Tag: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

While addressing a ceremony after performing the ground breaking of Rs 21 billion project of upgradation of Islamabad Expressway to a 10-lane highway, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday announced that the prices of petroleum products will remain unchanged during July.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with Tajik President Imam Ali Romanov in Dushanbe on Tuesday and discussed matters of bilateral interest and ways to expand cooperation between the two countries.

In a bid to introduce‎ intra-institutional transparency, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday accorded formal approval to a summary on Draft Whistle Blower Bill.

In a major breakthrough on Tuesday, the long-running differences between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan were bridged when the two met after four months in an hour-long meeting at the Prime Minister’s House before the start of the federal cabinet’s meeting.

Chairing the 14th meeting of Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCE) at Prime Minister’s House on Friday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued directions for speeding up power recoveries and taking tangible steps for controlling power theft.

Speaking during the National Assembly session on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government believes following merit for recruitment and promotions of civil servants.

While Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif cancelled his three-day visit to Sri Lanka and rushed to Karachi to review the strategy to deal with the new wave of terrorism and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also reached the port city in the evening, the mysterious absence of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan from the political scene once again brought internal bickering within the federal cabinet into the limelight.

Chairing a high-level meeting attended by key political and military leaders at Sindh Governor’s House in Karachi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lamented inefficient implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) and particularly criticised the Sindh Home Department in the backdrop of attack on Ismailis in Karachi earlier during the day.

Addressing a luncheon hosted for the leaders of all political parties to address their concerns over the alleged change in the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated government’s resolve to solve all national issues through mutual consultation for country’s economic progress.

As Taliban attacks mount in neighbouring Afghanistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif would be visiting Kabul today (Tuesday) with a high level delegation on the invitation of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the situation with special emphasis on efforts being made to bring the militants on the talks table.

According to the statistics gathered by Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN), Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif missed out on about 70 per cent of the National Assembly sessions while Opposition Leader Syed Khurshid Shah could not make it to 20 per cent of the total sittings of the House held during the second parliamentary year which ended last week.

“If all the evidence is in ballot bags, what do you have? They asked for vote recount in the past, but what happened was that we ended up winning by a bigger margin,” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday took a jibe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) while talking to reporters in London before heading back to Pakistan.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have expressed satisfaction over their discussions held Thursday where they reiterated commitment to further enhance bilateral relations and expand existing defense, security and intelligence cooperation, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Friday.

Addressing the joint sitting of the Parliament in Islamabad, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed to stand with Pakistan for socio-economic development and for upholding Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity.

Addressing the Parliament after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said that Pakistan and China would continue their journey to achieve common goal of development, progress, peace and stability. He hoped that mutual cooperation between the two countries will be further expanded in the next 15 years.

During separate meetings with the top executives of three leading Chinese companies; Huaneng Group, ICBC Corporation and Zonergy Corporation, at the Prime Minister’s House, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday said that the government would extend all possible facilitation to the Chinese companies to enable them complete the planned projects within stipulated period.

During his visit to Southern Command Headquarters in Quetta, where he was briefed on ongoing operations against terrorists in Balochistan, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday warned the local and foreign anti-state elements, including foreign spy agencies, of dire consequences if they try to destabilise Pakistan by supporting insurgents in Balochistan.