Tag: Maryam

March to Freedom

It might on occasion sound trivial to aver that laughter and tears go together. Yet in their moment of grief, the Sharif family of Pakistan has had its share of both and in the span of a week. The former Prime Minister and PML(N) leader, Nawaz Sharif, is a free man as are his daughter, …

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September 22, 2018

Nawaz Sharif, his daughter granted parole to attend Kulsoom Nawaz’s funeral

Sharif’s wife Kulsoom died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. Her body will be brought back to Lahore and buried in the Jati Umra Lahore residence of the Sharif family.

September 12, 2018

A fresh swarm of locusts?

As you read this, the results of a pre-cooked breakfast will have been reheated for your consumption. Eat it slowly. You have the next five years to digest it. Some of you may not have the stomach to swallow something that has been masticated already. Others may not share those qualms. To them, even political …

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July 27, 2018

On the mat again

Pakistan is grappling with a political crisis at the helm. The former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, disqualified from office in July by the Supreme Court over charges of corruption, is now still more wobbly at the knees. In a span of two days ~ Thursday and Friday ~ he along with daughter Maryam and his …

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October 24, 2017

Maryam Nawaz kickstarts campaign for Lahore seat

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz on Saturday officially launched the election campaign for the NA-120 by-poll seat in Lahore that is being contested by her mother Kulsoom Nawaz. Maryam left from Jati Umra, residence of Sharif family in Lahore, accompanied by large numbers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supporters, the Nation daily …

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August 26, 2017