Tag: Nawaz

Prime minister suffers due to unpaid gas bills

ISLAMABAD Five days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed that electricity dues should be recovered on priority and a report in this regard should be...

PM vows to bring country out of darkness in 3 years

DERA MURAD JAMALI Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif on Friday declared that the days of blackouts are numbered and there would be lights all over...

Taliban talks losing steam

ISLAMABAD Though Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday reiterated his government's resolve to carry forward the dialogue process with the banned terror outfit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

Diamer-Bhasha Dam will bring progress to GB: Nawaz

ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam would not only cater for energy requirements of the country, but...

Nawaz accepts WAPDA chairman’s resignation

ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday accepted the resignation of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) chairman Raghib Abbas. According to sources, Abbas...

Closure of PIA offices in Sindh and Balochistan irks Shah

ISLAMABAD Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Sunday expressed his concerns over the closure of four PIA offices in Sindh...

Nawaz wants economic ties among Asian countries

HAINAN Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday urged the Asian countries to wage coordinated efforts for realisation of the goal of economic prosperity. He was...

Bilawal assails Nawaz for Taliban talks, privatisation

Young PPP leader says PML-N govt pushing ‘nation into dark ages’ by pursuing talks with terrorists Says govt planning to sell out national assets in...

PM chairs meeting on Pak-China Economic Corridor

ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting regarding Pakistan-China Economic Corridor and early-harvest developmental projects in the PM’s House. The meeting...

Nawaz allows ad-hoc hiring

PM approves appointment of Planning Commission members, National Investment Trust MD and First Women Bank president   In a bid to improve day-to-day functioning of government...

Nawaz consults Musharraf’s exit with Zardari, Imran

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday presided over a key meeting of his party leaders and re-consulted with them over whether or not former...

Nisar updates Nawaz on Musharraf’s trial

ISLAMABAD Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed the latest development in former president Pervez Musharraf's trial. According...

PM announces to launch literacy movement

ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday announced to launch literacy movement along with a package of incentives to ensure maximum enrollment in schools. Addressing...

Hunger strike if contractual employees sacked: Shah

ISLAMABAD Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Thursday urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to reconsider his decision for dismissal...

Pakistan offers help to strengthen nuclear safety

Nawaz says constant vigilance, preparedness must for nuclear security, dispels impression that NSS process is imposing new mandates on IAEA   “Let me clarify that there...

Our nukes are safe, it’s energy that we are concerned about

THE HAGUE Pakistan assured the world community that it is considering ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material...

Nawaz proposes third party mediation on Kashmir

HAGUE Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that he wanted third party mediation between Pakistan and India to resolve their decades-old dispute over Kashmir. Talking...