Tag: Former Pakistan PM

Imran Khan faces arrest in foreign funding case

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan if he fails to appear before the investigation committee or respond to the notices concerning the prohibited funding case, according to sources.

August 20, 2022

Pakistan PM Imran Khan condemns civilian deaths in Kashmir, calls for dialogue

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday strongly condemned the ‘’new cycle of killings of innocent Kashmiris" in Jammu and Kashmir.

October 22, 2018

Convictions against Sharifs in Avenfield verdict may not be sustainable: Pak court

Ordering their release, the two-judge bench directed the former premier, his daughter and son-in-law to submit bail bonds worth Rs 500,000 each.

October 3, 2018

Lahore HC summons Nawaz Sharif, journalist in treason case

The Lahore High Court on Monday asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a journalist to appear before it in connection with a treason case.

September 24, 2018

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif appears before accountability court

After Haris' cross-examination, Zia will record his statement in the second Flagship Investment reference.

August 20, 2018

Special court to hear Pervez Musharraf high treason case on August 20

A special court in Pakistan on Friday scheduled the hearing of a high treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf for August 20.

August 3, 2018

Sharif, Maryam Nawaz unlikely to be shifted to guest house

On Thursday, a pre-arranged meeting between the lawyers and the father-daughter duo was cancelled by authorities at Adiala Jail.

July 21, 2018

Pledge & Fulfilment

The judiciary must give it to Nawaz Sharif that he has fulfilled his pledge to return to Pakistan after being sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment on charges of corruption by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The former Prime Minister and daughter Maryam have kept their pledge at a profoundly emotive juncture for the family ~...

July 17, 2018

Protesters try to break into Sharifs’ London apartment

As some of them gained access to the apartment, one protester threw a shopping cart at Aijaz Gul, a member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) UK unit.

July 9, 2018

Panama Papers: Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in prison

Sharif, 68, is in London attending to his wife Kulsoom Nawaz who was diagnosed with throat cancer last year.

July 6, 2018

Pakistan’s EC allows Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to contest elections

"The appeal was only about his Murree constituency so it's applicable only on that constituency. He can run from Islamabad," ECP spokesperson Altaf Ahmed told Efe news.

June 28, 2018

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s wife suffers cardiac arrest

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz has suffered a cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a London hospital, her family said on social media. Kulsoom Nawaz is in the advanced stages of lymphoma (throat) cancer. Her health deteriorated late on Thursday and she collapsed in the ICU after the...

June 15, 2018

Nawaz Sharif shouldn’t engage in politics: Hafiz Saeed

Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should not engage in politics after his disqualification and that he has become the biggest non-state actor in Pakistan. Saeed was talking to the media on Monday after a meeting with Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) party chief Sahibzada Abul...

May 22, 2018

Panama Papers: More witnesses record statements against Sharif

Pakistan’s anti-graft court on Tuesday recorded more evidence against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the corruption cases spiralling from the Panama Papers sacandal. This comes a day after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a supplementary case against the three-time prime minister and his family over properties in London. Sharif, 68, arrived in the...

January 23, 2018

Pakistan accountability court resumes hearing against Sharifs

Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain Muhammad Safdar (Retd.) appeared before an accountability court here on Wednesday as the trial resumed into the corruption references filed against them by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Several senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders accompanied Sharif to the court. The NAB has filed...

November 22, 2017

Pakistan court rejects Sharif’s plea to club graft cases

The accountability court here on Wednesday dismissed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s plea for clubbing three corruption references filed against him by the anti-graft body in the so-called Panama Papers scandal. Sharif was indicted separately in each of the three references pertaining to Avenfield properties in London, Flagship Investment and Azizia Steel Mills. He pleaded...

November 8, 2017

PML-N top brass holds key meeting in London

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived here from Saudi Arabia to hold a key consultative meeting on Monday with his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party leaders, including current Premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Talking to media after his arrival at Heathrow Airport on Sunday night, Sharif said he...

October 30, 2017