Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shahbaz Sharif at the parliament STORYLINE: Shahbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of an alliance led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was elected as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan in a polling held by the National Assembly or lower house of the parliament on Sunday, said the speaker of the house. Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced that Sharif, president of PML-N, won the election by securing the lower house's 201 votes out of the total 293 votes cast in Sunday's polling. Sharif's sole competitor Omar Ayub Khan, a joint candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, secured 92 votes, said the speaker. The speaker announced that Sharif had been declared as the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A t

E

Pakistani lawmakers elect Ayaz Sadiq as new House speaker

STORY: Pakistani lawmakers elect Ayaz Sadiq as new House speaker SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ayaz Sadiq STORYLINE: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was elected the speaker of the National Assembly or the lower house of the country's parliament on Friday, according to an official announcement made by Raja Pervez Ashraf, the outgoing speaker. Sadiq got 199 votes of the total 291 votes polled in the 336-member house and defeated Malik Muhammad Amir Dogar, a candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). Dogar received 91 votes, while one vote was rejected after the members of the house cast their votes by secret ballot. "Sadiq is declared as Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. I hope that he will play his role to run the house according to the country's constitution," said the outgoing speaker before administering the oath to the new custodian of the house. Sad

E

China-funded airport in Pakistan to facilitate regional connectivity

STORY: China-funded airport in Pakistan to facilitate regional connectivity DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: GWADAR, Pakistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the airport 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DING KAN, Manager of New Gwadar Int'l Airport project management department 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AYAZ AHMAD, Pakistani engineer of New Gwadar International Airport project 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BILAL AHMED, Pakistani painting enthusiast STORYLINE: Construction of the China-funded New Gwadar International Airport in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province is in full swing. The overall progress of the airport has exceeded 75 percent, said Ding Kan, manager of the New Gwadar International Airport project management department. He added that the runway, apron, contact road and the navigation aid lighting system of the flight area have been completed and have the conditions for flight calibration. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DING KAN, Manager of New Gwadar Int'l Airport project m

E

Cannes - Closing Ceremony Arrivals

Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Mediha Didem Türemen, Musab Ekici, Ayaz Ceylan, Ebru Ceylan, Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Merve Dizdar, Deniz Celiloglu, Ece Bagci and Erdem Senokak attend the "Elemental" screening and closing ceremony red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 27, 2023 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

E

Ex-Pakistani diplomat Wazir

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani diplomat Ayaz Wazir speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Islamabad on Nov. 29, 2011. Wazir served as director general of the Afghanistan bureau at the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.

E

U.S. deserves blame for mess it leaves in Afghanistan: former Pakistani diplomat

STORY: U.S. deserves blame for mess it leaves in Afghanistan: former Pakistani diplomat DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMAD AYAZ WAZIR, Former Pakistani career diplomat and ambassador to Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghanistan, which is in urgent need of post-war reconstruction, has been facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, economic depression and terrorist attacks since the takeover by the Taliban in August last year. The U.S.-led military coalition invaded Afghanistan under the excuse of fighting terror in October 2001, and abruptly withdrew in August last year. A former Pakistani diplomat says that the U.S., which hastily withdrew from Afghanistan in disregard of its responsibilities and obligations, deserves much blame for the mess it left behind. SOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMAD AYAZ WAZIR, Former Pakistani diplomat and ambassador to Afghanistan "U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan, they did destruction, nothing else

E

Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's prime minister

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's prime minister DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the national assembly 2. STANDUP (English): WANG HUAN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday. STANDUP (English): WANG HUAN, Xinhua correspondent "Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister, said that 174 lawmakers in the 342-member house voted in the favor of Shahbaz as opposed to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party's candidate Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who announced that his party decided to boycott the polling process and the National Assembly members from his party would resign." Sadiq presided over the session after Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri excused himself from conducting the session, saying the no-confidence motion moved by the opp

E

Pakistani PM loses no-confidence vote

STORY: Pakistani PM loses no-confidence vote DATELINE: April 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "The no-confidence motion filed by an opposition alliance against Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeded early Sunday morning after a majority of members of the National Assembly voted against him, as per an official. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, member of the National Assembly, announced that 174 members voted against the prime minister in the 342-member house. Sadiq chaired the session to conduct the vote for the no-confidence motion after Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser resigned from his post. Members of the parliament from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party walked out of the house and did not participate in the voting process. On March 28, an alliance of opposition parties presented the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan in the National Asse

E

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-NEW PM

(220411) -- ISLAMABAD, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel stand guard outside the National Assembly building where the session to choose the new prime minister continues in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 11, 2022. The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday, said Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

E

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-NEW PM

(220411) -- ISLAMABAD, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles carrying lawmakers arrive to attend the National Assembly session in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 11, 2022. The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday, said Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

E

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-NEW PM

(220411) -- ISLAMABAD, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 11, 2022 shows the National Assembly building where the session to choose the new prime minister continues in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday, said Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

E

PAKISTAN-ISLAMABAD-NEW PM

(220411) -- ISLAMABAD, April 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman watches an address delivered by newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on April 11, 2022. The opposition's joint candidate Shahbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday, said Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who chaired the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the country's new prime minister. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

E

Ex-Pakistani diplomat Wazir

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani diplomat Ayaz Wazir speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Islamabad on Nov. 29, 2011. Wazir served as director general of the Afghanistan bureau at the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. (Kyodo)