Shehbaz Sharif earlier served as prime minister of a coalition government from April 2022 to August 2023 before Parliament was dissolved to hold general elections.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari hoped that the coalition govt with PML-N would lead to a positive market response as the Pakistan faced a hung Parliament after the elections.
Independent candidates, largely backed by PTI, won 93 seats in the election. The winning independent candidates had to join a party within 3 days after the results were declared.
Former PM and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif nominates his younger brother for the top post after days of suspense over who would form the next government in Pakistan.
Bilawal said PML-N was only party to reach out to PPP for govt formation & that PPP won’t take any ministries. He asserted he’d like to see his father Asif Ali Zardari as president.
PM Modi is skilled at communicating by not picking up the phone. Even as panic grew in Pakistan during the Balakot crisis, he declined a midnight call from his counterpart Imran Khan.
According to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf are leading with 97 seats.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's army chief congratulated the country on Saturday for the "successful conduct" of its national elections, saying the nation needed "stable hands" to move on from the
Fauja Singh, 114, died after being hit by a speeding car. His death renews questions about India’s deadly roads, rising accidents, and poor traffic discipline.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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