ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday and sentenced to 14 years, yet another blow to the imprisoned populist leader days before his political movement attempts a return to power in parliamentary elections. It was his...
Tarar, the information minister, also accused Khan on Monday of trying to damage diplomatic relations between Pakistan and the United States by alleging that his ouster as prime minister was a U.S.-led plot that had been carried out by the military and his...
Prime minister: Shehbaz Sharif (2022) Land area: 297,636 sq mi (770,875 sq km); total area: 307,373 sq mi (796,095 sq km)1 Population (2022 est.): 242,923,845 (growth rate: 1.95%); birth rate: 26.48/1000; infant mortality rate: 53.98/1000; life expectancy: 69.67 Capital (202...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on November 1 that his government would give “provisional provincial status” to its occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan that was part of the pre-Independence princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It became part of India on the accession of the king...
Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan, though steeped in the progressive Modernist Muslim tradition of Sir Syed’s ‘Aligarh School of Thought,’ was, however, willing to continue to use Islam selectively to maintain the cherished unity of the Muslim majority of Pakistan. ...
Prime Minister Imran Khan said the whole world thanks and appreciates China’s efforts and achievement in dealing with the epidemic, and no country can do better than China. Those boosted Chinese confidence in overcoming the e...
In a post on X, the prime minister said, “I spoke to Prince Rahim Aga Khan to express my deepest condolences on the passing of His Highness the Aga Khan IV.” “A true friend of Pakistan, he illuminated many lives with his visionary leadership, and his contributions to global development...
Trump accused Islamabad of ‘deception’ and threatened to cut foreign aid, to which Islamabad reacted sharply. Pakistan’s Prime Minister said America was losing the war in Afghanistan and now trying to put the blame on Pakistan. One of the firebrand opposition politicians in Pakistan called the...
He was also the personal photographer of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto when they held the office of prime minister.He migrated to Pakistan in 1947 from his home town of Muzaffarnagar in India's Uttar Pradesh state. Zaidi was given the President's Pride of Performance award...
In Islamabad, President Mamnoon Hussain hoisted the national flag at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, and scores of Pakistani military and government officials and other dignitaries. ...