
Interior Minister Ch. Nisar Ali Khan telephoned to Jamaat-e-Islami, Amir Munawar Hassan, and invited him to attend All Parties Parliamentary Conference on security policy on July 12, the interior ministry said Sunday. The Interior Minster extended the invitation on behalf of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Heads of political parties in Parliament will […]

An anti-narcotics court in Rawalpindi Saturday issued notices to former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani‚ his wife and sons Ali Musa Gilani and Abdul Qadir Gilani in the ephedrine case and directed them to submit their replies by July 13. Notices have also been issued to fifteen other accused‚ including former Federal Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin‚ […]

Senator Farhatullah Babar Friday said that the PPP supports the trial under Article 6 of the Constitution of not only General Mushaarf but also of his accomplices and collaborators from the time he sent packing a democratic government unconstitutionally on October 12, 1999 and not merely from November 3, 2007 when the dictator imposed emergency. […]

The people voted for Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League PML-N in the May 11 general elections with high hopes for relief however the government’s decisions over the past three weeks had been a big disappointment. The PML-N has miserably failed to take any step to mitigate sufferings of the people at the hand of […]

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said that the federal government has constituted an inquiry committee to probe emergency promulgated by former President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007. Speaking in the National Assembly Thursday‚ he said the four-member committee will comprise of the FIA officers. These are Muhammad Khalid Qureshi‚ Muhammad Azam […]

Senator Farhatullah Babar of the PPP took strong exception to the remarks of a SC judge made during hearing in a suo moto case yesterday that the BISP had made the people beggars and that the funds should have been allocated to WAPDA and asked judges to respect their limits reiterating also that a Constitution […]

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said the Prime Minister is considering to extend invitation to the chiefs of political parties for talks on two-point agenda of US drone attacks and terrorism. Speaking in the National Asssembly on Wednesday‚ he said all the political parties and the nation should stand together on the issue […]

Senator Farhatullah Babar speaking on a point of order in the Senate on Wednesday drew attention to the reports that a serving military office was being appointed as director general military lands and cantonments department and called for rejecting the summary reportedly moved to safeguard the interests of the federal government as the owner of […]

Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan Wednesday urged the government to evolve consensus to address the root causes of terrorism. Opposing the US drone strikes in the tribal regions in his first speech in the National Assembly‚ Imran Khan said these are claiming lives of innocent people. He said the government and the opposition […]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan took the oath as member of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, administered the oath to the PTI chief. The PTI chief could not take oath on June 1 along with other members of the National Assembly owing to his ailment. On May […]

A PPP delegation Sunday visited the MQM headquarters in Karachi and formally invited the MQM to join the Sindh government. Former Interior Minister Rehman Malik, along with other PPP leaders, met the MQM leaders and discussed the future cooperation. The MQM leaders told the PPP team that the party’s Rabita Committee will discuss […]

Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said on Sunday that the PML-N gov’t standby its policy of dialogue with militants to end the bloodshed in the country. Speaking to reporters in Quetta he said the gov’t will hold talks with those who are willing to talk. He however said the gov’t will come with […]