The Latest Breaking News from Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan’s president on Wednesday dissolved the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, a first step in the countdown to a general election by mid-November. The move came as the country’s top opposition leader is fighting to overturn a corruption conviction that landed him in a high-security prison over the…

A top Pakistani court says it wanted to hear from the government before deciding over former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s appeal against his imprisonment on corruption charges and refused to release him

The assembly’s dissolution will set the stage for general elections later this year.

Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif showed his willingness to talk to India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that India wanted neighbourly ties with Pakistan but there should be an atmosphere free from terror and violence for such a relationship. Read further…

India seeks normal ties with Pakistan, but an environment free of terror and hostilities is essential. EAM spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said this in response to PM Shehbaz Sharif's willingness to hold talks with New Delhi.

US Department of State says Washington has always maintained the two neighbours should engage in dialogue.

Amendment to bill would allow intelligence agencies to search ‘enemies’ and their premises without warrant

Pakistani officials say the death toll from the IS-claimed weekend suicide bombing at a rally of a pro-Taliban Islamist party has jumped to 63 after eight more wounded people died at hospitals

Pakistan’s prime minister is asking neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to do more to prevent militants from crossing the border to stage attacks like the massive suicide bombing earlier this week that killed dozens in a border region