Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A 37-member federal cabinet of newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif took the oath during a ceremony held at the President House here on Tuesday.

Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath to the cabinet members that include 31 federal ministers, three ministers of state and three advisers to the prime minister, according to a statement issued by the President House.

MIRPUR (AJK): Apr 18 (APP) : The PTI’s nominee Sardar Tanveer Illayas was elected unopposed as the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir in a special session of Legislative Assembly held in State metropolis on Monday.

No any other candidate filed the nomination papers for top slot of chief executive of AJK government as new leader of the house of the 53 seats legislative assembly.

ISLAMABAD, April 17 (APP): Pakistan on Sunday requested the sovereign Government of Afghanistan to secure Pak- Afghan border region and take stern actions against the individuals involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan, in the interest of peace and progress of the two brotherly countries.

ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Sunday said incidents of its security forces being targeted in cross-border attacks from Afghanistan had risen significantly, and called on Taliban authorities to act against militants, a day after purported air strikes by Pakistan.

The incident has increased already simmering tensions between the neighbours.

ISLAMABAD, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf took oath on Saturday as the 22nd speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, or the lower house of the country's parliament.

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session, administered the oath of office to Ashraf, a former prime minister of Pakistan and prominent lawmaker of the Pakistan Peoples Party, the National Assembly said in a tweet.

The newly-elected speaker was the lone contender for the speaker's position as no other candidate had submitted nomination papers against him.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan fired off a sharp warning Sunday to Afghanistan’s hard-line religious rulers to stop sheltering homegrown Pakistani Taliban militants who have staged increasingly deadly attacks against the country’s military.

The warning followed Afghan reports that Pakistani aircraft late Friday carried out bombing raids in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost and Kunar provinces, killing civilians.

ISLAMABAD, April 16 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Saturday agreed to work together to further augment and diversify their bilateral ties in all spheres, in particular trade, investment and employment generation opportunities.

by Omar Ahmed

ISLAMABAD, April 14 (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful military on Thursday dismissed ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan's accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence.

Khan, 69, who led the nuclear-armed South Asian country of 220 million people for 3-1/2 years, accused Washington of backing his ouster because he had visited Moscow against U.S. advice. Washington denies the charge.

Khan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24, the day Russian forces invaded neighbouring Ukraine.

ISLAMABAD, April 13 (APP): Pakistan’s Embassy in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday reminded members of the Pakistani community that holding of processions and protests in UAE were illegal.

“Anyone breaking the laws is bound to face serious legal consequences. Therefore, the community members are advised to strictly abide by the local laws,” a press release of the Embassy in Abu Dhabi said.

The information was issued after reports about holding of protests by the supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in UAE.