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PML-N needs a leader; split looms for PTI

Nawaz Sharif has finally flown out but it’s not curtains yet. It’s now the beginning of Act 2 of the ongoing political saga.

21 Nov 2019 2:24 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

The cruelty in Pakistan over Sharif’s health

While we sink deeper into the hole we have dug for ourselves, the establishment remains the elephant in the room.

18 Nov 2019 7:14 AM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he holds no grudge against Nawaz Sharif and that the ailing former premier's health is more important than politics. (Photo: File)

Imran says 'no grudge' against former PM Nawaz Sharif

Khan, however, regretted that the Sharif family was 'playing politics' on the 69-year-old politician's health.

16 Nov 2019 11:14 AM

On Tuesday, Pakistan Cabinet decided to allow 69-year-old Sharif to go to the UK for medical treatment if the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo agrees to sign surety bonds making a commitment that he would return after the treatment and face corruption cases against him. (Photo: File)

Sharif refuses Pak govt's conditional permit to travel abroad

'Sharif would not submit any indemnity bonds worth Rs 7 billion for removing his name from no-fly list,' PML-N leader said.

13 Nov 2019 12:14 PM

Wishing Mian Sahib well at a time when PTI has performance anxiety

The “deal” theorists suggest that Maryam Nawaz will be accompanying her father on his journey.

11 Nov 2019 12:52 AM

Ailing former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif may not travel to London on Sunday for treatment as the government delayed removal of his name from the no fly-list. (Photo: File)

Nawaz Sharif's London trip in doubt as his name figures in no-fly list

The Pakistan government decided to let Nawaz Sharif go abroad for treatment due to his critical medical conditions.

10 Nov 2019 1:45 PM

Sharif was shifted to his Jati Umra Raiwind residence in Lahore on Wednesday after his two-week stay at a Pakistani hospital for treatment of multiple diseases. (Photo: FIle)

Nawaz Sharif may travel to London for further treatment, says report

Sharif was admitted to hospital in Lahore on Oct 22 after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000.

08 Nov 2019 12:06 PM

Sharif, 69, was admitted to the Services Hospital on October 22 from Pakistan's anti-graft body's custody after his platelets dropped to a critical low level of 2,000. (Photo: File)

Nawaz Sharif facing 'major genetic issue', advised to go abroad for treatment

Sharif will be discharged and transferred to Sharif Medical City, a medical college in Lahore, on Wednesday.

06 Nov 2019 2:33 PM

Of discontent over Punjab’s hegemony

Sharif illustrates that even bourgeois politicians can turn against their masters, let alone the working masses.

02 Nov 2019 12:00 AM

Vendetta politics by Pak leaders a repeat of history

The split it caused between the PML-N and the establishment was the beginning of the fight we are now caught in the middle of.

30 Oct 2019 2:09 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's health condition has further deteriorated and slipped into the danger zone following a drastic decrease in the blood platelet count, forcing the doctors to stop his heart medication, according to a media report. (Photo: File)

Nawaz Sharif's health deteriorates, doctors refuse to discharge him: report

On December 24, 2018, an accountability court had sentenced Sharif to seven years in prison in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.

29 Oct 2019 11:53 AM

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: File)

Pakistan PM issues orders to keep Maryam Nawaz with father in hospital

Sharif's deteriorating health raised alarms bells as his blood platelet count fell sharply to a life-threatening level of 7,000.

25 Oct 2019 2:30 PM

In unequal societies, leaders not like all others

Domestic servants tend to be seated on different tables at restaurants because they are usually not allowed at the dining table in homes either.

18 Sep 2019 1:46 AM

Strongmen with staying power: Why Pak won’t figure on list

Pakistan’s name would not appear on a list of states headed by strongmen who have stayed (or continue to be) in power for such periods.

12 Sep 2019 12:02 AM

Two government hospitals in Pakistan have denied a specialised cardiac ambulance facility for emergency medical cover to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a Jail here, according to a media report. (Photo: File)

Pak govt hospitals deny specialised ambulance facility to Sharif

A defibrillator helps save life by giving a high-energy electric shock to the heart of a patient in case of cardiac arrest.

23 Aug 2019 1:53 PM

The duo was produced in court amid strict security where Judge Naeem Arshad heard NAB's request for a 15-day extension in their physical remand, Express Tribune reported. (Photo: ANI)

Maryam Nawaz's remand extended by 14 in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

Maryam had appeared before NAB on July 31 to record her statement in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference.

22 Aug 2019 10:00 AM

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif continues to have air conditioner, television, exercise equipment and other facilities in prison as recommended by his medical board, a media report said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Nawaz Sharif continues to have AC, heater, TV in prison: report

On Thursday, the former prime minister is permitted to meet party leaders and family members at the prison, the report said.

11 Aug 2019 1:29 PM

Maryam Nawaz was taken into custody by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday. (Photo: ANI)

PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz taken into NAB custody: Pakistan

She was taken into custody before meeting her father at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail, according to Geo News.

08 Aug 2019 2:56 PM

The evidence against the owners of the sugar mills came to the fore during the investigation against Shehbaz Sharif and his sons Hamza and Salman in money laundering and income beyond means case. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan accountability court turns down NAB request to probe Nawaz

Accountability judge Mohammad Bashir returned the application by the NAB, saying the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain it.

03 Aug 2019 1:05 PM

The former jailed PM's nephew's Yousuf Abbas and Abdul Aziz Abbas were going to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj when they were offloaded on Thursday from the Madina-bound flight at Allama Iqbal International Airport on the request of the National Accountability Bureau. (Photo: File)

Two nephews of former Pakistan PM Sharif offloaded from Haj-bound flight

The two were stopped from travelling as their names were on the Provisional National Identity List.

02 Aug 2019 4:32 PM

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