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Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan accused Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza of misusing her authority by not sending a reference of disqualification against Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Lashing out at the speaker’s ruling, he said Fehmida Mirza has become a part of […]
Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza has decided not to send the reference to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against Yousaf Raza Gilani, saying there was no question of his disqualification as a member of the National Assembly (NA). The speaker announce the ruling a couple of days before the possible expiry of a […]
After successfully restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, some elements in the lawyers have really started thinking themselves above the law. The recent attacks by lawyers on policemen, readers and judges are truly regrettable. There has been a string of incidents across Punjab Province in the past few months where the lawyers manhandled policemen, […]
In order to overcome the deteriorating situation in Sindh, particularly the incident of May 22, the federal cabinet constituted a four-member special committee to investigate the killing of innocent people. The cabinet met with Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the chair, discussing host of issues including law and order situation in Balochistan and […]
In quite an unprecedented move, Amnesty International criticized the United States (US) for conducting Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden and using unmanned aircrafts to attack people in the Pakistan’s tribal areas. The Human Rights group released its 50th annual report, lashing out at the US for using lethal force in killing of Al-Qaeda […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that options including emergency were available in the Constitution if Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani does not want implementation of the Supreme Court’s verdict. A larger bench of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair resumed hearing the cases of Balochistan law and […]
Karachi, the gateway to Pakistan has been burning for several decades but the federal and provincial governments completely failed to control law and order situation in the port city. The end results would be horrific the way in which the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) is putting the city at stake in the name of reconciliation. […]
It was a turmoil that has few parallels in an otherwise strife-torn Karachi, which was a grim reminder of May 12. Although target killings and street-battles are almost a routine matter in the provincial metropolis, rarely a political-rally has been targeted the way it happened on Tuesday. Ultimately the consequences of such indiscriminate firing in […]
In quite an unexpected move, Islamabad got rare support from Turkey, a member-country of the NATO, on the blockade of land route for the allied forces and seeking an apology from the US government over the Salala check-post attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday endorsed Pakistan’s stance, […]
An unmanned US aircraft killed at least four people while injured many others in an attack on a militant compound in Miranshah, the troubled area of Northwestern Pakistan. According to the media reports, the drone fired two missiles on a house in Tabai, killing at least four alleged assailants and injuring many others. The reports […]
Turkey, the close friend of Pakistan and important ally of NATO forces, desperately wants the land route for allied forces battling in Afghanistan to be resumed. However, the hype created by the establishment, opposition and a section of media after the highly condemnable Salala check-post attack is standing in the way to resumption of supply-line. […]
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar appeared optimistic and sounded positive about the outcome of the attendance of Pakistani delegation in the headship of President Asif Ali Zardari in the two-day NATO summit, held in Chicago, America. Without explaining the bad press that has dogged the Pakistani delegation during its visit, she observed, “When there’s a […]
