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Abdul Patel's appointment as new Pak Health Minister sees sharp criticism

Qadir Patel, 53, a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Member of National Assembly, was entrusted with the portfolio of National Health Services

Ex-IMF economist Miftah Ismail has a tight time frame as Pak's FM

Ismail, who briefly held the post four years ago, brings with him a record of decisive policy action and a close relationship with PM Shehbaz Sharif but faces a daunting array of challenges

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's Cabinet takes oath after several days of delay

The Cabinet includes 31 ministers and three ministers of the state and its first meeting has been summoned in the evening by Prime Minister Sharif

Pakistan braces for worst diesel shortage amid harvesting season: Report

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has been warned by economists and industry experts that the country would face the worst shortage of diesel next month amid the harvesting season, Express Tribune reported

Kandahar residents protest Pakistan's air strikes on Afghan territory

On April 16, the Pakistani military carried out airstrikes on the Spiri area of Khost province and also targeted the Shiltan district of Kunar province with shelling

Pak PM to unveil Cabinet, Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to administer oath

The Cabinet was scheduled to take oath tonight at 8:30 pm on Monday; however, when the prime minister's office contacted the president's office, Alvi refused to administer oaths, Geo TV report

Pak cabinet swearing-in delayed after Prez Alvi refuses to administer oath

According to the sources familiar with the development, the new cabinet is now likely to take oath now on Tuesday or Wednesday, reported ARY News

Pakistan to resume negotiations with International Monetary Fund

Pakistan now gearing up to re-initiate talks with the IMF and World Bank through a economic team, aiming to restart the IMF programme.

PML-N claims Imran's theft exposed, 'concealed PKR 310 mn foreign funding'

This comes in the light of last week's order by Islamabad High Court wherein the court directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to decide the PTI foreign funding case within a month

Imran Khan's party elects Sardar Tanvir Ilyas as new Prime Minister of PoK

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Sardar Tanvir Ilyas has been elected unopposed as the 14th Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

Another Imran Khan conspiracy unveiled: Maryam on PTI's Twitter trends

After PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb had revealed that the top trend was being run through bots, Maryam in a Tweet said: "Another IK lie exposed, another conspiracy unveiled"

Cash-strapped Pakistan cuts power to households on fuel shortage

Pakistan's energy costs more than doubled to $15 billion in nine months ended February from a year earlier, and it isn't able to spend more on additional shipments

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif says his 'speedy work' will frighten Imran

Sharif said that earlier, the country's defence expenditures used to be met by the national income, but during PTI's rule, these expenses were met through loans

Pakistan PM requests China's support in reviving Karachi Circular Railway

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif requested China to support planned revival of the Karachi Circular Railway project to end woes of hundreds of thousands of commuters in largest metropolis.

CPEC to advance under Shehbaz's watch: Pakistan senator

Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) forward with new vigour and vitality

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to unveil Cabinet on Monday: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to form a new Cabinet on Monday after a week-long delay amid deliberations on how to accommodate all coalition partners, according to a media report. Pakistan's Parliament last week elected Sharif, President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as the new prime minister after the ouster of Imran Khan through a no-trust vote. But the new Cabinet could not be formed as Sharif wanted to accommodate all his allies in the government. Members of the federal Cabinet are taking oath tomorrow (Monday), Marriyum Aurangzeb, who is likely to become information minister, told Dawn newspaper on Sunday. However, there was uncertainty about whether Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) will become a part of the Cabinet or abstain over a disagreement about the distribution of ministries, the newspaper reported, adding Fazl will remain the government ally. Marriyum said the PML-N would get 14 ministries followed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (P

Anti-Pakistan sentiments grow in Afghanistan after military air strikes

The Ministry of Defence called the attack tyrannical and warned that no country should provoke Afghanistan

Oil and edible import bills surge by 60% in Pakistan, says report

Government decides to resume talks with IMF for package revival

Pakistan's new cabinet: PML-N leader hints Bilawal to get foreign ministry

Earlier, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday decided against joining the cabinet of new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan: Shehbaz govt to retract from decision on fuel hike, says report

According to The News International, the sources said, the government thinks subsidising the masses with this huge multi-billion rupee package for cheap products is not a viable option