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The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) backed by coalition partners is required a simple majority to get its nominee elected as the new leader of the House and another one after his disqualification. The latest decision by the PPP to nominate Raja Pervez Ashraf for premiership will further exacerbate the ongoing confrontation between the apex court […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its allied parties on Friday failed to convince Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman to drop his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister. A delegation comprised Khurshid Shah, Chaudhry Shujaat, Qamar Zaman Kaira and other representatives from coalition partners visited Maulana Fazlur Rehman hours before the National Assembly […]
At long last, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after consultation with coalition partners on Friday announced to nominate Raja Pervez Ashraf as its candidate for the slot of premiership. While addressing a much-awaited press conference, Syed Khurshid Shah announced that Raja Pervez Ashraf, the former minister for water and power will be the unanimous candidate […]
Despite spending almost nine months in jail in the United Kingdom, former Pakistani skipper of the national cricket team Salman Butt claimed himself innocent of spot-fixing. He made it clear that he had served a sentence for failure to report advances from a bookie, Mazhar Majeed. He noted, “I have never entertained any offer, nothing […]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was in the Washington’s interest to keep the cooperative ties with Islamabad. Her statement came at a time when the bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washington are in a troubled spot. While interviewing to an American TV channel, the Secretary of State underscored that severing relationships with […]
Terming Pakistani judiciary overboard, Chairman Hindu Press Council of India and former judge of the Indian Supreme Court, Justice Markandey Katju asserted that a prime minister did not need a trust vote from the apex court. He took a dim view of the apex court verdict that disqualified Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani from […]
The Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its allied parties failed to evolve a consensus on any candidate out of the two short-listed names. However, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is reportedly leading the race for the premiership in the information circles. PPP’s leaders including Makhdoom Shahabuddin, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Qamar Zaman Kaira submitted nomination papers for […]
The electricity crisis is not a new phenomenon in the country but the nation is being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness of the bureaucracy, power outages of about 16 to 22 hours and the rising cost of energy. People, whether live in rural or urban areas, resorted to protests, mostly violent […]
In what appeared to be another blow for the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for nominee of the prime minister’s post, Makhdoom Shahabuddin for his alleged involvement in the drug quota case. Judge Shafqatullah Khan acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force issued arrest warrants for […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday granted Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, a period of seven days to find a lawyer to defend him, directing the twin-cities’ bar associations to not stop anyone from taking his case. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Court Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan resumed hearing […]
In order to convince insurgents in the tribal areas to lift a ban on polio vaccination campaigns imposed in protest at US drone attacks, Pakistani officials decided to hold talks with the Taliban. Last week, local militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur put a ban on the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan. An official while speaking […]
Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday finalized the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the candidate for the post of premiership. Former minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be covering candidate of former health and textile minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin. The interesting thing is that the two candidates […]
