Tag: Nawaz

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, who turned 61 on Friday, stopped party workers from celebrating his birthday in order to show simplicity and austerity. A private function was held at the Sharif family farmhouse at Raiwind, which was attended by close family members.
According to the PML-N website, Nawaz was born on December 25, 1949 in Lahore. PML-N leaders organised cake-cutting ceremonies throughout the city in their personal capacity for

LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has decided to "rescue" Democratic Party provincial President Shahzain Bugti by telephoning Prim Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani to play their role in resolving the issue.
In a telephonic conversation on Friday, Nawaz asked the leaders to handle Shahzain's case carefully giving it extraordinary attention as the issue was awash with the highest level of sensitivity.
"The situation in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: In another political manoeuvre, President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday again engaged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif by responding to his letter written last month, in an attempt to mend fences with the PML-N at a time when the government's coalition partners are up in arms.
The timing of the response suggests that Zardari's move is more of a damage-control attempt after the Fazlur Rehman-led JUI-F's departure from the coalition government.

Islamabad (18th December, 2010) I would like to thank you, once again, for your letter of 10th November 2010. In my interim letter of 16th November 2010, I had assured you of a detailed reply to the issues raised in your letter.
Let me share with you my response.
Pakistan is passing through one of the most critical periods of its history. As heads of the major political parties we share a great burden of responsibility. Our people expect us to put national interests above

LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has underlined the need for resolving all pending issues between Pakistan and India, including the Kashmir dispute, to achieve sustainable peace and progress in the region. He was talking to Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan, Sharat Sabharwal on Tuesday. Matters of mutual interest, current situation in the region, terrorism and other issues of importance came under discussion during the meeting. Nawaz said the two governments should take concrete

LAHORE: Punjab Labour Minister Ashraf Sohna said on Monday that official records point to the purchase committee and a private company Mediquip in the financial embezzlement of Rs 30 million in the purchase of angiography machine for Nawaz Sharif Social Security Hospital. Giving details of the corruption scandal at a press briefing at his official residence, Sohna said 'high prices' were paid for angiography machines, which were supplied by the same medical company to the Punjab

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif on Sunday accepted President Asif Ali Zardari's invitation to a dinner held in honour of the Chinese prime minister on December 18.
Zardari telephoned Nawaz and invited him to the banquet to be hosted by the president, which was accepted by the PML-N head, president's spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
"The president thanked the former prime minister for accepting the invitation," he added.
The Chinese prime

LAHORE: Former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan would have been one of the "Asian Tigers" had his government not been toppled by Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf.
"My government was busy in building infrastructure and roads and launching other mega projects with the help of good governance," Nawaz said in an interview with a US-based TV channel, MHz Networks.
He said his government had been working through various channels to establish good

SHEIKHUPURA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said his party would not accept the reformed general sales tax (RGST) at any cost.
"The tax will increase inflation and aggravate the suffering of the consumers," he said while addressing party workers on Saturday. He was in town to condole with PML-N leader Arif Khan Sandhila over the death of his mother.
The PML-N leader said his party would oppose the imposition of unnecessary taxes and

LAHORE: Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Shaikh and his team visited PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday seeking endorsement of the reformed GST bill in the National Assembly.
However, the minister had to return empty-handed, without even hope for a second round of talks on the issue.
An insider told Pakistan Today that the team tried for more than three hours to convince Nawaz but remained unsuccessful. He said the delegation tried to persuade Nawaz that the misunderstanding on

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Pir Muhammad Aslam, Senator Javed Ali Shah and former member of provincial assembly (MPA) Mujahid Ali Shah called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence on Friday. Talking to the PML-Q leaders, Nawaz said that the federal government had failed to control price hike and unemployment.
The PML-N chief said that his politics revolved around Pakistan's

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif gave a briefing to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif about the low-cost Ashiyana Housing Scheme on Friday. The CM said that the project for providing houses to low-income people had started in Lahore and would be extended throughout Punjab.
He said that 26 sites have been identified for the scheme in various districts of the province. Shahbaz informed Nawaz that the housing project was a welfare scheme of the

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesman Sadiq ul farooq on Friday said that the PML-N chief was not interested in premiership in the sitting National Assembly, adding that they would demand fresh general elections.
Talking to reporters outside Punjab Assembly, he said that there was no restriction on Nawaz Sharif to take part in politics and he was actively participating despite negative propaganda. He said PML-N head was least interested in joining the current

ISLAMABAD: Two diplomatic memos leaked by WikiLeaks reveal that the Saudi royal family is divided over its relationship with Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N.
The first cable sent by US Charge'd Affaires Michael Gfoeller on November 20, 2007, reveals Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubeir severely criticised Nawaz for not keeping his words.
"He (Jubeir) asserted that the Saudi government had offered Sharif a pledge of protection and asylum in

ISLAMABAD: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and senior leader Nisar Ali Khan repeatedly told former US ambassador Anne Patterson that the party was pro-American.
In a cable released by WikiLeaks that sent on February 1, 2008, Patterson writes, "Nawaz recounted his decision to override his chief of army staff and deploy Pakistani troops to Saudi Arabia in support of the US coalition in the first Gulf War."
Meanwhile, Nisar noted that the PPP and its leaders were organising street

LAHORE: According to the recently published Wikileaks reports, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi called PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif more dangerous than President Asif Ali Zardari.
According to a document of July 23, 2009 included in the controversial cable releases by WikiLeaks, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Prince Muhammad bin Zaid said Zardari was corrupt but not dangerous, while Nawaz was not a trustworthy person.
The same document states that a new personality could come into the

QUETTA: US drone attacks in Pakistan are threats to the integrity of the country and the PML-N has been condemning it for a long time, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference, Nawaz said that the drone attacks had started in former president Pervez Musharraf's regime. He said that dictators had caused great damage to the country as well as democracy during past 60 years, adding that eth growth rate in neighbouring country