Tag: PM Abbasi

Nawaz’s statement was ‘misreported’, reiterates PM

Abbasi suggests formation of truth and reconciliation commission  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday criticised lawmakers for giving their opinion on former...

Accord signed for construction of 878km transmission line from Matiari to...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Monday witnessed signing of agreements between Power Division of Pakistan and State Grid Corporation of China, for construction of...

PM contradicts ex-PM, says Nawaz was ‘misreported’

Abbasi claims NSC meeting did not condemn Nawaz Sharif's statement, but incorrect reporting Claims Nawaz Sharif 'told me that he was misquoted by...

Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami elected as CPNE president

ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist, senior analyst and Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami has been elected as the president of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). Awami...

PM Abbasi to inaugurate mega projects worth Rs12.9 billion today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday is all set to lay the foundation stone for the construction of two mega projects in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...

Country’s development only linked with democracy: PM Abbasi

Says PML-N govt revived Karachi’s lights Govt extends tax break for Pakistan's IT exports by six years KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on...

NAB doubles down on $4.9 billion money laundering probe

--The Bureau says it is following law, doesn’t intend to victimise anyone --Prime Minister Abbasi calls for parliamentary inquiry into allegations of money laundering against...

PM briefs cabinet on meeting with political leaders over FATA reforms

Federal cabinet condemns attack on Ahsan Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Federal Cabinet at Prime...

PM goes ahead with FATA mainstreaming plan

--National Security Committee approves plan ahead of the announcement --Modalities of the plan to be sorted out within next four weeks --Additional Rs1000 billion required for...

Tribal people laud increase in allocation for FATA, TDPs

  PESHAWAR: The tribal people including parliamentarians, chieftains, and elders here on Wednesday lauded massive increase in allocation of funds for the FATA and the Temporarily...

New Islamabad airport opens for business after years of delay

  --PM Abbasi inaugurates country's first greenfield airport designed to facilitate 25 million passengers annually  --PM says govt sticking to 'liberal, open sky scheme' despite criticism, hopes new...

PM Abbasi, army chief inaugurate NLC terminal, markets in Miramshah

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa made a joint visit to Miramshah in North...

PM Abbasi to inaugurate new Islamabad airport on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will inaugurate new Islamabad International Airport on Tuesday, while it will be fully operational from Thursday. According to Civil Aviation...

Nawaz forms committee to convince displeased members during party meeting

LAHORE: Ousted prime minister and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif during a meeting on Sunday constituted a three-member committee consisting of Hamza Shahbaz, Ashfaq Sarwar and...

A budget for the salaried class

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced an ad hoc relief of 10 per cent in the salaries and pensions of civil and military employees in...

Miftah’s appointment as finance minister triggers new battle

--Legal experts say govt’s move ‘in violation of law’ --PM defends Miftah’s appointment, says ‘nothing unconstitutional about it’   ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Miftah Ismail as federal minister...

PM Abbasi meets Nawaz, discusses budget 2018-19

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday met former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad. During the meeting, ongoing political situation and...