Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and incumbent Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad have tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, drawing a furious response from opposition parties, which accused the government of trying to silence its opponents.

The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the federal government to file a reply on October 22 in a petition seeking action against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif under treason charges for claiming that those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack belonged to Pakistan.

A Pakistani court ordered the arrest of prominent journalist Cyril Almeida on charges of leaking sensitive material after he wrote news reports that angered the nation's powerful military.

Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, his party president Shehbaz Sharif and chief of the right-wing Jamat-i-Islami Sirajul Haq were among the stalwarts who suffered shocking defeat in the general elections, Pakistani media reported today.

A prominent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and loyalist of former premier Nawaz Sharif, Daniyal Aziz was disqualified by the Pakistan Supreme Court from contesting general elections for five years, weeks ahead of the July 25 polls.

Pakistan's former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was barred by an election tribunal from contesting the July 25 general elections from Rawalpindi, a day after he was allowed to run for a seat from capital Islamabad.

In a setback to bigwigs, Pakistan's election commission rejected the nomination papers of former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan for the NA-53 constituency of Islamabad

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has approved an inquiry into former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his predecessor Nawaz Sharif over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project, the agency said on Wednesday

OutgoingPakistanPrime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday made an appeal to uphold and protect democracy in the country during the closing session of the Parliament, which completed its full term for only the second time in the country's 71-year-old history.

Pakistan on Monday appointed former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections are held on July 25, premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said.

Pakistan's ruling party PML-N and the opposition today failed to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister until the formation of a new government after the general elections in July.

China today dismissed as "shocking" and "baseless" a media report saying President Xi Jinping has asked Pakistan to explore ways to relocate terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to a West Asian country amid rising international pressure to act against him for his links with terror.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said today that former premier Nawaz Sharif clarified to him that his statement about the Mumbai terror attack was "misreported".

The Pakistani military has taken note of the comments made by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. It has called a high-level "national security" meeting over Mr Sharif's remarksin an interview with Karachi-based daily Dawn, that Pakistani terrorists carried out the 2008 attacks and that such terror strik...

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and incumbent Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad have tested positive for coronavirus on Monday.

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency arrested former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, drawing a furious response from opposition parties, which accused the government of trying to silence its opponents.

The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the federal government to file a reply on October 22 in a petition seeking action against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif under treason charges for claiming that those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack belonged to Pakistan.

A Pakistani court ordered the arrest of prominent journalist Cyril Almeida on charges of leaking sensitive material after he wrote news reports that angered the nation's powerful military.

Former Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, his party president Shehbaz Sharif and chief of the right-wing Jamat-i-Islami Sirajul Haq were among the stalwarts who suffered shocking defeat in the general elections, Pakistani media reported today.

A prominent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and loyalist of former premier Nawaz Sharif, Daniyal Aziz was disqualified by the Pakistan Supreme Court from contesting general elections for five years, weeks ahead of the July 25 polls.

Pakistan's former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was barred by an election tribunal from contesting the July 25 general elections from Rawalpindi, a day after he was allowed to run for a seat from capital Islamabad.

In a setback to bigwigs, Pakistan's election commission rejected the nomination papers of former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan for the NA-53 constituency of Islamabad

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency has approved an inquiry into former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his predecessor Nawaz Sharif over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project, the agency said on Wednesday

OutgoingPakistanPrime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday made an appeal to uphold and protect democracy in the country during the closing session of the Parliament, which completed its full term for only the second time in the country's 71-year-old history.

Pakistan on Monday appointed former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim prime minister until general elections are held on July 25, premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said.

Pakistan's ruling party PML-N and the opposition today failed to appoint a caretaker Prime Minister until the formation of a new government after the general elections in July.

China today dismissed as "shocking" and "baseless" a media report saying President Xi Jinping has asked Pakistan to explore ways to relocate terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed to a West Asian country amid rising international pressure to act against him for his links with terror.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said today that former premier Nawaz Sharif clarified to him that his statement about the Mumbai terror attack was "misreported".

The Pakistani military has taken note of the comments made by ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai. It has called a high-level "national security" meeting over Mr Sharif's remarksin an interview with Karachi-based daily Dawn, that Pakistani terrorists carried out the 2008 attacks and that such terror strik...