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Pakistan: Deadly Monsoon Floods Affect Over One Million People in Punjab Province

Heavy monsoon rains have caused deadly floods across Pakistan. The floods in Punjab province alone have affected more than one million people, and the nationwide death toll has surpassed 800 since the monsoon season began in June. In the city of Lahore, even luxury developments have been submerged, with thousands of homes flooded.

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

A young man waves the flag of Azad Kashmir as supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rawalpindi Rally Backs Pakistan Military - Pakistan

Supporters of Markazi Muslim League hold a rally expressing solidarity with Pakistan Armed Forces at Liaquat Bagh road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on May 7, 2025, after India launched strike on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The ISPR spokesperson said Indian missiles were launched at sites including Bahawalpur, Kotli and Muzaffarabad cities, while it also attacked the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project. At least 26 Pakistanis were killed and 45 were injured in Indian missile attacks inside Pakistan at 6 location, DG ISPR said. Photo by Zubair Abbasi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240622) -- ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (1st R) in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 21, 2024. Liu Jianchao led a CPC delegation to visit Pakistan from June 20 to June 22. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ahmad Kamal)

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PAKISTAN-CHINA-LIU JIANCHAO-VISIT

(240622) -- ISLAMABAD, June 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (1st R) in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 21, 2024. Liu Jianchao led a CPC delegation to visit Pakistan from June 20 to June 22. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM

STORY: Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ishaq Dar in meetings STORYLINE: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was designated on Sunday as the deputy prime minister, a notification of Pakistani cabinet division said. A notification issued by the cabinet secretariat of the cabinet division said that Dar has been given the charge "with immediate effect and until further orders." After the formation of the new government earlier this year, Dar took the oath as the foreign minister of Pakistan. The 73-year-old seasoned politician is a member of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, and an important figure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He had also served several times in the past as the finance minister of the South Asian country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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Former PM Gilani elected as chairman of Pakistan's Senate

STORY: Former PM Gilani elected as chairman of Pakistan's Senate SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHORTLIST: 1. various of the election STORYLINE: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday was elected as the chairman of the Senate, or the upper house, of the country's parliament, Presiding Officer of the election Senator Ishaq Dar announced. Dar, also foreign minister of the country, announced that Gilani was elected unopposed after no one filed nominated papers to contest the election. Gilani who belongs to the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians served the country as prime minister from 2008 to 2012. Syedal Khan Nasir of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz was also elected as the deputy chairman of the house unopposed, said the presiding officer. Earlier this month, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari summoned the house to meet for its inaugural session on Tues

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Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections

STORY: Pakistan's ruling coalition leads in senate elections SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of The senate election STORYLINE: Pakistan's ruling coalition led the elections of the senate, or the upper house of the country's parliament, held on Tuesday, an official source told Xinhua on Wednesday. According to a source from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the ruling alliance parties including Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) won 14 seats, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got 13 seats and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan secured one seat. The elections were to be held for half of the 96-member house across the country, including the capital Islamabad and four provinces. However, the actual elections were held on 19 seats after 18 members won unopposed before the voting and the ECP postponed polls for 11 seats in KP due to the incomplete provincial assembly as s

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Pakistan's 19-member federal cabinet takes oath

STORY: Pakistan's 19-member federal cabinet takes oath SHOOTING TIME: March 11, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cabinet taking oath STORYLINE: A 19-member federal cabinet of newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif took the oath on Monday during a ceremony held at the President House in the capital city of Islamabad. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the cabinet members that included 18 federal ministers, and one minister of state, according to a statement issued by the President House. Earlier, the prime minister recommended 19 names to the president to be inducted into the federal cabinet, the majority of them from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, according to a summary forwarded to the President House. The Pakistan Peoples Party, a major political party of the country's newly formed coalition government, is not the part of the federal cabinet as decided by the party. However, members of o

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Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as 24th prime minister of Pakistan

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as 24th prime minister of Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the oath taking ceremony STORYLINE: Shahbaz Sharif took the oath as the 24th elected prime minister of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President's House on Monday afternoon, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office. President Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to the newly-elected prime minister at the ceremony attended by the outgoing caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, Chairman of Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, chief of the army, politicians and ambassadors. Earlier on Sunday, Sharif, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, got 201 votes against 92 in the 336-member National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament, during an election for the post. Sharif came to power after his party formed an alliance with Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, the Muttahida Q

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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

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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

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Maryam Nawaz Sharif elected as 1st female chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: Maryam Nawaz Sharif elected as 1st female chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Maryam Nawaz Sharif STORYLINE: Maryam Nawaz Sharif, senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, was elected on Monday as the first female chief minister for Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, Speaker of the provincial assembly Malik Muhammad Ahmad announced. Maryam, daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, secured 220 votes against zero votes received by Aftab Ahmad Khan, a candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council, said the speaker. Khan and his party members walked out of the assembly session and boycotted the voting process after he was not allowed to discuss some issues related to reserved seats. Maryam, 50, is also the first female chief minister of any province of Pakistan since the South Asian country's independence in 1947. Maryam was elected

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Pakistan's major parties agree to form coalition gov't

STORY: Pakistan's major parties agree to form coalition gov't SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of joint press conference 2. various of National Assembly of Pakistan STORYLINE: Pakistan's two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government in center, leaders of the two parties said Tuesday night. "Both the parties have agreed on a power-sharing formula as we have the required number of seats in the National Assembly (NA) to form the government," PML-N president and former prime minister Shahbaz Sharif said during a joint press conference in Islamabad. Following days of negotiations between the two parties, it has been decided that Sharif will be the joint candidate for both parties for the slot of prime minister and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will be the joint candidate for the president's slot. Sharif said that

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ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024

STORY: ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ECP 2. various of the Islamabad streets 3. various of polling stations STORYLINE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country's parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan got 17 seats, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan got four seats, the Pakistan Muslim League got three seats, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and Balochistan National Party got two seats

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Pakistan: General Elections – People Form Long Lines To Cast Votes

Pakistanis formed long lines outside polling stations across the country as voting started in general elections on Thursday, February 8.

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Pakistan's general election

LAHORE, Pakistan - Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrate the victory of the Pakistan Muslim League, the opposition party he leads, in the country's general election, in Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on May 12, 2013, the day after the election.

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Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province

STORY: Hamza Shahbaz wins election to become chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab province DATELINE: July 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad 2. various of the election STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad "Hamza Shahbaz from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday won the election in the provincial assembly to retain his position as the chief minister of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the deputy speaker of the assembly announced." Shahbaz, son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, secured 179 votes against 176 votes received by Pervaiz Elahi, a joint candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former prime minister Imran Khan and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), said deputy speaker Dost Mazari. Elahi had received 186 votes, including 176 from PTI and 10 from the PML, but the deputy speaker excluded the 10 votes of the PML after its chief

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Pakistan's new federal cabinet takes oath

STORY: Pakistan's new federal cabinet takes oath DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a ceremony held at the President House STORYLINE: A 37-member federal cabinet of newly-elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif took the oath during a ceremony held at the Presidential House 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. The new cabinet, made up of allied political parties, includes 13 federal ministers, two ministers of state and one adviser from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, while the Pakistan Peoples Party has nine federal ministers, one minister of state and one adviser to the prime minister. Similarly, four members of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal, two from Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan also took the

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Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as 23rd prime minister of Pakistan

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as 23rd prime minister of Pakistan DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:02 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the oath-taking ceremony STORYLINE: Shahbaz Sharif took the oath as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan during a ceremony held at the President House Monday night. Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Sadiq Sanjrani administered the oath of office to the newly-elected prime minister as Pakistani President Arif Alvi "complained of discomfort." During the National Assembly session to conduct the election for the Asian country's new prime minister Monday afternoon, Shahbaz, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, won 174 votes in the 342-member house. Shahbaz came to power after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted through a no-confidence motion moved by an opposition alliance. In his maiden address to the National Assembly after being elected as the prime minister, Shahbaz said he is looking forward to having friendly

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Opposition's no-confidence motion against Pakistani PM rejected over foreign interference

STORY: Opposition's no-confidence motion against Pakistani PM rejected over foreign interference DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. varoius of the conference STORYLINE: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan rejected here on Sunday a no-confidence motion filed by an opposition alliance against Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan over the alleged involvement of foreign hands in the move aimed at ousting the incumbent government. Deputy speaker of the lower house of parliament Qasim Khan Suri rejected the no-confidence motion, saying that foreign involvement was found in the opposition's move aiming to oust the incumbent government, which is against the Constitution of Pakistan. Earlier on March 8, the alliance of opposition parties including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal submitted a requisition to the office of the Speaker of the National Assembly to summon a house session for vo