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Mansoor Ijaz derides judicial commission: Zahid Bukhari Zahid Hussain Bukhari, the outspoken counsel of Hussain Haqqani, has said Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani-origin American business tycoon, ridiculed the judicial commission by not appearing before it despite promising twice. Before appearing the commission, constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate the infamous memogate scandal, the counsel was […]
President Asif Ali Zardari to leave for Myanmar In a bid to enhance bilateral ties, President Asif Ali Zardari will be leaving for Myanmar on Tuesday for a two-day official visit. The president will hold meeting with his counterpart, U Thein Sein, to promote economic and trade cooperation between two states as well as enhancing […]
At a time when there have been signs of defrost in the frosty ties between military and civilian leadership, the Supreme Court directed the government to submit a written reply within two weeks that it has no intention of dismissing the army and ISI chiefs. A three member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by […]
Amidst security concerns, Pakistani-origin US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, refused to come to Pakistan. His counsel, Akram Shiekh claimed that he (Mansoor) will not appear before the judicial commission to record his statement in the controversial memogate scandal. Mansoor Ijaz, the key player of the memogate scandal, has expressed his reservations with the security arrangements […]
At long last, the Supreme Court of Pakistan fixed a date for the hearing of a decade-old petition filed by Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan. After facing criticism from different circles, the apex court set February 29 as the date for the hearing of Asghar Khan’s petition in which he asked the court to punish […]
Imran Khan, the chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has urged the United States to stop drone strikes in Pakistan, claiming that they were killing many innocent people. He observed that each bomb that killed terrorists also killed many people who might be related to the terrorists but were not involved in militancy. In his […]
Farahnaz Ispahani, the media adviser to President Asif Ali Zardari and wife of former ambassador to United States, Hussain Haqqani, claimed that she ran away from Pakistan to save her life, saying she feared of being kidnapped by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). A report published in Sunday Times cited Farahnaz Ispahani as saying that she […]
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the Interior Ministry would provide security to Mansoor Ejaz. Talking to media men Saturday in F-9 Park, he said that ISI could not provide security to anyone as it is an intelligence agency and not a security agency. “Under article 245 of the constitution if any need […]
Repeating his claims of receiving threats from Pakistani officials, Pakistani-origin US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, has said he had not afraid of anyone and nothing can stop me from visiting Pakistan. While speaking to an Indian TV channel, Ijaz reinterred that nothing can stop him from coming to Pakistan, adding he will bring his BlackBerry […]
There are very few people speak about the problems linked with the process in which voting, the nub of democracy, is held. However, there are many intellectuals who voice their views that revolve around the need for the system to continue at all costs. In Pakistan, we hear about rigging of one kind or the […]
The death reports of Hakimullah Mehsud, the chief of defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), are once again proving false. A private TV channel quoting sources reported Hakimullah Mehsud is still live and safe in some unidentified location of North Waziristan, the tribal area of Pakistan. “Hakimullah is well and safe in North Waziristan the news related […]
Amid a tense standoff between Pakistan’s civilian-military leadership, Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq told the Supreme Court on Friday that the government had no intentions of sacking Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha for their unconstitutional and illegal replies in the memogate case. […]
