Usman Farooq

Miftah Ismail, who was serving as adviser to the Prime Minister for Economic Affairs,  took oath as finance minister on Friday, hours before presenting the federal budget for fiscal year 2018-19. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath at President House early in the morning after Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi appointed him under Article-91 (9)…

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Khursheed Shah has advised PPP leadership to name former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani and Farhatullah Babar as party’s candidate for the post of caretaker Prime Minister. The caretaker set up will be installed after the tenure of incumbent government ends on May 31. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Khursheed Shah both…

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Opposition leader in National Assembly Khursheed Shah held consultations over the name for the caretaker premier on Wednesday. This was the third meeting between the two talk about the contours of the interim setup. The incumbent government completes its five-year term on May 31 this year. After which, an…