New Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has a tough task ahead of him. Not only has he been thrust into this position rather unexpectedly, he has a problem worth at least $3 billion at hand - first and foremost, he must convince IMF to renew their loan for Pakistan to avoid slipping into a debt crisis. Watch for more details.
5 Mar 2024Sharif, who in the past has undergone heart surgery, visited consultants on Harley Street on Tuesday and Wednesday and is scheduled for more scans on Thursday, the report saidHe has been staying in London since November 2019 on medical grounds
1 min read19 Nov 2020Sharif was speaking via video link from London to a gathering of tens of thousands of people organised by opposition parties
1 min read17 Oct 2020They told the court that efforts were made in compliance with the court orders to effect service of non-bailable warrants of arrest on SharifThe court has asked Sharif to appear before it by November 24 otherwise he would be designated as a proclaimed offender
1 min read10 Oct 2020An anti-corruption court on September 9 indicted former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-prime minister Yusuf Raza Gillani, while declared Sharif an absconder in the case
2 min read1 Oct 2020Pakistan's PM Imran Khan said his government 'regretted' the decision to lift a ban on SharifSharif, 70, was allowed to leave for London in November last year after the Lahore High Court granted him a four-week permission to go abroad for treatment
3 min read28 Aug 2020Dismissing Rashid’s claim, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz says the whole world knows that Sharif had conducted the nuclear tests in 1998 despite international pressure
2 min read30 May 2020The 69-year-old PML-N supremo had left for London on 19 Nov in an air ambulance to seek medical treatmentSharif has been advised that it will be determined within a week whether he will need a heart operation, bypass, or a heart stent
2 min read4 Jan 2020The 69-year-old PML-N supremo had left for London on 19 Nov in an air ambulance to seek medical treatmentSharif is 'diagnosed of complicated coronary artery/Ischemic Heart Disease with significant disease burden' and will undergo further scans before treatment begins, the physician said
1 min read20 Dec 2019The Cabinet meeting, chaired by PM Imran Khan, approved removal of Sharif’s name from the no-fly list (Exit Control List-ECL)The anti-corruption watchdog earlier refused to decide whether Sharif’s name should be removed from the no-fly list and asked government to decide the issue
3 min read13 Nov 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared