By Shahzad Raza

ISLAMABAD: Despite explicit instructions from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, more than 50 treasury members of the National Assembly were conspicuous because of their absence from the proceedings on Thursday when the House passed 22nd Constitutional Amendment to revamp the appointment procedure of the members and chairman of the Election Commission of Pakistan. The prime minister […]

ISLAMABAD: In a crafty move, the opposition on Tuesday prepared another questionnaire for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to answer using Ishaq Dar’s controversial affidavit he had submitted some 16 years ago against his political boss. Dar has always denied he ever raised money laundering allegations against the Sharif family and has already got controversial affidavit […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a man with several options. And he is keeping a few of them open. One of the options is to hold the general elections in 2017, one year before the culmination of the PML-N’s tenure. The premise before holding early elections is to take the opposition and other detractors […]

ISLAMABAD: More than five years have passed, yet the people of Pakistan are unaware what exactly happened on May 2, 2011, when US Marines raided a compound in Abbottabad and killed their most wanted enemy, Osama bin Laden. And it has been more than three years since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sitting on a […]

ISLAMABAD: The chief justice of Pakistan may not consider constitution of a judicial commission to investigate revelations made by the Panama Papers regarding involvement of Pakistan’s elite in the offshore business, especially the Sharif family, unless both opposition and the government develop consensus on the terms of reference (ToRs). Sources told Daily Times that in […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will have to make a rather tough choice by launching an investigation against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to probe whether they broke Pakistani laws while setting up and running offshore companies. Sources told Daily Times that NAB Chairman Chaudhry Qamar Zaman discussed the issue in detail […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will have to make a rather tough choice by launching an investigation against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to probe whether they broke Pakistani laws while setting up and running offshore companies. Sources told Daily Times that NAB Chairman Chaudhry Qamar Zaman discussed the issue in detail […]

ISLAMABAD: India has informed Pakistan that ‘some progress’ in the investigation of Pathankot Airbase attack is a prerequisite to resume bilateral dialogue. Diplomatic sources told Daily Times the message was conveyed to Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry by his Indian counterparty S Jaishankar. The two foreign secretaries held a 90-minute one-on-one meeting on the margins of […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Monday reconciled with the political necessity of forging a grand opposition alliance against the government by cancelling his whirlwind visit to Sindh he had announced on party’s Foundation Day on Sunday. The PTI chairman was supposed to visit several districts of Sindh province from today to begin a […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Friday that he would write a letter to the chief justice of the Supreme Court to form a commission to investigate the Panama Papers’ reports about the offshore companies owned by his family. “I have decided to write a letter to the honourable chief justice of the Supreme […]