Category archives for: Politics

Legislation is solely right of parliament; says Qamar Zaman Kaira

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that legislation was solely the right of parliament, adding that no government offices have the right to intervene in the lawmaking. Addressing a seminar on Civil Military Relations in Islamabad, the minister said that successive martial law regimes have weakened government departments and the country […]

TTP threatens to attack Imran Khan

In quite an unexpected development, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday threatened Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against a planned march to Waziristan to protest US drone attacks. TTP spokesperson Ahsanullah Ahsan while speaking to Associated Press said that they would attack the former cricketer, who is a greatest opponent of […]

Shahbaz’s complaints in CCI pay off, Mukhtar orders for uniform loadshedding

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 8, 2012) Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, the Federal Minister for Water and Power has responded to the complaints mentioned by the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in the council of the common interest and has ordered for uniform loadshedding in the entire country. After Mukhtar’s orders, the Energy Management Committee (EMC) will review […]

Contempt of court law: Govt. files review petition in Supreme Court

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) It seems that the government has not given up on its attempts and hopes to salvage its Prime Minister from a possible disqualification at the hands of the Supreme Court as just today, when a decision from a court was expected on future of the incumbent Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz […]

Body formed to look into Punjab’s demands for uniformed loadshedding

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) Upon the protest of Punjab’s chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has formed a committee with the mandate to ensure uniform loadshedding across the country. The ECC meeting held here in today in the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. The ECC committee will first […]

PTI, AML to form alliance in coming elections

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) During the talks held between Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) and the President Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, the two leaders have decided to form political alliance for the upcoming general elections. According to the sources, the meeting took place here at Imran Khan’s residence in Bani Gala today. […]

Council of Common Interest approves new Petroleum Policy

Islamabad: (Wednesday, August 08, 2012) The Council of Common Interest (CCI) that convened here today, has approved the new petroleum policy for the country. According to the sources, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf chaired the CCI meeting. During the meeting, while raising his voice against the discriminatory attitude shown by the federal incumbent towards Punjab, […]

Rehman Malik submits renunciation certificate to Supreme Court

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday submitted his renunciation certificate to the Supreme Court, asking it to dispose dual nationality case against him. The minister, in his reply to the court, said that his dual nationality case had stirred a controversy and that he had to resign as a senator because of it. He, along […]

Aitzaz Ahsan says judiciary is stepping out of the domain

Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator and renowned legal expert Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the judiciary was stepping out of the domain of the constitution in some matters and was getting too independent. While interviewing to BBC Urdu, the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said that the activism of the apex court […]

Ex-OGRA chairman hiding in Lahore: NAB informs SC

Islamabad: (Tuesday, August 07, 2012) National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has informed the Supreme Court that the former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the incumbent PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf both were involved in the illegal appointment of former OGRA chairman Tauqeer Sadiq. Headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, a three member bench of the […]

First Democratic Transition in Pakistan to be Crucial

For the first time in Pakistan’s short, but intense and crucial history, the nation will be witnessing the first ever transition between actual democratic governments.   Many might think that the 2008 general elections was the transition but that was definitely not as the previous government was under a martial law dictator who came into […]

PTI’s Imran Khan to move court against Khawaja Asif, Chaudhry Nisar

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has announced to take PML-N leaders Khawaja Asif and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to court over allegations leveled against the Shaukhat Khanum Memorial Hospital (SKMH). Addressing a press conference, the cricketer-turned-politician he would not spare anyone and would take them into the court of law who hurled allegations against […]

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