern for the present government that sees it as a trap to sabotage the Shehbaz S
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Pakistan braces for worst diesel shortage
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Amid the uncertainty surrounding the country's debt-ridden economy, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been warned by experts that the country would face the worst shortage of diesel next month.
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Foreign funding case: Imran Khan counsel claims citizens with dual nationa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): In the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the party's counsel claimed that the citizens with dual nationality were permitted under the law to fund political parties, local media reported.
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Shehbaz Sharif holds first meeting with Pak army chief Bajwa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday called on newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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Shehbaz Sharif holds talks with UAE envoy to Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met UAE Ambassador Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi, who called on him to felicitate Pakistan Prime Minister on assuming office.
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Shehbaz Sharif accuses Imran Khan of borrowing loans to meet Pak's defence
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Alleging that it inherited a mismanaged economy from the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of taking loans to meet the defence expenditure of the country
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PML-N leader suggests Shehbaz Sharif led govt to seek fresh mandate to ave
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday suggested the coalition partners in the Shehbaz Sharif government to seek a fresh mandate from the masses to avert a civil-war like situation in the country, reported local media.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's 34-member council of ministers takes oath
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan Acting President Sadiq Sanjrani on Tuesday administered the oath to the 34-member council of ministers of the newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, which included 31 Cabinet Ministers.
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Pak cabinet swearing in delayed after President Alvi refuses to administer
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The oath-taking ceremony of the new Pakistan federal cabinet has been postponed after President Arif Alvi refused to administer the oath to them.
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Imran Khan-led PTI under fire, Pak EC to begin daily hearing on foreign fu
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear the foreign funding case against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) every day starting from Tuesday, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Army scurries for damage control after Imran Khan's 'foreign con
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's ouster, his US foreign conspiracy rhetoric which contradicts with Army's standing, and the country's troubled polity have all placed the military in an uneasy spot which is now trying to do damage control and recover
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