The Latest Breaking News from Shehbaz Sharif

Ex-PM criticises the federal government’s decision to ban public gatherings which forced him to call off election rally.

Pakistan has barred its television channels from airing former premier Imran Khan’s speeches, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority said, in an order that accused the opposition leader of “baseless accusations and spreading hate speech” against state institutions and officers.

Federal agency investigates people smugglers after two recent incidents of Pakistanis drowning on their way to Europe.

Pakistan's foreign office said on Monday that four Pakistani citizens were missing and 16 had survived after a boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed on rocks near the southern Italian coast, killing dozens.

Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday.

Killing is latest in string of mob attacks against people accused of blasphemy in Muslim-majority country

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf, a key U.S. ally in the campaign against al Qaeda following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, was buried in his hometown of Karachi on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his condolences following the death

An IMF delegation is in Pakistan for last ditch talks to revive financial aid, which has stalled for months.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the International Monetary Fund was giving his country a "tough time" over unlocking stalled funding from a $6.5 billion bailout at a time of "unimaginable" economic crisis.