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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz will hold a public meeting in Murree at the General Post Office (GPO) square on Monday afternoon. The PML-N has given the party ticket to Raja Usama Ashfaq Sarwar in NA-51, which comprises Murree, Kotli Sattian, and Kahuta tehsils. Raja Usama Ashfaq Sarwar is the son of Raja …

PESHAWAR: Top leaders of the mainstream political parties, including Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Sirajul Haq of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Gohar Ali Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, on Friday filed nomination papers for contesting the Feb 8 general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the National Assembly seats. The papers for Mr …

LAHORE: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday held a second meeting with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif in two weeks, where both pledged to move ahead together to take on their rivals in the Feb 8 polls. The PML-N is largely banking on JUI-F in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is considered a stronghold of Imran Khan’s PTI, and believes its position will …

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Saturday held a meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome in Lahore, discussing the current political and economic landscape in the country, with a specific emphasis on his party’s preparations for the upcoming elections. Blome’s meeting with Sharif was one of several liaisons with politicians, which included PPP’s Yusuf Raza Gilani and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) chief …

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, along with PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz, met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday. In a tweet, Aurangzeb said, “Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Maryam Nawaz was also present on the occasion. “The leaders discussed further improving Saudi-Pak brotherly …

LONDON: Members of the Sharif family, including PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, travelled to Europe on Monday for a 10-day holiday. Sources told Mr Sharif, Ms Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Hasan Nawaz, Jun­aid Safdar and other family members would be travelling to various cities in Europe for a little over 10 days, going from one destination to …

LAHORE: A federal minister on Monday put Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in an odd situation during a presser when he asked the PML-N president to tell the nation as to why he was not arresting Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan despite his tirade against the institutions, and the reason behind not doing anything to “ensure justice” for PML-N supremo …

Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday accused the government of amending accountability laws to protect the “corrupt elite class”, claiming PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be “direct beneficiaries of the changes”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Qureshi alleged the amendments made by the government to the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 were the …

ISLAMABAD: Supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in their meetings in London have agreed to implement the left-out clauses of the Charter of Democracy (CoD), signed by the two parties some 16 years ago and to finalise a roadmap for the future with the consensus of all democratic forces. According …

NOWSHERA: Defence Minister Pervez Khan Khattak on Sunday said that opposition leaders Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari would soon be behind bars because of their corruption. Similarly, he said, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman would also be behind bars as he had failed to justify his assets accumulated beyond his known sources of income. “If justice is done, all …