Rabiya Maqbool
Joined on: Nov 30, -0001
Published stories: 147
Articles By Rabiya Maqbool
PM Raja Pervez Ashraf chairs first cabinet meeting The newly elected Prime Minister of the country Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked both the Ministry of Water as well as Power to collect all outstanding dues related to Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). According to the instructions of the Prime Minister, these dues are to […]
Jun 27 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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Suspension of parliamentarian’s membership by the Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the membership of another parliamentarian belonging to PPP for holding dual nationality. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, issued the orders to suspend the membership of […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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Yousuf Raza Gilani given constitutional protection The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has recently made a move to protect the ex Prime Minister of Pakistan from any legal action that might be taken against him because of anything Yousuf Raza Gilani might have done during office. This has been done by the issuance of […]
Jun 25 2012 | Posted in
Politics |
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Prime Minsiter Raja Pervaiz Ashraf increases load shedding on first day of office The newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, did not do much to gain public favour during his first day of office as the country experienced an additional amount of load shedding that left the citizens without electricity in the […]
Jun 24 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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Arrest warrant against Makhdoom Shahabuddin may affect nomination With the nomination of the new Pakistani Prime Minister to be done today, the candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party, was issued an arrest warrant by the court as he was in the process of filing his nomination papers. The arrest warrant has come […]
Jun 22 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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Pakistan’s National Assembly to elect new Prime Minister on Friday The National Assembly of Pakistan has been summoned by the country’s President Asif Ali Zardari in order to elect the newly nominated candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan in place of the dismissed former Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani. Shahabuddin will […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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PPP looks to senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin to fill the void In light of yesterday’s events in which the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani was ruled to be ineligible by the Supreme Court of the country to hold office and thus relieved from the post, the government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan […]
Jun 20 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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Yousuf Raza Gilani’s counsel Aitzaz Ahsan completes arguments Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed on Monday that petitions filed against the National Assembly speaker’s ruling on the issue of disqualification of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stated that Mr Gilani was ineligible to hold the office after his conviction by the Supreme Court. “Isn’t it […]
Jun 19 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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Country wide protests against power outages A number of cities witnessed violent protests when power outages stretching up to 22 hours forced people to take to the street. In some cities, including Lahore, demonstrations were led by PML-N leaders and supporters. In Lahore, up to 18 hours of load shedding was reported in most parts […]
Jun 18 2012 | Posted in
Society |
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Supreme Court’s full court session has a look at off-air and on-air footage of Malik Riaz’s interview The full court session of the Supreme Court has formed a two-member committee to look into the matter of a controversial TV interview of real estate tycoon Malik Riaz. The panel, comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice […]
Jun 16 2012 | Posted in
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On-air and Off-air footage of Malik Riaz’s interview viewed by full session of Supreme Court The full court session of the Supreme Court has formed a two-member committee to look into the matter of a controversial TV interview of real estate tycoon Malik Riaz. The panel, comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif […]
Jun 16 2012 | Posted in
Politics |
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Supreme Court and its judges cleared of wrong doing by verdict – Dr Arsalan Iftikhar case The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry started proceedings against his own son, Arsalan Ifthikhar, yesterday as he has been accused of receiving a bribe worth Rs 400 million by the real estate tycoon […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan,
Politics |
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