President Asif Ali Zardari’s 4 years in office and its impact on Pakistan By Syed Zahid Bokhari, Advocate Pakistan has become so accustomed to government overthrows and martial law being imposed that from the first day the Pakistan People’s Party came into power, political pundits were certain of President Zardari’s ousting sooner or […]
The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) kept in beating their drums for proving their popularity among the masses. Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan accused PTI chairman Imran Khan of not paying taxes on his income, asking him to make details of his assets public. He […]
The top management of the Pakistan People’s Party held a meeting yesterday in order to prepare for the National Assembly session that is scheduled to take place today. The session is of importance to the government because it deals with the issue of parliamentarians holding dual nationality. The Supreme Court of Pakistan had recently suspended […]
Jul 6 2012 | Posted in
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Arrest warrant against Makhdoom Shahabuddin may affect nomination With the nomination of the new Pakistani Prime Minister to be done today, the candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party, was issued an arrest warrant by the court as he was in the process of filing his nomination papers. The arrest warrant has come […]
Jun 22 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Peoples’ Party accepts Gilani’s Disqualification by the Supreme Court Islamabad: (Tuesday, June 19, 2012) Pakistan Peoples’ Party has accepted the Supreme Court’s verdict rendering Yousuf Raza Gilani disqualified as Prime Minister. The decision to accept the apex court ruling was taken after the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting that took place at the […]
Jun 19 2012 | Posted in
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Speculation over Karachi as a province The Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has recently made a statement in which he has claimed that the government of the country ruled by the Pakistan Peoples Party is all set to have the upcoming elections as per the previously decided date. Having said that, the […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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Pasha denies any plans of military coup after Osama’s death The former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has recently given statements in which he said that the military of Pakistan was not planning any coup after the death of Osama bin Laden by the United States. It had been indicated in the memo gate scandal […]
Apr 6 2012 | Posted in
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Yousuf Raza Gilani’s hearing adjourned Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned a contempt case against Yousuf Raza Gilani till April 12 after the prime minister’s lawyer said that he would be unable to continue his arguments as he was unwell. The lawyer of the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Aitzaz Ahsan was not able […]
Mar 27 2012 | Posted in
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister and the PML-N chief, Nawaz Sharif feels Pakistan Peoples Party government and its allies are responsible for the problems prevailing in the country. The PML-N chief was speaking at a ceremony held at the Punjab University for the distribution of laptops among the talented students of the province under Punjab governments […]
Mar 25 2012 | Posted in
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Opposition parties to resist reopening NATO supply lines A meeting took place recently between the main opposition parties of Pakistan. The opposition leaders met together in order to discuss the issue of the NATO supply routes through Pakistan. The discussions that took place in the meeting hinted at rejecting draft recommendations on foreign policy submitted […]
Mar 25 2012 | Posted in
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Lashkari Raisani quits senate seat Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Haji Lashkari Raisani on Tuesday relinquished his Senate membership. Sources close to Raisani have claimed that the senator has taken the decision following difference of opinion on resolving the Baluchistan crisis. Confirming Raisani’s resignation, sources have revealed that there were differences between the […]
Mar 21 2012 | Posted in
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Mansoor Ijaz states he has been in favour of Pakistan using nuclear technology The key person of the memo gate scandal, Mansoor Ijaz has recently given the statement in which he said that he was not against Pakistan getting hold of the nuclear technology in order to strengthen the country’s defence. Not only that, he […]
Mar 16 2012 | Posted in
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