Faisal Farooq
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Articles By Faisal Farooq
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday urged all political parties, media and civil society organizations to get actively involved in campaigns for promotion of democracy education in the country. In his message on the International Day of Democracy, the premier said that the country is heading towards general elections in 2013 after a successful […]
Sep 15 2012 | Posted in
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Criticizing the weak response of the government over anti-Islam film, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the government hasn’t taken up the issue of the blasphemous movie with the US government. While speaking to the media he observed, “The scurrilous film that defames the Holy Prophet (PBUH) has angered the entire Muslims […]
Sep 15 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has appealed to the Hindu community members not to leave the country, saying it’s appalling how the government is ignoring the minorities in the country. Speaking to the media, the two-time former premier of the country said the country belongs to the minorities as much as it belongs […]
Sep 15 2012 | Posted in
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In order to gear up the political temperature, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would form the next government in Punjab and a party worker would be next chief minister of the province. It is vital to mention here that the president is on a two-day visit to Lahore […]
Thousands of people took on the roads across the country to denounce an anti-Islam film, demanding the expulsion of US diplomats and cut off in ties between Pakistan and the United States. ‘Innocence of Muslims’, the anti-Islam movie has extreme blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that sparked fury across the Muslim world. In order to […]
In what appeared to be a political stunt, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif on behalf of the Punjab government announced Rs 0.3 million for all those affected by the deadly Karachi garments fire which killed some 289 people. Terming the incident of Karachi factory fire as the worst tragic incident in the industrial history […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
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In quite a shocking revelation, London Metropolitan police have claimed that Imran Farooq wanted to actively participate in politics by pursing his independent career in politics. The London Metropolitan police, also known as Scotland Yard, on the occasion of his second death anniversary disclosed further information about the murder. It claimed that a number of […]
Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani chaired Corps Commanders’ Conference at the GHQ, discussing routing matters of professional capacities. According to the media reports, the 153rd Corps Commanders’ Conference was part of regular monthly meetings, wherein the routine professional and operational issues came under discussion in the forum. The reports said that […]
The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the interim bail of MNA Ali Musa Gilani in the ephedrine quota case, giving him time to September 25. Earlier, Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested Musa from outside the Supreme Court when he came to the apex court to seek pre-arrest bail. A three-member bench of the apex court […]
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that an act of terrorism couldn’t be ruled out as one of the possible reasons in the incident of fire in a garments factory that killed hundreds of people in the provincial metropolis city. While speaking to the media, the minister said that a probe is underway to […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
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Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday arrested Ali Musa Gilani, the son of former premier Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, who was allegedly involved in the ephedrine quota case. Ali Musa Gilani was on way to the Supreme Court for seeking pre-arrest bail in the case but was apprehended by the Anti-Narcotics Force officials just outside the […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a shocking statement by top judge of the country, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) instead of putting a check-out on corruption has turned into a body that promotes it in the country. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice […]
Sep 14 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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