Nawaz Sharif

What Hardeep Puri got right – and wrong – about India's response to Pak-sponsored terror

June 17, 2025 5:49 pm

PM Modi, like many of his predecessors, has tried to build bridges with Pakistan in the past

Nawaz Sharif gets new job in govt of his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Pakistan's Punjab

March 20, 2025 4:02 pm

The Punjab administration has notified the elder Sharif as patron-in-chief of LAHR. He will oversee the restoration of the old city of Lahore.

'I'm no Nawaz Sharif', says Imran Khan; vows not to strike 'deal' with military to come out of jail

January 16, 2025 10:16 pm

Khan’s comments come amid speculation about ongoing talks between his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party and the military-backed Shehbaz Sharif government, which could potentially lead to his release.

Express View on India-Pakistan talks at SCO: Two cheers for diplomacy

October 18, 2024 7:52 am

It is early days, but Delhi and Islamabad are trying to create diplomatic space for renewed bilateral engagement

Nawaz Sharif: Jaishankar visit a good opening, India and Pakistan need to move forward

October 18, 2024 7:40 am

He said former Pakistan PM “Imran Khan used words that destroyed the relationship. As leaders of two countries and neighbours, we should not even think let alone utter such words.

Is PM Modi’s response to Nawaz Sharif ‘sarcasm intended at asking Pakistan to do more’?

June 15, 2024 6:06 pm

View from Pakistan: PM Modi begins third term in India; Unsafe working conditions in Kuwait; Budget 2024-25; Israel’s atrocities continue in Gaza

Pakistan’s ‘fault’, says Nawaz Sharif: How Pervez Musharraf’s Kargil misadventure undid historic Lahore Declaration

May 30, 2024 10:52 am

Under the premierships of Nawaz Sharif and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India and Pakistan seemed poised to put aside their differences. Then the Kargil War happened.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz calls some judges 'black sheep'; accuses them of giving relief to Imran Khan

May 28, 2024 9:58 pm

Shehbaz further said that Nawaz Sharif was not given bail for many years, but in the case of Khan, the judges are sheltering his black deeds.

Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan 'violated' agreement with India signed by him and Vajpayee in 1999

May 29, 2024 7:33 am

Sharif, talked about how he was removed from the office of the prime minister in 2017 on a false case by then chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar.

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif re-elected 'unopposed' as PML-N president after six years

May 28, 2024 8:57 pm

Nawaz was removed as the party president in 2018 after an apex court bench headed by then-chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled that an individual disqualified under Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution cannot serve as the head of a political party.

Imran Khan's PTI celebrates ouster of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

July 29, 2017 10:43 am

The Pakistan Supreme Court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office in its verdict on the Panama Papers scandal.

Top Frames: Sushma Swaraj meets Nawaz Sharif, Beijing issues red alert for pollution

December 12, 2015 6:38 pm

Sushma Swaraj with Nawaz Sharif during the Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process in Islamabad, China's capital issues its first ever "red alert" for pollution.

World leaders meet at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris

November 30, 2015 10:36 pm

More than 150 world leaders are meeting under heightened security, for the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), also known as "Paris 2015" from November 30 to December 11.

PM Modi meets Sharif in Ufa; Dalai Lama's birthday and monsoon in Delhi

July 11, 2015 10:21 am

Narendra Modi accepts Nawaz Sharif's invitation to visit Pakistan for SAARC summit in 2016; a three day celebration of Dalai Lama's 80th birthday; monsoon arrives in Delhi.

Narendra Modi, Nawaz Sharif agree to resume dialogue process

July 10, 2015 4:52 pm

Narendra Modi today accepted an invitation from Nawaz Sharif to visit Pakistan to attend the SAARC Summit in 2016.

2014: The year of PM Narendra Modi

December 31, 2014 8:44 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the top news and newsmaker in 2014. He led BJP to a historic election victory and formed a stable government at the Centre.

PM Narendra Modi to Sant Rampal: The best of Indian Express photos

December 22, 2014 8:39 pm

22 photographs that showcase events from a water shed year in Indian history.

The Modi-Sharif handshake at SAARC summit in Kathmandu

November 27, 2014 7:44 pm

The exchange of pleasantries between the two leaders came a day after Modi raised the issue of 26/11 attacks and terrorism in the presence of Sharif.

Islamabad on the edge as Imran Khan leads massive protest rally

August 20, 2014 3:33 pm

Tens of thousands of protesters armed with wire cutters and backed by cranes broke through barriers protecting Pakistan's parliament and other government buildings Tuesday night.

Today in pics: Narendra Modi's mother receives gift from Pak PM Nawaz Sharif

June 06, 2014 5:04 pm

Hiraben was gifted a sari by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Gandhinagar.

On Doklam and surgical strikes, Modi says Congress' comments were childish

June 22, 2020 6:21 pm

Replying to the no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that when it came to Doklam, the Congress was all over the place when asked about meeting Chinese officials. And on surgical strikes, he said, the party's comments were childish.

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Disqualified By Court

June 22, 2020 6:57 pm

Pakistani nationals condemn Pathankot terror attack

January 13, 2016 6:20 am

Chakhan-Da-Bagh (Poonch), Jan 13 (ANI): Pakistani nationals condemned the recent Pathankot terror attack saying the attack was abhorrent. They are of the view Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would be taking steps to control terrorism and bring justice to the Pathankot martyrs. They said that they wanted the two nations to live in peace and harmony. The residents also believe that Nawaz Sharif’s course of action regarding the Pathankot terror attack would help in improving the relations between the two nations.

Politicos react to Pakistan's enquiry panel on Pathankot attack

January 11, 2016 1:01 pm

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Reacting to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's decision to set up a joint investigation team to investigate the links of the Pathankot air base attackers with Pakistan, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has put the onus on the Indian Government to take the next step. Aiyar said if this is true then it is the first step but it is not the last step because we have been through this before. He added that a special court had also been set up at the time of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Srikant Sharma lauded Islamabad's initiative, saying the entire nation is upset over the Pathankot attack.

Farahnaz lauds PM Sharif for setting up probe panel on Pathankot attack

January 11, 2016 11:36 am

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Pakistan writer and politician Farahnaz Ispahani on Monday appreciated Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for setting up a commission to conduct a joint probe on Pathankot attack and also called it a good move. She also said that terrorism is not good for either of the countries and so strict actions must be taken against it.

Talks with Pakistan should not stop: Amarinder Singh

January 11, 2016 9:17 am

New Delhi, Jan 11 (ANI): Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday said that talks with Pakistan should not be stopped as peace cannot be achieved without dialogue.The former Punjab chief minister also said that India cannot afford to lose its soldiers every day.

Pakistan’s reaction on Pathankot terror attack not different: Congress

January 09, 2016 7:40 am

New Delhi, Jan 09 (ANI): Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday said Pakistan’s reaction is not very much different, adding that earlier Pakistan’s former prime minister Yusuf Gilani did the same thing after 26/11 attack and spoke to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, and now Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is also doing the same, after the Pathankot attack. He added that India has given them lot of evidences but Pakistan’s court is not treating those evidences with respect.

Sharif failed to take action against Pathankot attack culprits: BJP

January 06, 2016 9:14 am

New Delhi, Jan 06 (ANI): The former union home secretary and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP RK Singh on Wednesday said that if Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would have kept a control on his country then Pathankot terror attack would not have taken place. He also said that Sharif is not in a condition to take any action against the culprits, and it also shows that he did not take Pakistan army in his confidence. He further stated that Pathankot terror attack and Mazar-i-sharif attack is coordinated with each other.

Nawaz Sharif holds no supreme power in Pakistan: Congress

January 06, 2016 7:47 am

New Delhi, Jan 06 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday said that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accounts for nothing in Pakistan and that the real ruler of the country is General Raheel Sharif. He stated that both General Sharif and his Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) are equally complicit in the Pathankot attack. Tewari also raised questions on the surprised Lahore visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stressed that foreign secretary level talks should be immediately called off.