Today, I look back at my abruptly terminated first term as your chief minister in 1997-1999, followed by over one year in various prisons across...
Pakistan stands at the cusp of a historic transition from one elected civilian government to another within the framework set out by the...
Today, the whole nation is celebrating the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who changed the course of history by...
The recently concluded weeklong 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be remembered as an epoch-making event not only in the...
The arrival of the first train car for the Orange Line Metro Train project signified a major development for the project that has drawn the...
It was the perfect setting. We had gathered on the historic occasion of the contract-signing for the construction of the 1,263 MW RLNG-fuelled...
When I stood up to address the Health Road Show organised by the Punjab government in London on a chilly evening on September 10, I was overwhelmed...
As I boarded the helicopter headed for Qadirabad to attend the inaugural ceremony of the first unit of the Sahiwal Coal Power Plant, I was...
The Belt and Road Summit is taking place at a time of profound global change. The summit – which will be attended by global leaders, heads of...
Ever since the people voted in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for a third term in office, no other matter has consumed as much of his time and energy...
As I addressed the Local Bodies Leadership Convention in Lahore on March 27, I had the satisfaction of having presided over the establishment of a...
The nation celebrates Pakistan Day today in a spirit of unprecedented unity and a sense of confidence in its destiny to unlock the future that has,...
It was an amazing afternoon. I stood next to the young girls of my province as they recounted their extraordinary stories of relentless struggles...
Free healthcare services to be extended to entire country ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday agreed...
Living history is not a mere collation of incidents and events but, more importantly, a reservoir of wisdom and intellect which must constantly be...
I have always believed that the circumstance of birth must not decide the contours of an individual’s life or destiny. Sadly, however, I have...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to Pakistan at the head of a high-level delegation of government ministers, businessmen and...
I write these lines not as a politician or a chief minister but as a common citizen of Pakistan. Barely 24 months back, we had the infamous...
Can you imagine scores of patients suffering for months due to the absence of a commonly used medicine called Flagyl, with demand falling on deaf...
The pace of a country’s development is inextricably linked to its educational excellence. Unlike other development and nation-building...
May 21, 2016 marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, but in essence it marks a...
As the PML-N government, led by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, nears the completion of its third year in public service, some of the landmark...
Punjab is pursuing an aggressive growth agenda and agriculture is at the centre of this. The province not only provides food and nutrition but also...
Punjab is in the midst of a major transformation. New benchmarks of performance are being set and a culture of dedicated public service is being...
A society’s moral health is gauged by the kind of treatment it metes out to its women, the elderly and children. Children form the most...
Berlin-based Transparency International launched its annual Corruption Perception Index 2015 on January 27. The index ranks countries on the basis...
2015 ended on a positive note. The bygone year can rightfully be described as a watershed so far as Pakistan’s ongoing war on terrorism and...
