ABBOTTABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi while reviewing the progress of the Havelian-Thakot motorway spoke to the media in Havelian and urged Pakistanis to keep in mind the ruling party PML-N’s achievements over the past five years while voting in the upcoming elections. The project itself is slated to be completed in February 2020, and […]
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PM Abbasi, Shah decide on former CJP Nasirul Mulk as caretaker PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Khursheed Shah, the opposition leader in the National Assembly have announced in a press conference that former Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasir-ul-Mulk will be the country’s caretaker Prime Minister. The decision comes after the two leaders met today in a last ditch effort to finalise the name of […]
Abbasi links security, prosperity to democracy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the Pakistan came into being consequent to a democratic struggle and its security, solidarity and prosperity was also linked with the democracy. In his message to the nation on Pakistan Day annually observed on March 23, the prime minister urged his countrymen to follow the teachings of […]
Imam-e- Kaaba meets PM Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: A meeting was held today between Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Imam-e-Kaaba Dr Salih Bin Muhammad Bin Talib on Monday. They discussed the issues regarding Muslim Ummah and matters of mutual interests between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Imam-e-Kaaba met Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif in Lahore earlier and they conversed about […]
Abbasi ‘sows the seed’ of enhanced regional cooperation and development at SAARC secretariat
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday visited South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) secretariat where he planted a tree wishing for better regional cooperation between the South Asian countries. In a speech during the visit, PM stated that Pakistan was committed to SAARC’s vision and objectives of its charter. He added […]
All institutions must function within constitutional limits without interference: Marriyum
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage Ms Aurangzeb speaking in the National Assembly Tuesday said that all constitutional institutions must function within constitutional limits in a dignified manner without any interference. The minister said that the Constitution of Pakistan had three pillars and the parliament was one of them, […]
Abbasi discusses caretaker govt with Opposition Leader
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday discussed the prospects of the caretaker government for the upcoming General Elections with Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Syed Khursheed Shah. According to sources, Abbasi and Shah met at the Speaker’s chamber in National Assembly. Khursheed Shah however expects the negotiations on the subject to […]
Trump tweets not considered US official policy, says PM Abbasi
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that he did not consider United States (US) President Donald Trump’s tweets accusing Pakistan of providing safe havens to terrorists as US official policy. In an interview to Washington Post, PM Abbasi said policies are communicated through official documents and meeting, not through tweets. On January 1, Trump tweeted […]
US aid insignificant to Pakistan, says PM Abbasi
LAHORE: Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has on Sunday said that the US aid to Pakistan is not very crucial for Pakistan’s war against terrorism. Talking to a British media outlet, Abbasi said that Pakistan has got less than $10 million as financial aid from America to fight for peace in the past five years, […]
PM Abbasi refutes rumors of NRO
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi refuted the rumors of National Reconciliation Order (NRO) between establishment and Pakistan Muslim League-N. He said that PML-N was not in a favor of such a deal. He was talking to a private television channel on Saturday morning. There were rumors echoing in federal capital that a deal between […]