NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Shehbaz Sharif after he was sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Islamabad: Amid boycotts and delays, the Punjab Assembly on Monday elected PML-N's Maryam Nawaz as the first female Chief Minister of the province and Pakistan, media reported.

Islamabad: PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif is set to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan while PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is slated to be the President of the country, according to PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Islamabad: Even as final results of the Pakistan general elections are awaited, PTI founder Imran Khan and PML(N) supremo Nawaz Sharif have claimed win and delivered victory speeches.

Islamabad: Even as PTI-backed candidates have won many seats in the general elections, PML(N) on Friday claimed to have the majority in the National Assembly.

Islamabad:Just three days before the completion of its five-year tenure, Pakistan President Arif Alvi has dissolved the National Assembly shortly after a summary signed by Prime Shehbaz Sharif advising the dissolution of the Lower House of Parliament, was sent to the Presidency.

Islamabad:Pakistan’s coalition government under the premiership of Shehbaz Sharif is set to dissolve the National Assembly on Wednesday and bring in a caretaker government.

Islamabad: In response to a recent statement from India's Ministry of External Affairs holding Pakistan responsible for failing to create an environment free of terror and hostility for talks, Islamabad has now put the onus on New Delhi to create a favourable atmosphere rfor dialogue and peace in the region.

UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the high-level annual meeting of the UN General Assembly in September, according to the roster of speakers released by the office of the Assembly president.

Sialkot:Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that his government would hand over the power to an interim setup before the completion of its tenure next month, reports said.

Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz urged that the $3 billion pact signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be the country's last loan programme with the global lender.

Karachi:Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index jumped more than 1,000 points as the country expects to sign a deal with the International Money Fund (IMF) to unlock much-needed funds, local media reported.

Islamabad:Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Pakistan and China for a 1200MW Chashma-5 (C-5) nuclear power project worth $3.48 billion, local media reported.

NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf along with Supreme Court lawyer Mustafa Ramday, has been nominated by the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday to join the PCB's Board of Governors (BoG).

Islamabad:Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his brother PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif would become premier for the fourth time after returning home.

Islamabad:Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed unwillingness on behalf of his government for a dialogue with his predecessor Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) owing to the PTI-led nationwide riots and protests, media reports said.

Islamabad:The Pakistan federal cabinet has approved decisions taken in a National Security Committee (NSC), wherein it was decided that the protesters who ransacked and vandalised military installations on May 9 would be tried under the Army Act and the Official Secrets Act.

Islamabad: In response to PTI chief Imran Khan's revealing details of an alleged "London plan", Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday asked his predecessor to "join the investigation and account for your corruption".

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari have slammed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khans serious allegations against the army, media reports said.

Islamabad:Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum briefed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on national and regional security matters and the upcoming visits of Chinese and Afghan Foreign Ministers over the next week.

NEW YORK: The US snooping on India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has been revealed in the leak of a Washington document on talks between him and Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday emphasised that the country has met all "tough" conditions laid forth by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and now the lender has "no excuse" to delay the staff-level agreement.

Islamabad:The Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution rejecting the three-member Supreme Court bench's "minority" verdict on the Punjab elections and made it binding on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his cabinet not to implement the decision, media reports said.

Rawalpindi:Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday blasted Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial for his remarks on the parliamentarians during a hearing of the Punjab election delay case, a media outlet reported.

Islamabad: An Islamabad court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in the judge threatening case, the media reported.

Islamabad:In a fiery address to Pakistan's National Assembly, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he was of the clear opinion that talks between the government and his predecessor Imran Khan will only be possible if the latter admits his "wrongdoings" and apologises to people for all the things he has said and done.

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has decided to conduct the traditional military parade on Pakistan Day on a limited scale to save expenses as part of the governments austerity measures.

Islamabad:Pakistan's former premier and chairman of political party PTI, Imran Khan seems to be softening his rigid stance of having no talks with his opposition party leaders and the current ruling coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on issues related to the interests of the country and its inconsistent democracy.

Islamabad:A case of alleged assets beyond means against Lt General (retd) Faiz Hameed, the former chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was referred to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) but it was returned by the latter.

Islamabad:The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), a mainstream political force and a supporting pillar to the current ruling coalition government of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has threatened to part ways from the federal government if it fails to meet and fulfil its promises of conducting an unbiased digital census and giving relief to the flood victims of the Sindh province.

Islamabad:The Afghan Taliban have expressed their willingness to disarm the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group and relocate its members from the countries' border but with a condition that Islamabad will bear the cost of the proposed plan.

Islamabad:Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday admitted that there will be more inflation as a result of the possible agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a media outlet reported.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recent decision of stuffing as many special assistants as he can into an already big fat federal cabinet has not only drawn widespread condemnation but also led experts to say that it is an "insensitive" move which has cost the taxpayers large sums of money amid an ongoing economic crunch.

Peshawar:A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar's Police Lines area on Monday killed 32 people while 147 others were injured, local media reported.

ISLAMABAD: Former premier and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan is fast losing his political ground and relevance in establishing any influence in the formation of a caretaker federal government setup as the ruling coalition government is making all the right moves to ensure that they do not lose control and form a caretaker setup of their own choice, and pave the way to regain power, not only in the federal capital but also in the largest province Punjab.