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Pak PM to unveil Cabinet, Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to administer oath

The Cabinet was scheduled to take oath tonight at 8:30 pm on Monday; however, when the prime minister's office contacted the president's office, Alvi refused to administer oaths, Geo TV report

Pak cabinet swearing-in delayed after Prez Alvi refuses to administer oath

According to the sources familiar with the development, the new cabinet is now likely to take oath now on Tuesday or Wednesday, reported ARY News

Pakistan to resume negotiations with International Monetary Fund

Pakistan now gearing up to re-initiate talks with the IMF and World Bank through a economic team, aiming to restart the IMF programme.

PML-N claims Imran's theft exposed, 'concealed PKR 310 mn foreign funding'

This comes in the light of last week's order by Islamabad High Court wherein the court directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to decide the PTI foreign funding case within a month

Imran Khan's party elects Sardar Tanvir Ilyas as new Prime Minister of PoK

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Sardar Tanvir Ilyas has been elected unopposed as the 14th Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Another Imran Khan conspiracy unveiled: Maryam on PTI's Twitter trends

After PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb had revealed that the top trend was being run through bots, Maryam in a Tweet said: "Another IK lie exposed, another conspiracy unveiled"

Cash-strapped Pakistan cuts power to households on fuel shortage

Pakistan's energy costs more than doubled to $15 billion in nine months ended February from a year earlier, and it isn't able to spend more on additional shipments

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif says his 'speedy work' will frighten Imran

Sharif said that earlier, the country's defence expenditures used to be met by the national income, but during PTI's rule, these expenses were met through loans

Pakistan PM requests China's support in reviving Karachi Circular Railway

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif requested China to support planned revival of the Karachi Circular Railway project to end woes of hundreds of thousands of commuters in largest metropolis.

CPEC to advance under Shehbaz's watch: Pakistan senator

Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) forward with new vigour and vitality

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to unveil Cabinet on Monday: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to form a new Cabinet on Monday after a week-long delay amid deliberations on how to accommodate all coalition partners, according to a media report. Pakistan's Parliament last week elected Sharif, President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as the new prime minister after the ouster of Imran Khan through a no-trust vote. But the new Cabinet could not be formed as Sharif wanted to accommodate all his allies in the government. Members of the federal Cabinet are taking oath tomorrow (Monday), Marriyum Aurangzeb, who is likely to become information minister, told Dawn newspaper on Sunday. However, there was uncertainty about whether Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will become a part of the Cabinet or abstain over a disagreement about the distribution of ministries, the newspaper reported, adding Fazl will remain the government ally. Marriyum said the PML-N would get 14 ministries followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (P

Anti-Pakistan sentiments grow in Afghanistan after military air strikes

The Ministry of Defence called the attack tyrannical and warned that no country should provoke Afghanistan

Oil and edible import bills surge by 60% in Pakistan, says report

Government decides to resume talks with IMF for package revival

Pakistan's new cabinet: PML-N leader hints Bilawal to get foreign ministry

Earlier, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday decided against joining the cabinet of new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan: Shehbaz govt to retract from decision on fuel hike, says report

According to The News International, the sources said, the government thinks subsidising the masses with this huge multi-billion rupee package for cheap products is not a viable option

Imran Khan rejects election of Punjab CM, says it's a 'mafia-captured poll'

In his tweet, the former Pak PM said whatever happened in Punjab Assembly was condemnable and against all democratic norms.

'Conversation that rattled PTI govt took place at a farewell lunch in US'

Sources said the US side expressed its disappointment with Pakistan's decision to send its prime minister, Imran Khan, to Moscow the day Russia invaded Ukraine

Zardari decides against joining cabinet of Shehbaz Sharif: Report

Zardari, who is considered a key player behind the ouster of Imran Khan as PM, said that his party will not take ministries as they want their friends to be accommodated first, says a news report

Chaos in Pak's Punjab Assembly after PTI members attack deputy speaker

The lawmakers from the ex-prime minister Imran Khan's party attacked Mazari and pulled his hair for changing his loyalty

Imran Khan's ouster affirms power in Pakistan lies with Army Chief

After Imran Khan's ouster as Prime Minister, Pakistan has again been reminded that the main power lies in the hands of the Army Chief.The pattern began with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who was elected as the PM in the year 1973. He misused his power as he established a private security organisation to bust heads whenever the Army refused. He began the jihad in Afghanistan in 1973 by exploiting Islamist Afghans and in 1973, he launched a brutal army operation in Balochistan which resulted in thousands of civilian casualties. Then in 1977, he rigged elections to ensure another term. As violence engulfed the country, General Zia-ul-Haq, the Army Chief, who was appointed by Bhutto, deposed him in a coup.Bhutto was convicted for the murder of a political opponent and went to the gallows. After this Zia assumed the office of the presidency and introduced many controversial provisions such as the eighth Amendment and its Article 582b which empowered the President of the country to dissolve the ...