Nawaz Sharif News

Imran Khan on Saturday posted a pre-recorded audio-visual message created using artificial intelligence in which he also claimed victory. In the video shared on his official X (formerly Twitter), Imran Khan can be seen speaking in front of the camera, but his voice does not appear to sync with his lip movements. “Chairman Imran Khan's victory speech (AI version) after an unprecedented fightback from the nation that resulted in PTI’s landslide victory in General Elections 2024," he wrote in the caption.

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif changed tack Friday and said he would seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates backed by his imprisoned rival, Imran Khan, in parliamentary election results. Sharif told supporters he was sending his brother and former premier, Shehbaz Sharif, to meet the leaders of other parties and invite them to join a coalition.

Check all the Pakistan Election Results 2024 Live Updates here on LiveMint.Former Pakistani prime ministers and bitter rivals Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil.Sharif's party won the most seats by a single party in Thursday's election, but supporters of imprisoned Khan, who ran as independents instead of as a single bloc after his party was barred from the polls, won the most seats overall.The United States, Britain and the European Union on Friday separately expressed concerns about Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities.

Pakistan (ECP) has not yet announced the final poll results. Meanwhile, according to the unofficial provisional results reported by Geo News for 241 out of 266 seats, the independent candidates, mostly backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) are leading with 97 seats.

Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed victory in national elections by declaring that his political party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has emerged as the largest in the vote. Sharif has also shown interest in forming a coalition to form the government. He announced that he has tasked his younger brother and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif to reach out to the Pakistan Peoples' Party's Asif Ali Zardari, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Fazlur Rehman and Muttahida Qaumi Movement's Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for the formation of a coalition government.

Tension was building in Pakistan Friday as authorities struggled to explain a delay in announcing the result of the national election, leading to accusations that the authorities were suppressing a tide of votes in favor of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan. Thursday’s election pitched Khan’s passionate support against the followers of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Pakistan’s general election has taken an unexpected twist. Early trends indicate that Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) might have stolen a march on its political rivals in the polls, even with its leader, the flamboyant former World Cup-winning cricket captain, behind bars on various corruption charges. A PTI win would also present a setback to the country’s powerful military.

The Dawn. According to the report, the party has fielded reportedly fielded candidates for each constituency of Pakistan. But, the most interesting news is Hafiz Saeed's son Talha Saeed will contest the polls from the National Assembly’s constituency NA-127 in Lahore, as per the report.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he was ousted from the government in 1999 by (late) Gen Pervez Musharraf for opposing the Kargil misadventure, as he underlined the importance of having good relations with India and other neighbours.The three-time prime minister questioned why he was ousted from the office of the prime minister prematurely.

A Pakistani court has acquitted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a graft case, removing a major obstacle for him to run in parliamentary elections in February

Islamabad: For the first time since his return from London after four years of self-exile, former premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday appeared a local court in connection with the corruption cases against him. Sharif, 73, the three-time prime minister and supremo of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), returned to Pakistan on Saturday. The court cases are set to resume which were stopped due to his absence.

Sharif has made the right overture by saying he wants to reach out to India. But the fact is, he needs to get permission from the Pakistan Army before making any new initiative with India. Pakistan Army is not comfortable making Nawaz Sharif the next prime minister of the country.

By Asif Shahzad and Mubasher Bukhari

Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said the return of her father Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan after four years was the «biggest day» of her life and predicted that the country will see the former prime minister staging another comeback in politics. Sharif, 73, returned home on Saturday on a special flight after a four-year self-imposed exile in the UK to head his party in the general elections expected to be held in January. The 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo flew in from Dubai to Islamabad on the 'Umeed-e-Pakistan' chartered plane.

Pakistan after 4 years and I am feeling very happy with the grace of Allah. It would be great if the situation in Pakistan was better today than it was in 2017," Nawaz Sharif said before boarding a flight from Dubai as per news agency ANI. PML-N has made elaborate arrangements to extend a hearty reception to the former Prime Minister.

Pakistan after four years, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday deplored the «very chaotic» situation back home and expressed confidence that his PML-N party was «competent» to take the cash-strapped country out of the present crisis. The 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo will fly in from Dubai to Islamabad on a chartered plane, former finance minister and PML-N stalwart Ishaq Dar said. «After staying an hour or so in Islamabad, he will leave for Lahore to address a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan,» Dar told journalists on Friday.

Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived in the UAE to meet a select group of people a day ahead of his return to Pakistan without the fear of immediate arrest upon landing, according to a media report on Friday. Sharif, also the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, landed in Dubai late on Thursday night and is expected to return to Pakistan on a chartered flight, ending a self-imposed four-year exile in London, Geo News reported. In Pakistan, the Islamabad High Court on Thursday provided temporary relief to Sharif as it granted the 73-year-old former prime minister a protective bail in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia corruption cases until October 24.

Pakistan court on Thursday granted bail to exiled former prime minister and graft convict Nawaz Sharif, his lawyer said, adding that this means he cannot be arrested when he returns to the country this weekend. After nearly four years in self-imposed medical exile, Sharif is hoping to lead his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party through elections scheduled for January 2024. The court's decision allows him to return to his heartland of Lahore on Saturday for a welcome home rally, while his primary opponent Imran Khan languishes in jail. «The honourable Islamabad High Court has granted Nawaz Sharif protective bail until October 24,» Amjad Pervaiz, Sharif's lawyer, told AFP. «He can not be arrested on his arrival,» said Pervaiz.

Pakistan Prime Minister said that India reached the moon and successfully hosted the G20 Summit while Pakistan was begging other countries for money to stay afloat. Addressing the party meeting in Lahore virtually, prior to his return to Pakistan, Sharif said, «Today, Pakistan's Prime Minister is going from one country to another to beg for funds while India is setting foot on the moon and hosting world leaders at the G20 summit. Why couldn't Pakistan achieve similar feats? Who is responsible for our shambolic state?» The former PM added that the poor were struggling for food in Pakistan.

Sharif spoke on Monday to leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League party via a video link from London, where he has been living in self-imposed exile since 2019. At the time — and though convicted on corruption charges, which he has always denied — Sharif was permitted to leave Pakistan for medical treatment abroad by the government of Imran Khan, who succeeded him as prime minister. After Sharif later failed to return, a court declared him a fugitive from justice. Sharif's party said on Tuesday he will return next month ahead of parliamentary elections. After Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022, Sharif's younger brother Shehbaz Sharif served as a prime minister until August, when he stepped down to allow an interim government to run daily affairs and organize the elections. In his remarks to party officials on Monday, Nawaz Sharif claimed former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and ex-spy chief Faiz Hameed conspired with two judges to remove him. He offered no evidence for his claim and there was no immediate comment from the military, the intelligence agency or the judiciary. Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz, also an official in the Pakistan Muslim League, said Monday at a party gathering at a hotel in the eastern city of Lahore that her father's return would be «historic.» «Nawaz Sharif's comebacks have been stronger than his setbacks.

Shehbaz Sharif has said that his brother and former premier Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan next month to face his pending court cases and lead the party's campaign for the general election. Nawaz Sharif, 73, has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK since November 2019. He was convicted in the Al-Azizia Mills and Avenfield corruption cases in 2018.