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Shehbaz Sharif says Imran Khan lost eight elections

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif said Tuesday that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has participated in eight elections in total and lost all.   Speaking at a press conference in Lahore, Shehbaz Sharif said that Imran Khan has backed out of his word twice and yet he blames the PML-N of being […]

India warns Pakistan of massive retaliation in case of midget strike

India has warned Pakistan of a massive retaliation even if there is a midget nuclear strike by the neighboring country.   “India will not be the first to use nuclear weapons, but if it is attacked with such weapons, it would engage in nuclear retaliation which will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage […]

Musharraf gets life term ban on contesting elections

Te Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday declared former president Pervez Musharraf ineligible for ever to contest elections.   The four-member larger bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), headed by the Chief Justice of PHC, also dismissed the former military ruler’s appeal against his disqualification from the elections on Tuesday.   Musharraf’s nomination papers […]

Election candidate, his two supporters shot dead in Balochistan

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Unidentified gunmen shot dead an election candidate and his two supporters in restive Balochistan province early Tuesday, an official said.   Abul Fateh Magsi, an independent candidate for a provincial assembly seat, came under attack in Jhal Magsi area where he had gone for election campaign, deputy commissioner, Saeed Ahmad told the media.   The […]

Nawaz Sharif expects to win a third spell as prime minister: Economist

Polls put Nawaz Sharif, twice prime minister in the 1990s, comfortably ahead, prestigious magazine The Economist has said in its analysis.   Referring to a survey in February gave Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League or PML (N) a whopping 59% share.   “The brothers Sharif have a decent record on getting things done. In Lahore alone, […]

Committee to review energy situation

A three members committee comprising Federal Ministers for Petroleum, Water and Power and Advisor on Finance has been constituted to review the energy situation and give its recommendations with a view to improve the power situation in the country.   This decision was taken by Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso while chairing […]

Zardari opposes foreign intervention in Syria

President Asif Ali Zardari reiterated that Pakistan supports all efforts to facilitate a peaceful Syrian-led and inclusive solution meeting the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people through a comprehensive political dialogue involving the entire spectrum of the Syrian polity, including the government and the opposition groups.   Talking to the visiting Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister […]

Information minister accuses Taliban of derailing elections

Information Minister, Arif Nizami Monday accused the Taliban and other armed groups of sabotaging the upcoming landmark parliamentary elections under a “very organised campaign.”   “This is an existential threat and it’s not new. There is a very organised campaign to sabotage the election,” Nizami told the Islamabad-based foreign media at a briefing.   Elections […]

Taliban kill 49 in 20 pre-polls attacks in one week

Pakistani Taliban and other armed groups have carried out more than 20 pre-elections attacks on political parties, killing 46 people and wounding over 190 since April 21, a rights group said Monday.   Earlier in April, another 24 people were killed and over 100 injured in election-related attacks, Human Rights Watch said. Nationwide parliamentary elections […]

Bomber kills 10, injures over 68 in Peshawar

A suicide bomber killed at least 10 persons in Peshawar on Monday as there is no let-up in pre-election violence, police and witnesses said.   The bomb targeted a police van on the busy University road also injured over 60 others, they said.   Two Afghan consulate employees were among those killed in the attack. […]

Nawaz Sharif says dictator and Zardari waste 11 years

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief, Nawaz leader Nawaz Sharif Sunday said that President Asif Zardari and dictator Pervez Musharraf have wasted 11 years of Pakistan.   Addressing public meetings in Murree and Havalian‚ he said he has no word of praise for Mr Zardari as he has not done anything good for the people and […]

Pakistan grants counselor access to Indian diplomats to meet convict

The Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that it has provided 2nd Consular access to Indian diplomats to visit the Indian convict who had been critical injured in an attack in a Pakistani prison.   Sarabjeet Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in a series of bomb attacks that killed 14 people in 1990 in Punjab province, was […]

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