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Recent heavy rains in Pakistan and harsh winter weather in Afghanistan cause casualties, damage, and economic costs, highlighting the need for disaster pre...

Nominated candidate of eight-party coalition takes office after gathering of national assembly

At least 37 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Pakistan in the past 48 hours. Read further on Dynamite News:

Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new prime minister, facing challenges with hopes for progress.

Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time, as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan shouted in protest.

Shehbaz Sharif was voted in on Sunday as Pakistan's prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, who is the prime ministerial candidate for the newly-formed eight-party alliance, is poised to take the PM's seat for the second time. Read further on Dynamite News:

Shehbaz Sharif, set to be named Pakistan's prime minister for a second time on Sunday, has stepped to the fore as a compromise candidate suited to turbulent times.

Pakistan responded to the seizure of dual use items bound from China to Pakistan by Indian authorities at Mumbai port in January. Islamabad condemned India’s “high handedness” in seizure of “commercial goods” and this “disruption of free trade underscores the dangers inherent in arbitrary assumption of policing roles by states…

Sharif returns to the role he held until August last year when parliament was dissolved ahead of February 8 election.

Indian security agencies in Mumbai seized a dual-use consignment from China bound for Pakistan's nuclear and missile programme.