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Information Minister Kaira hints formation of South Punjab province

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the South Punjab province would be formed in accordance with the aspirations of people of the area.   The minister while talking to the media at Karachi airport said that the time period of the Commission for the formation of South Punjab province […]

Solo Flight: Asfandyar says ANP will not make election alliance

President Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan, Sunday ruled out election alliance with any party in the coming parliamentary polls. He, however, said that the ANP doors will be opened for any political party for seat adjustment. “We contested the 2008 general elections without any election alliance and are ready to go for a […]

Corruption can be ended only in 9 days; claims PTI chief Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has claimed that corruption could be ended only in nine days, adding that he had a list of around 200-300 corrupt people who he would go after first.   Speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak organized by India Today, the former cricketer-turned-politician said, “After the elections our party will be […]

Nawaz Sharif says President Zardari wants political martyrdom

Following a clean-sweep victory in the recently held by-polls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chairman Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari after failing to maintain peace and resolving people’s problems wanted political martyrdom.   The PML-N chief while addressing a public rally in Mailsi said Pakistan was in the grip of crises but […]

Pakistan springs into action as MQM office ‘raid’ stirs controversy

  Pakistan’s Foreign Office, which routinely stays away from the country’s political issues, has jumped in the on-going controversy whether or not the London police raided an office of the Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).   Section of the Pakistani media had reported that the police late Thursday raided the MQM office located in a business […]

Taliban revenge: Hardliner splinter group claims responsibility for Afghan Intel chief attack

  A splinter hardliner Taliban group Friday claimed responsibility for the assassination  attempt on Afghan intelligence chief, Assadullah Khalid.   The National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief, a close confidant of President Hamid Karzai, was injured in the attack in a Kabul guest house. Taliban had also claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was a […]

Imran Farooq murder case: Scotland Yard raids at business centre in London

In quite an important development in Dr. Imran Farooq’s murder case, the London police raided at a business center and carried out a search operation in an office.   According to private TV channels, the UK police conducted a search of an office on Edgware road and also carried out interrogation but no arrests were made. […]

PPP’s Nadeem Afzal Chan rejects Transparency International’s report

Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Nadeem Afzal Chan on Thursday rejected the Transparency International’s annual report regarding corruption in Pakistan.   While chairing the meeting of the committee in Islamabad, Chan said that he challenged Transparency International that the report was not prepared in the good faith. He […]

President Asif Ali Zardari not to lead election campaign; says Syed Khursheed Shah

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah on Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari will not lead the election campaign nor become a part of it in the upcoming polls.   Speaking to the media, the senior leader of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) applauded Asif Ali Zardari for his role as the president of […]

PTI chief Imran Khan backs delimitation of constituencies

Extending his support to the remarks of the Supreme Court, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that delimitation of constituencies should also be taken place in other parts of the country.   Speaking to the media at Lahore airport, the cricketer-turned-politician said that Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was the only […]

Secrets about Benazir Bhuttos’s murder will revel in book; says Interior Minister Rehman Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he would reveal the names of the murderers of Benazir Bhutto and other little-known details of her assassination in his upcoming book.   Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairperson and former two-time premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaqat Bagh in […]

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif calls for consensus on Kalabagh Dam

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the issue of building Kalabagh dam should be resolved with complete consensus among all stakeholders, DawnNews reported.   Speaking to a public gathering on the occasion of inducting former federal minister Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti into his party’s folds in Mardan, he reiterated his resolve […]

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