ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected a petition proposed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) which suggested postponing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections by two months. The NCOC had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner of AJK, stating that polls should be delayed keeping in view the […]
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Kaira, Fazl exchange words on media, trade blame game
LAHORE: PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira reacted to statements made by PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and JUI-F Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday. He claimed the former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was pulling the party apart. Kaira deemed the words of Fazl unfit and urged the PDM head to take them back. He said Fazl is […]
PDM will come up with new plans if PPP does not resign, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
The Opposition will come up with a new strategy for its anti-government movement if PPP does not resign from the assemblies, stated senior PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday. During a news program, Abbasi said the experiment of rigging and ‘hybrid’ failed in 2018, therefore, the country’s system must […]
No-confidence motion for country, not power: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the no-confidence motion at National and Provincial assemblies will be for Pakistan and not for power and political gains. Addressing media, Abbasi said that Pakistan cannot progress until law and constitution is followed. He stated that the constitution does not allow the prime minister to seek vote […]
Govt copying PML-N policies: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan could backtrack on the recently-approved amnesty scheme. The PML-N leader was addressing a press conference where he said that in the past PM Imran Khan and Asad Umar always cast aspersions on the scheme, but now this seemed fine […]
PML-N demands ‘biased’ NA speaker to step down
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday demanded National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser to resign from his post, given the pressure on him. PML-N leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Khawaja Asif and others were irked over Asif not being allowed by Qaiser to speak on the floor of the House during the session earlier on […]
Nawaz Sharif to be back in jail on 7th: PML-N
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will turn himself in to jail authorities on May 7, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders said on Saturday, a private TV channel reported. A day earlier, the Supreme Court had dismissed Nawaz’s review petition seeking permanent bail on medical grounds and the permission to go abroad for treatment. The former […]
The goings on in the PML-N
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has long been put down as the party of the Sharif family, an impression it has sometimes found burdensome. While much has been read into the recent developments, the party appears to have failed once again to rid itself of the family-affair impression. Many were taken aback when it was announced […]
Abbasi made SVP, Maryam Nawaz VP in party reshuffle
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been appointed senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim-Nawaz (PML-N), while Maryam Nawaz has been made vice president in a major reshuffle in the party on Friday. The reorganisation comes after the Sharif family surrendered two important parliamentary positions due to party president Shahbaz Sharif’s expected long stay […]
PTI minister seeks Abbasi’s assets details since 1985
While discussing a matter of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan accused each other of looting national exchequer, and Khan challenged Abbasi to check increase in each other’s assets since 1985. The issue was raised when, during the question hour in National Assembly, […]