Category archives for: Pakistan

New PM will also be a Zardari servant: Imran Khan

New PM will also be a Zardari servant: Imran Khan Karachi: (Thursday, June 21, 2012) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan said here today that money will be spilled for the election of the country’s next prime minister and that the new Prime Minister will also prove to be another servant of (president) Asif Zardari. Talking […]

Debt repayment pressure; Pakistan Forex reserves fall to US $ 15.0465bn

Debt repayment pressure; Pakistan Forex reserves fall to US $ 15.0465bn Islamabad: (Thursday, June 21, 2012) Amid being under pressure due to the debt repayment, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen to $ 15.0465 billion in the week ending on June 15. The previously held reserves were $ 15.417 billion, said the State Bank of […]

Don’t sacrifice PMs, bring back the money in foreign accounts: Nawaz

Don’t sacrifice PMs, bring back the money in foreign accounts: Nawaz Islamabad: (Thursday, June 21, 2012) Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said here today that instead of making successive prime ministers ‘sacrificial goats’ it’s better to bring back the ‘Rs 6 billion kept in Swiss Banks’ and give them to the people […]

HRCP regards PM removal as a sad occasion in the country

HRCP regards PM removal as a sad occasion in the country Lahore: Thursday, June 21, 2012: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called the removal of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani a sad occasion in a country where democratic traditions have perpetually been denied the nourishment they need to take roots. In a statement […]

Pakistan U-22 off to Saudi Arabia after sensational win

The Green Shirts are set to take part in the U-22 AFC Qualifiers in Riyadh after a superb preparatory tour of Bahrain. Zavisa Milosavljevic’s men were able to draw with the Bahraini U-22’s before trouncing Al Hala Football Club 3-1. Confidence in the camp has never been higher and although they are pitted in a […]

Wrong ways to record protest

The electricity crisis is not a new phenomenon in the country but the nation is being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness of the bureaucracy, power outages of about 16 to 22 hours and the rising cost of energy. People, whether live in rural or urban areas, resorted to protests, mostly violent […]

APCNGA claiming gas supply agreements violated by the government – Pakistan oil and gas News

APCNGA claiming gas supply agreements violated by the government – Pakistan oil and gas News Pakistan- The CNG Association of Pakistan (APCNGA) said on Wednesday that the federal government and its oil subsidiary body of the Gas Regulatory Authority and deliberate violation of the agreements for the supply of gas without interruption, CNG industrial and […]

Are we heading towards a Judicial Dictatorship?

Pakistan is one of those unique countries that have faced basically everything since the day they were carved on the world map; from natural disasters to wars, military dictatorship, terrorism, political instability and so much more. But now as democracy seems to be something that will continue and with the military struggling to sustain its […]

ANF issues arrest warrants for Makhdoom Shahabuddin

In what appeared to be another blow for the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for nominee of the prime minister’s post, Makhdoom Shahabuddin for his alleged involvement in the drug quota case. Judge Shafqatullah Khan acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force issued arrest warrants for […]

Supreme Court gives Malik Riaz seven more days to hire counsel

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday granted Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, a period of seven days to find a lawyer to defend him, directing the twin-cities’ bar associations to not stop anyone from taking his case. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Court Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan resumed hearing […]

Officials to hold talks with Taliban on ban of polio vaccine

In order to convince insurgents in the tribal areas to lift a ban on polio vaccination campaigns imposed in protest at US drone attacks, Pakistani officials decided to hold talks with the Taliban. Last week, local militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur put a ban on the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan. An official while speaking […]

President Zardari nominates Makhdoom Shahabuddin for premiership

Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday finalized the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the candidate for the post of premiership. Former minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be covering candidate of former health and textile minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin. The interesting thing is that the two candidates […]

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