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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son has left Pakistan before his name could be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) for his alleged involvement in a chemical allotment case worth of Rs7 billion. Ali Musa Gilani, who was recently elected to the National Assembly, has departed for South Africa and is expected to […]
Linking the resumption of NATO supply line with a halt in drone strikes, the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) finalized its recommendations for new terms of engagement with the United States. Sources said parties from across the political ambit are close to converging on re-engagement with the US and allied countries. Lawmakers are ready […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Ali Musa Gilani, son of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, in the chemical (Ephedrine) quota allotment case. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also issued a notice to former DG Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Major General Shakil and Khushnud Lashari. The […]
Apparently crude materialistic interests and political rivalries motivate wars and conflicts initiated in the name of religion and sectarianism. This is as true about the knightly fights as it is about the Afghan jihad launched in the late 70s against Soviet Union. Some believe that the ongoing sectarian terrorism in Pakistan has been the consequence […]
In quite an odd move, the counsel for former law minister Senator Babar Awan on Tuesday filed an unconditional apology letter in the Registrar Office of the Supreme Court (SC). Minutes before the hearing of contempt case, Babar Awan through Advocate Ali Zafar sought apology from Justice Asif Khosa. Following his refusal to appear before […]
Everyone talks about energy crisis in the country but rarely someone gives solution of the problem. Pakistan will have had to do some clear thinking in terms of power generation even if the situation had been otherwise. The world, which is increasingly resources-scarce and polluted, is forcing to make use of greener and more sustainable […]
As the former president Pervez Musharraf had been declared as a proclaimed offender by a lower court, the Supreme Court denied giving an opportunity of hearing to him in a case regarding the registration of second FIR in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case against him and 12 others. During the hearing, the court asked the […]
Amidst fading hopes, three Swiss and six German experts have arrived Pakistan to assist Pakistani and US experts for the rescue of 135 Pakistan army troops, who were buried under an avalanche in Gayari sector of Siachen, on Saturday. ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) issued a press note on late Monday night informing that an […]
In order to reduce the intensity of ongoing energy crisis, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani proposed a uniform loadshedding process across the country and a legislation to put a check on power pilferage. While briefing the media about the decisions taken at the national energy conference held under his chair, he observed, “Both short […]
The energy conference, which held to seek curatives to deal with the ongoing energy crisis in the country, went through a power outage on its very first day. Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani inaugurated the conference and rested the blame of the energy crises on the non-payment of dues. In his view, the energy […]
It has been ages since Karachi, the provincial metropolis city of Sindh, is burning, whether it is ethnic violence or political parties’ disputes, the city burns for any reason. It doesn’t matter it burns major or minor. Many analysts believe that the PPP-led coalition government and its allies are equally responsible for the massacre in […]
In what appeared to be a first positive gesture of President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to India, the Indian Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to 80-year-old Pakistani microbiologist Khalil Chisti during the pendency of his appeal against Rajasthan High Court order maintaining his conviction in a murder case. Human rights activists had appealed […]
