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Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case, has said the Supreme Court didn’t have the authority to hear petitions against Speaker’s ruling under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of constitutional petitions […]
The member of Pakistan National Assembly from Sindh Fauzia Wahab bid farewell to life on Sunday evening. Quite recently, she underwent a gal bladder surgery but her condition became critical just after two weeks of surgery. She was admitted to a local hospital in Karachi and the doctors tried their best to save her life. […]
Energy Crisis is not a failure of the PPP Government Lahore: (Saturday, June 16, 2012) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said here today that saying that the PPP led government was responsible for the ongoing energy crisis would be a mistake. He said that the crisis started in the previous regime, and they did not […]
Aung San Suu Kyi agrees to accept 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Oslo: Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader of Myanmar, has finally accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo today. Suu kyi, who has lately carved out a new recognition of a freedom fighter, has faced over 15 years of under house arrest. […]
More than 1,000 families were trapped on Saturday in several neighbourhoods of the central city of Homs and under bombardment by regime forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. “More than 1,000 families, including women and children,” are trapped in the Khalidiyeh, Jourat al-Shiah, Qarabees, old Homs and Qusour areas. “They have no food […]
Efforts to revive stalled peace talks; Saeb Erakat to meet Clinton next week Washington: In order to revive the stalled peace talks between Palestine and Israel, the chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat will visit USA and meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next week. Disclosing details of the news, the US state department’s […]
The country’s top leadership is considering resumption of NATO supplies after the United States appeared to be softening its stance on offering an apology for cross-border incursion that killed 24 Pakistan troops at Salala check-posts. The civilian and military leadership held a sitting on Friday night to decide how Islamabad should respond fresh signals emerging […]
Egyptian parties and activists have accused the ruling military council of staging a “counter-revolution,” after a series of measures that consolidated its power ahead of polls to choose a new president. Egypt’s top court on Thursday paved the way for the army to assume parliament’s powers after it annulled the house while allowing ousted president […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has sought Google’s help to address the key issue of cross-border movement across the Durand-line; the line divides Pakistan and Afghanistan. His statement comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and the United States remain on a sour note. Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Emerson Schmidt called on Prime […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for greater international cooperation to stabilise his war-torn country and defeat militants, during the latest round of talks on the future of Afghanistan. Representatives from 29 countries gathered in Kabul for the day-long conference, just weeks after Nato agreed at a summit in Chicago to stick to plans to […]
Wrapping up the most talkative saga of the recent times, the Supreme Court issued short orders in the suo motu case involving the Chief Justice’s son, Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, and real estate tycoon, Malik Riaz. In its short order, a two-member bench comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif ordered strict action against […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday barred Malik Riaz from giving statements to media against judiciary, giving him a seven-day period to hire his counsel in the contempt of court case. In the meantime, the apex court rejected the plea to put Malik Riaz’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL), saying that there […]
