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...But the political turbulence puts more pressure on Pakistan’s economy, said Mohammad Sohail, chief executive at Topline, a Karachi brokerage, which is already suffering “challenges on inflation and external...
...Mohammad Bilal, a 22-year-old motorcycle mechanic in Pakistan’s port hub Karachi, is feeling the pinch of inflation but still supports the prime minister....
...His predecessor, the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, part of the other major family dynasty which has battled for control over the country for generations, was ousted on corruption charges and is now...
...The leading actors in this asymmetric warfare have been Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Righteous) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (Army of Mohammad), both led by veterans of the US and Pakistan-backed mujahideen war...
...Soon after his election in 2014, Mr Modi reached out to Pakistan, inviting then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to his inauguration....
...Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif was disqualified on Thursday by the Islamabad high court, in the latest blow to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz party whose de facto leader, former...
...On Thursday, Mr Sharif’s daughter Maryam and her husband Mohammad Safdar were also indicted. Mr Sharif’s two sons, Hasan and Hussain are also co-defendants in the same cases....
...“Maryam Nawaz is young and speaks well....
...Mohammad Zubair Khan, a former Pakistan minister of commerce, was formerly on the staff of the IMF...
...Khawaja Mohammad Asif, the water and power minister, called it “trash” and “full of flaws”. Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Mr Sharif’s daughter, who is also under investigation, vowed to fight the allegations....
...Khawaja Mohammad Asif, the water and power minister, said: “[The] prime minister had said six months ago that a commission should be formed to investigate this matter....
...Pakistani leaders, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the army chief of staff General Raheel Sharif, have made recent commitments to do just that. Following through on these is critical....
...John Kerry, the US secretary of state, raised Sunday’s incursion with Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistani prime minister, at a meeting on Tuesday in New York....
...Mr Azhar leads the extremist Jaish-e-Mohammad group, which India accuses of launching terrorist attacks in Indian Kashmir....
...The BJP government has already pointed the finger at Islamabad and the Pakistan-based Islamist extremist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad, which New Delhi also blames for the January attack on an Indian air force...
...Indian army officials said that the deadliest assault on an Indian military installation in more than 15 years appeared to be the work of a Pakistan-based terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad....
...The attack came roughly a week after Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister, paid a surprise visit to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Lahore for a friendly, “unofficial” meeting....
...After a meeting with Pakistani officials in Dubai this month — terrorism-prone Pakistan itself is considered too dangerous a venue — the IMF praised the Nawaz Sharif government’s “commitment and progress...
...Indian officials claim militants from Jaish-e-Mohammad, the group led by Mr Azhar, had carried out the attack in early January....
...The Pakistani resolution came a day after Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, visited Islamabad to hold talks on Yemen....
...Khawaja Mohammad Asif, defence minister, had earlier told parliament: “Saudi Arabia has asked for combat planes, warships and soldiers.”...
...The family of Nawaz Sharif, whose recent election victory will propel him to the Pakistani premiership, migrated from India during the tumultuous partition of British India in 1947 – two years before he...
...Some 62 were also wounded in the attack, said Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad, the provincial chief secretary....
...A spate of attacks in Pakistan has underlined the challenge that militancy poses to the government of Nawaz Sharif, prime minister, who won a landslide victory in May 11 general elections....
...Analysts are now watching closely to see if the return of Nawaz Sharif as Pakistan prime minister this month makes a difference....
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