LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the proposed mini-budget of the government would leave Pakistan’s economy dependent on external support. “I again tell the conscientious government members and allies that mini-budget is a cup of poison, stay away from it. Mini-budget amounts to stabbing a knife into Pakistan and its … Read more
KARACHI: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that even if people differ from the governance and politics of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), they have no doubt that both the Sharif and Zardari families are corrupt. While speaking to media in Karachi on Sunday, he said, “People can differ from our governance and politics but nobody doubts … Read more
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif has urged United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and human rights bodies to take notice of the threats of ethnic cleansing of Muslims in India. Read more: Russell Tribunal highlights Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir The opposition leader made this demand in response to a … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President and National Assembly Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government’s falling back on global commercial banks to avoid depletion of foreign exchange reserves confirms the concerns of the opposition. In a statement, Shehbaz said the government policy of relying on foreign banks for dollars was … Read more
KARACHI: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said results of the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had ended an expensive experiment. In a tweet, Shehbaz Sharif said the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Read more: PTI accepts … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has said that the PTI government has given the country nothing but inflation, poverty and unemployment over the past three years, adding that it seems as if this government is taking some revenge from the people of Pakistan. He strongly slammed … Read more
LAHORE: A banking court on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to Federal Investigation Agency-Punjab (FIA) Director Zone-I Dr Rizwan Ahmad for not submitting the investigation report in the money laundering and sugar scam inquiry against Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz. A prosecutor told the court that the … Read more
LAHORE: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Monday appeared before an accountability court for the corruption reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the Punjab Ahshiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme. The court adjourned the hearing till Dec 13 as a NAB prosecutor sought time to file replies to the applications of … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) appeals against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. The appeals were heard by the apex court’s two-member bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah. Read more: MDCAT mandatory for medical … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and National Assembly Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has said that claims of the PTI government being honest and transparent was the biggest lie in the history of the country. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Shehbaz said the PTI government was the most incompetent, corrupt, laid-back, and inexperienced government … Read more
KARACHI: Pak Sarzamin Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal contacted PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday to discuss rising inflation, unemployment and economic catastrophe. In a telephone call, both the leaders expressed concern over the worsening inflation situation in the country. They also discussed the electronic voting machine and government initiatives on electoral reforms. “In the … Read more
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif has called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make changes in its rules to ensure that illegalities that occurred in the NA-75 Daska by-poll do not happen again. In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, Shehbaz said that … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the smog of incompetency, inefficiency, corruption and inflation had engulfed the entire country for the last three years. “The people standing in queues are remembering former prime minister Nawaz Sharif with grief,” Shehbaz Sharif said in a … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inquired about Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s health and wished him a speedy recovery. “Wishing Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President PMLQ, [a] speedy recovery and good health. Spoke to his son, Ch. Salik … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday has placed the names of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and Former Sindh chief minister Qaim Ali Shah on the Exit Control List (ECL). According to sources, the approval of the inclusion of Shahbaz Sharif and Qaim Ali Shah’s names in the no-fly list was given through … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistani Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide immediate relief to the masses by stepping down. “If Imran Khan has no control over [the prices of] flour, sugar, ghee, medicine, electricity, gas, petrol, [failing] economy and [rising] … Read more
DERA GHAZI KHAN: President Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Monday that the government was aware that its future was “dangerous,” but the opposition would not give it any space at that time. Addressing media in Dera Ghazi Khan with PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurengzeb and Rana Sanaullah, the opposition leader in the National … Read more
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The opposition on Saturday termed the fresh petrol price hike a failure of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and demanded Prime Minister Imran Khan’s immediate resignation from office to provide relief to people. The govt came under heavy criticism after the petroleum prices went up by Rs 9 to 12 on Saturday. Pakistan … Read more
