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Khurshid Shah hints towards earlier general polls

Islamabad: Federal Minister and Pakistan People’s Party’s senior leader from Sindh, Khurshid Shah said here today that the general elections could be held a month or two earlier the due date. However, he said that a final decision in this regard will be taken after consulting the allied parties. Commenting to Manzoor Wassan’s yesterday’s statement […]

PML-N shortlists names for caretaker PM

Islamabad: Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar said here today that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has shortlisted names of 8-9 potential candidates for a caretaker prime minister. Sharing the details, Nisar said that retired judges are also among the shortlisted names, however, the list does not comprise of anyone from […]

PCNP appoints Senator Farhatullah Babar as its chairman

In its first meeting, Parliamentary Commission on New Provinces (PCNP) appointed Senator Farhatullah Babar, who is also spokesperson to the presidency, its chairman. However, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) didn’t participate in the first session of the commission for forming two new provinces in Punjab. Nine out of the 12 nominated members were present in […]

Punjab wants a halt to proceedings of the commission on new provinces

Seeking a halt to the proceedings of the commission on two new federating units, Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan will dispatch a letter to National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza. Earlier, Speaker NA Dr Fehmida Mirza formed a fourteen-member parliamentary commission to form guidelines for creating two new provinces, Bahawalpur and South Punjab. According […]

Supreme Court cannot adopt third way in NRO implementation case: Aitzaz Ahsan

Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the Supreme Court couldn’t adopt any middle way in the NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) implementation case. Speaking to private TV channel, the renowned jurist predicted that the apex court would give a similar ruling against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf as it did against Yousaf […]

Govt.’s attempt to seek more time from court akin to mocking people: Nawaz

Lahore: Nawaz Sharif, the President of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz said here today that the government was mocking the people by not implementing the orders of the Supreme Court and constantly seeking more time. While talking to the journalists, Nawaz said that if the government would have observed the law, the situation would not […]

PM not answerable to the court: says Attorney General

Islamabad: Attorney General of Pakistan, Irfan Qadir said here today that the Prime Minister is not answerable to the court, he further said that a legal position will be taken before the court. Qadir, who was talking to the media personnel outside the Supreme Court Building just before the Prime Minister’s appearance before the court […]

Has Religious Extremism gotten to the point of no return?

Has Religious Extremism gotten to the point of no return?   The past generation still remembers the golden days of Pakistan in the early 70’s as the golden period, where people of all races and castes lived together as brothers and sisters under one nation, along with Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto leading the country towards being […]

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf stops party leaders from giving anti-judiciary statements

In what appeared to be a positive development in the deadlock between judiciary and executive, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed leaders from the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) to stop giving remarks and making statements against the judiciary. The premier, who appeared in the Supreme Court over the show-cause notice issued against him for […]

Court finally releases Hamid Saeed Kazmi on bail

A trial court while accepting the bail plea of Hamid Saeed Kazmi, the former minister for religious affairs, ordered his immediate release from the prison. Special Judge Muhammad Ahmad Farooqui on Monday granted the bail to the former federal minister, who was under arrest for the last one year on the charge of corruption in the […]

Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer to launch political party

Renowned nuclear scientist and father of atomic bomb Dr Abdul Qadir Khan is all set to launch his own political party namely Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz Pakistan (TTP). According to a media report, he will launch a nationwide campaign aiming at increasing political awareness amongst the youth in the country. It further said that TTP (of course not […]

Javed Hashmi announces to expose PML-N leaders

In a bid to level the field for the upcoming elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has announced that he would expose the leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Talking to the media, he said that it was the Sharif family which had escaped to Saudi Arabia after signing a deal with former […]

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