FILE – Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, addresses supporters next to his brother Shehbaz Sharif, right, and daughter Maryam Nawaz, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was reelected president of Pakistan’s ruling party Tuesday. He last led the Pakistan Muslim League-N party in 2017, when he was […]
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif‘s trip to China in April 2024 was a “private” one but social media posts misleadingly claimed a video showed he received a high-profile official welcome. The video in the posts was actually taken during Sharif’s first official foreign trip in July 2013 after he was elected […]
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed confidence his party will win Thursday’s national election, a vote that has been marred by violence, deep political tensions and the imprisonment of a popular contender. A day before the election, at least 30 people were killed in bombings at political offices, and sporadic attacks on Thursday […]