Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stood on the trading floor of the London Stock Exchange this week and made a claim that Pakistani governments have made many times before, in one form or another: the economy is fixed, the hard part is over, and the numbers prove it. He became the first Pakistani premier to open...
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has shelved, for now, its plan to march on Islamabad over the petroleum levy, but the party is making clear that the pause is tactical rather than final. With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expected back in the country soon, JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said a long march remains on the table...
The federal government on Wednesday announced a sharp reduction in the price of high-speed diesel, cutting the rate by Rs32.63 per litre, while simultaneously raising the price of petrol by Rs2.97 per litre, in one of the more dramatic single-day fuel price revisions the country has seen since shifting to a daily pricing mechanism. According...
Google opened its first local office in Pakistan on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Google Vice President Wilson White marking the milestone as Islamabad pushes toward a $30 billion annual IT export target.
Pakistan celebrated its 79th Independence Day on August 14, with President Zardari and PM Shehbaz Sharif leading nationwide ceremonies, flag-hoisting events, and tributes to the founders of the nation from Karachi to Islamabad.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s announcement that Pakistan would host the signing ceremony of a US-Iran peace agreement in Geneva marked one of the more striking diplomatic moments of his tenure, and it continues to shape the government’s political narrative weeks later. Addressing the National Assembly shortly after news broke of the agreement, Sharif described the...