
Former military President Pervez Musharraf, who returned to the country on Sunday after over four years of self-exile, is struggling to for a political role but at the same time he faces arrest in several cases and also serious threats from the Taliban militants. He could not attract a big crowd when he spoke […]

Well known Pakistani journalist, Najam Sethi, was on Tuesday nominated to lead caretaker government in Punjab province, spokesman for the PML-N said. Rana Sanaullah, the PML-N leader said that his party has accepted nomination of Mr Sethi from the rival Pakistan Peoples Party. He told reporters that the leadership of the PML-N approved […]

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has left for Dubai after a tiff with his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, over the affairs of the PPP, leaving the party without its star campaigner for Pakistan’s general election, media reported Tuesday. Bilawal, who was recently named patron-in-chief of the Pakistan People’s Party, developed differences with Zardari and his […]

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani called on Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso on Tuesday and briefed the Prime Minister on security matters, the PM office said. The army chief also congratulated Mr Khoso on his assumption of the office of Prime Minister of Pakistan, an official statement. […]

The Pakistan Muslim League and the opposition parties in Punjab Tuesday failed to reach consensus on the name of the caretaker Chief Minister, leaders of the two sides said. The matter has now been referred to the Election Commission, the PML-N leader, Rana Sanaullah and the PML-Q leader, Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din told reporters outside the […]

The Prime Minister house released the official profile of caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, hours after he was administered the office of office on Monday. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, the third among eleven siblings, of Mir. Azam Khan Khoso, a prominent landlord/agriculturist of Goth Azam Khan Khosa, Jafferabad, was born on September […]

President Pakistan Muslim League PML (N) Nawaz Sharif declared on Monday in a mammoth public rally that he will carry out economic explosion like his 1998 nuclear tests. He asked the people at the meeting in Mansehra not to be misled by jokers who are in the field to make filmy promises. “If […]

A group of 110-member team from the European Union will observe Pakistan’s May 11 parliamentary elections, the EU office in Islamabad said Monday. The EU has in the past observed Pakistan’s national elections in 2002 and 2008. The European Union High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission, Ms Catherine Ashton, has […]

A day after former President Pervez Musharraf returned home, senior Baloch nationalist leader, Sardar Akhtar Mengal Monday returned to Pakistan from Dubai. Mengal, former chief minister and president of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), ended exile ahead of the May 11 elections. A large number of supporters were gathered outside Karachi airport to […]
Interim Prime Minister Justice (retired) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was sworn in Islamabad on Monday. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to Mr Khoso at a ceremony at Presidency. Political leaders, foreign diplomats, former ministers and senior officials attended the ceremony which started with national anthem. Former Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, […]

President Asif Ali Zardari will administer oath of office to Justice (r) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker Prime Minister later Monday at the ‘Aiwan-e-Sadr’, presidential spokesman has said. Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that invitations have been sent out to the ceremony among others to heads of all political parties […]

The Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday formally started process for the May 11 general elections with the issuance of nomination papers across the country. Thousands of intending candidates have started receiving nomination papers from the offices of election commission and also download online, officials said. The candidates will start submitting nomination papers […]