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LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif told workers from Malakand, Mardan and Kohat in Model Town on Sunday that an enemy of the constitution was an enemy of Pakistan and opponents of an independent judiciary were the opponents of the nation.
He said that the PML-N's revolutionary team was capable of making Pakistan a developed country of the 21st century and could ensure a secure future for the youth. Nawaz said peace in the region was hinged in a fair

LAHORE - The exclusion of the Pakistan People's Party from the Punjab government was the "call of workers," Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday. Addressing PML-N workers from Hazara, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and Peshawar divisions at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said that the PML-N would have supported the PPP-led government had it resolved the problems of the people.
Nawaz said a revolutionary team to enforce a revolutionary agenda was in

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif formally announced his party's decision to part ways with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Friday and said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif would most likely dissolve the provincial cabinet to form a new one that would exclude PPP ministers.
Following a five-hour meeting of the party's executive council to discuss future strategies, Nawaz told a press conference that the decision to part ways with the PPP in

LAHORE - The PML-N supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari inflicted several injuries to the party during the last three years, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday.
Addressing PML-N workers from Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur divisions at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said, "We supported the PPP-led government with sincerity and good intention but in reward, President Asif Ali Zardari incurred several

ISLAMABAD - The talks between the PPP and PML-N on implementation of the 10-point reforms agenda ended in a deadlock on Tuesday with both sides claiming progress but not sharing specifics, while PML-N chief expressed disappointment at the government's performance in the implementation of the agenda, saying that it's time the people decide the future course of action.
Addressing reporters after the talks, PML-N team leader Senator Ishaq Dar did not take a hard line saying it was

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Monday forming a government with the Chaudhrys (Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi) was like a curse so the coalition with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) was out of question.
Addressing PML-N party workers from Gujranwala and Rawalpindi divisions at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said, "We will continue per our routine in Punjab while proving its strength in the House." He said

ISLAMABAD - In the wake of the apparent standoff between the PPP and the PML-N over the implementation of the PML-N's 10-point reforms agenda by February 23, President Asif Ali Zardari in a consultative meeting on Sunday authorised Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to contact PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to defuse tension before it converted into a political crisis in the country.
The meeting was held amid reports that Shahbaz Sharif's government in Punjab was considering sending the

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he was deeply upset over the current situation in the country, saying that the credit for the current turmoil went to President Asif Ali Zardari who had disappointed the entire nation. Addressing PML-N party workers from Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib at his residence in Model Town, Nawaz said, "I reconciled with President Zardari to change the fate of the country but he ruined the reconciliation in just a month."
He

LAHORE/DASKA - The government will not be given more time to implement the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's 10-point agenda, party chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday. Chairing a meeting of PML-N workers from Daska, Sambrial, Pasrur and Sialkot at his Model Town residence, Nawaz said he was disappointed with the government's slow pace of the progress of implementation, adding that its failure to carry out the reforms could derail democracy in the country.
The deadline set by the

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif apparently have a different stance on their future political strategy, with the PML-N chief aspiring to continue politics of reconciliation in the larger national interest and Shahbaz proposing the exact opposite.
In a meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Business Council on Friday, Shahbaz exploded unprovoked when Nawaz talked about continuing politics of

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that federal government's incompetence was to blame for making the Raymond Davis affair more complicated.
"Had the government taken timely and tangible stance on Raymond Davis issue, the situation would not have been so much complex", he observed. He was speaking to journalists after a meeting with US Senator John Kerry here on Thursday Sharif said that within the 36 hours of the Lahore shootings

LAHORE - Former prime minister and PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Shairf has said that a strong Pakistan is vital for the world at large. He was talking to special envoy of Swedish government for Pakistan and Afghanistan Niclas Trouve accompanied by Swedish ambassador Mrs Ulrika Fundberg who called him at Raiwind here on Sunday.
Nawaz said that an economically strong Pakistan was necessary for the whole world. He urged the diplomats to ensure Pakistani traders' access to European

LAHORE: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that revengeful Nawaz Sharif is the master conspirator behind the plot against Moonis Elahi.
He said Sharifs had forgotten that his family had provided relief to them on various occasions. "We even went to the extent of helping out Ikram, a manager of one of their sugar mills, but the Sharif family is bent upon testifying to the saying of Hazrat Ali (RA), "Fear those to whom you show mercy."
He was addressing a

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged cricketing hero Sarfraz Nawaz to bowl for revolution in the country, and bring about a system where the reins of the country are handed to honest and sincere citizens.
Talking to Nawaz on phone from London, Hussain felicitated the cricketer on joining the MQM and said that his admission to the party means that revolution is around the corner. Nawaz told Hussain that he was willing to serve the country in any

LAHORE - The Sharifs met at Raiwind on Friday to take up their concerns over the non-responsive attitude of the federal government in reply to a letter the Punjab government wrote seeking details on Raymond Davis.
The letter had also sought the Centre's influence over the US embassy to allow the custody of the car and driver of the US Consulate Lahore that ran over a motorcyclist in the Lahore incident. The Sharif Brothers also discussed the PPP's 19-point agenda. They also

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has once again expressed dissatisfaction over the efforts being taken by the government in the implementation of the 10-points agenda by the government.
Nawaz voiced disappointment on Monday while presiding over a high-profile meeting called to review the current political situation, the implementation of its 10-point agenda and the reorganisation of the party. He said the proposed 10-points were in fact the real solution to all the prevailing

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday appointed Sanaullah Zehri as convener of the provincial organising committee of PML-N Balochistan with immediate effect. According to sources, Nawaz made this decision in a party meeting at his Raiwind farmhouse.