Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif

Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif

  • To the people of Punjab

    To the people of Punjab

    Today, I look back at my abruptly terminated first term as your chief minister in 1997-1999, followed by over one year in various prisons across...

  • A vision for a better tomorrow

    Pakistan stands at the cusp of a historic transition from one elected civilian government to another within the framework set out by the...

  • A dream coming true

    Today, the whole nation is celebrating the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who changed the course of history by...

  • Towards shared prosperity

    The recently concluded weeklong 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be remembered as an epoch-making event not only in the...

  • For an equal society

    The arrival of the first train car for the Orange Line Metro Train project signified a major development for the project that has drawn the...

  • An end to the darkness

    It was the perfect setting. We had gathered on the historic occasion of the contract-signing for the construction of the 1,263 MW RLNG-fuelled...

  • Closing the health gap

    When I stood up to address the Health Road Show organised by the Punjab government in London on a chilly evening on September 10, I was overwhelmed...

  • Powering people’s future

    As I boarded the helicopter headed for Qadirabad to attend the inaugural ceremony of the first unit of the Sahiwal Coal Power Plant, I was...

  • Towards a win-win partnership

    The Belt and Road Summit is taking place at a time of profound global change. The summit – which will be attended by global leaders, heads of...

  • Bhikki: the untold story

    Bhikki: the untold story

    Ever since the people voted in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for a third term in office, no other matter has consumed as much of his time and energy...

  • Local leadership

    Local leadership

    As I addressed the Local Bodies Leadership Convention in Lahore on March 27, I had the satisfaction of having presided over the establishment of a...

  • When the past is the future

    The nation celebrates Pakistan Day today in a spirit of unprecedented unity and a sense of confidence in its destiny to unlock the future that has,...

  • Sowing the seeds of change

    It was an amazing afternoon. I stood next to the young girls of my province as they recounted their extraordinary stories of relentless struggles...

  • President, PM agree to continue anti-terror operations

    Free healthcare services to be extended to entire country ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday agreed...

  • Pivoting back to Iqbal

    Living history is not a mere collation of incidents and events but, more importantly, a reservoir of wisdom and intellect which must constantly be...

  • No brilliant mind left behind

    I have always believed that the circumstance of birth must not decide the contours of an individual’s life or destiny. Sadly, however, I have...

  • Welcoming the Turkish president

    Welcoming the Turkish president

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day visit to Pakistan at the head of a high-level delegation of government ministers, businessmen and...

  • Progress versus disruption

    I write these lines not as a politician or a chief minister but as a common citizen of Pakistan. Barely 24 months back, we had the infamous...

  • A win for the patient

    Can you imagine scores of patients suffering for months due to the absence of a commonly used medicine called Flagyl, with demand falling on deaf...

  • Education is the key

    The pace of a country’s development is inextricably linked to its educational excellence. Unlike other development and nation-building...