Faisal Farooq
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Articles By Faisal Farooq

In what appeared to be a blow for Interior Minister Rehman Malik, the Supreme Court advised him to quit public office for an independent investigation into the Benazir Bhutto murder case. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair said that a second FIR (First Information Report) […]

President Asif Ali Zardari has said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had endured an obvious campaign of malign but had decided to let the people evaluate performance of the government. While addressing 22nd APNS (All Pakistan Newspaper Society) Award Ceremony, the president observed, “Let them judge whether we have been criticized justly or subjected to […]

In quick response of Sunday’s Kabul attacks, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States will continue to press Pakistan to launch an operation against the Haqqani network, as signs emerged it might be behind the assaults. According to a statement issued by the State Department on Monday, Hillary Clinton spoke to […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Home Ministry dispatched a preliminary investigation report to Bannu jailbreak incident to the Federal Interior Ministry, accusing the police officials and security agencies for a major intelligence failure. In the meantime, the Chief Minister (KPK) has removed IG Jails, Commissioner Bannu, Deputy Superintendent Jail and DIG Police from their posts over the […]

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Aitzaz Ahsan’s plea to defer its ruling, insisting that the decision will be announced today. A seven-member bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk resumed hearing of the case against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for not implementing its ruling on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). While arguing before […]

Rejecting the capacity of Afghan Taliban of holding a strike like Sunday, Ryan Crocker, the United States (US) envoy to Afghanistan speculated that Haqqani network were involved in the incident. While speaking to the media, he pointed-out fingers on Haqqani network, whose fighters are based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area. In his view, the Afghan […]

Former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has said that separatists in Balochistan with foreign support would not be succeeded in their nefarious objectives, saying the province cannot be disunited from Pakistan as long as army is there. He asserted, “Not a single inch of the country would disintegrate in the presence of Pakistan Army”. The […]

Differences reportedly have been emerged between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Vice-chairman Shah Mehmood over the upcoming party’s elections. According to the media reports the cricket-turned politician rebuffed the proposed outline of the party structures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab after Javed Hashmi and old guards expresses reservations. In a bid to hold […]

In quite an unprecedented move, President Asif Ali Zardari indicated establishment of first-ever Seraiki Bank, seeking proposals from Southern Punjab businessman. While speaking to the media with the business community in the Prime Minister House in Multan, President Zardari stressed that the new Seraiki bank will address all the fiscal issues of the deprived area. […]

Lord Nazir Ahmed, the Kashmiri-origin member of British Parliament, disowned the allegations against him, saying he had never announced a bounty on George W Bush and Barrack Obama. The British Labor Party suspended his membership condemning his remarks about world leaders. The party spokesperson, in a statement issued on Sunday, said it utterly condemns these […]

Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said that PTI would make such Pakistan that whole nation would be proud on it. He was speaking to the women convention of his party here at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on Saturday. He said that the women folk as well as youth of the country have decided to carry forward […]

In what appeared to be a quite undemocratic, only six per cent of parliamentarians participated in the debate on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) about the new terms of engagement with the United States. The joint-sitting of the Senate and National Assembly lasted from March 20 to April 12, 2012. […]