Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday thanked cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu for attending his oath taking and called those targeting him in India as “doing great disservice to peace in the subcontinent”. Sidhu faced flak in India for hugging Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa during Khan’s swearing-in last week. “I […]
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Pakistan Army chief met me for a minute: Sidhu
Chandigarh : Slamming those who criticized him for hugging the Pakistan Army chief, Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa met him barely for a minute before the swearing-in of Prime Minister Imran Khan. “I did not meet him later,” he told reporters. Defending his action, Sidhu also […]
Modi for ‘constructive engagement’, Pakistan says no dialogue on table
New Delhi/Islamabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his new Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan that India desires “constructive engagement” with Islamabad but Pakistan quickly clarified that there was no offer of a bilateral dialogue. Modi wrote to Imran Khan expressing India’s commitment to build good neighbourly relations and pursue meaningful and constructive engagement […]
Case filed against Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army Chief
A case was filed against cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in a Bihar court on Monday for insulting Indian Army by hugging Pakistan Army Chief at the swearing-in of Imran Khan as Prime Minister of that country. Lawyer Sudhur Ojha filed the case in Muzaffarpur’s Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court. Ojha said he has filed the […]
Imran Khan takes oath as 22nd Pakistani PM
Islamabad : Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Saturday took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister, three weeks after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the highest number of seats in the general election. Khan, who outvoted opposition and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Shahbaz Sharif in the Prime Minister’s election on Friday, was administered his oath […]
Imran Khan elected Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister
Islamabad : Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was on Friday elected as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister by the National Assembly. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief won with 176 seats while his opponent, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif, secured 96 votes , Dawn online reported. Khan, whose party swept the July 25 general election, will take the […]
Sidhu arrives in Pakistan for Imran Khan’s swearing in
Islamabad : Former Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived in Pakistan on Friday to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister-in-waiting Imran Khan. Sidhu reached Lahore via Wagah border and will arrive here for the oath-taking ceremony scheduled for Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Lahore, Sidhu said: “I have come to Pakistan on my friend’s […]
Punjab confirms Sidhu’s invite for Imran Khan’s swearing-in
Chandigarh : Punjab minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan as the new prime minister for which he has received an invitation. In a statement on Saturday Sidhu said he had informed the Union Home Ministry and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s […]
Imran to take oath on August 18, ex-Indian cricketers invited
Islamabad : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan will take over as Prime Minister on August 18 and Indian cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Sidhu have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony, a party spokesperson said on Friday. Javed Khan, Additional Information Secretary of PTI, said the members of Imran Khan’s 1992 World […]
No request received on Imran Khan swearing-in: MEA
New Delhi : The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that it has not received any request from anyone in India for attending the swearing-in of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan as Pakistan Prime Minister. “We have not received any such request,” ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in response to a query at a media briefing […]