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Horse-trading and rigging still on rise in Senate elections

The Senate elections did take place despite all the rhetoric of conspiracy by the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). As expected, the party that stands victorious following the polls is undisputedly the same party. However, horse trading and culture of rigging was on rise in the polls. In quite an unexpected move, most of the […]

Zardari approved Abbottabad raid to kill Osama: Mansoor Ijaz (Part Two)

The commission resumed the cross-examination of memo author Mansoor Ijaz Friday through vide link from Pakistan High Commission in London. Nawaz Sharif’s Counsel Mustafa Ramdey and lawyer of MNA Andul Qadir Bloch and Sana Ullah Zehri, Sallauddin Mengal, asked questions from Ijaz. Responding the queries, the memo architect repeated the same story about his communication […]

Zardari approved Abbottabad raid to kill Osama: Mansoor Ijaz (Part One)

Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the Memogate scandal, Friday claimed President Asif Ali Zardari gave approval to Abbottabad operation that led to the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the U.S. Navy Seals on May 02, 2011. “President Zardari gave approval to the U.S. Special Forces action,” Mansoor Ijaz said as he spoke […]

Hussain Haqqani called in by judicial commission for memo gate case

Hussain Haqqani called in by judicial commission for memo gate case The panel which is heading the memo gate scandal has recently asked for the former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, to make an appearance before the commission on the March 15th. The panel asked for Haqqani after the key person in […]

Hina Rabbani Khar states to go ahead with the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project

Hina Rabbani Khar states to go ahead with the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project The Foreign Minister of the country, Hina Rabbani Khar, has recently given a statement in which she has clearly said that Pakistan will not be backing off from the project of the gas pipe line between Iran and Pakistan. The Foreign Minister […]

Pakistan stands firm on Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project

In what appeared to be a quite bold step, Pakistan on Thursday vowed to go ahead with Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, rejecting the U.S. threats of economic sanctions on promotion of economic ties between the two neighboring countries. This stance gives a strong message to the U.S. which is increasing its pressure on Pakistan to […]

Stage set for Senate Elections

Regardless of many hurdles, the Senate elections are underway where as many as 98 candidates will contest 45 seats, with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) having finalized all arrangements to hold the polls at the four provincial assemblies and the National Assembly (NA). The newly-elected members of the upper house of parliament will replace […]

Supreme Court of Pakistan addresses ISI and MI sternly

Supreme Court of Pakistan addresses ISI and MI sternly The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently expressed its dissatisfaction over the report submitted in by the intelligence agencies of the country. The report that was submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan was concerning a missing prisoner’s case. The dissatisfaction expressed by the Supreme Court […]

Nawaz Sharif lashes at government’s failure to serve masses

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif termed the government incompetent, saying there would not have been slogans of ‘Go Zardari Go’ if the government had served the country. While addressing in Qazi Ahmed, Nawaz Sharif said the incumbent displayed ignorance towards flood relief activities and that is why lands were still inundated. He bashed […]

Pakistan moves ahead for normalization trade with India

The federal cabinet on Wednesday not only approved a negative list of 1209 list of banned items but also sanctioned the phasing out of the negative list in the next ten months, aiming at complete trade normalization with India by the end of 2012. Presently, Pakistan maintains a positive list of 1,945 items that are […]

Joint session on US engagement on 17th March: Khurshid Shah

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah on Wednesday said that the joint session of Parliament would be convened on March 17 to discuss new terms of engagement with the U.S. and NATO in the light of recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS). The minster while speaking in the meeting of […]

Pakistan’s Cabinet approves negative trade list with India

Pakistan’s Cabinet approves negative trade list with India A Cabinet meeting was recently held in Pakistan which was chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani. The matter that was being discussed was the negative trade list with India. The cabinet of the country unanimously made a decision in support of moving over […]

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