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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday released details of assets of political parties in Pakistan for the financial year 2010-11, showing the ruling PPP among the poorest parties of the country. Without having any immovable property anywhere in the country, the PPP -Parliamentarians had only Rs 435,397 in its account on June […]
Feeling the heat from the long march announced by Tahirul Qadri, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has contacted the leadership of major coalition partners and opposition parties and assured them of the government’s resolve to protect the democratic process against all odds. Ashraf phoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Awami National […]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday termed Minhajul Quran International’s (MQI) leader Tahirul Qadri’s philosophy of ‘riasat bachao, siasat nahin’ (Save the state, not politics) as illogical. Speaking to the media in Quetta, the JUI-F chief said that such tactics were only used to derail democracy. He said, “The overall situation […]
Deputy Speaker Matiullah Agha was elected unopposed as the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on Monday. Balochistan National Party (Awami) MPA Dr Fouzia Marri administered the oath, after which Agha pledged that he will fulfill all his duties with sincerity. The slot of speaker had fallen vacant on December 26 with the ousting of […]
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday criticized judiciary, saying it doesn’t have time to punish the killers of my mother but it has the time to carry out a trial of her grave? Addressing a large gathering at Garhi Khuda Bux on the eve of the 5th anniversary of Benazir […]
A bomb blast in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar killed Senior Provincial Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour along with eight others and injured at least 18 people on Saturday. The attack took place when Bashir Bilour was exiting the residence of a local ANP leader following a meeting, along with his personal secretary […]
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Thursday pledged that the task of drawing up new constituency boundaries in Karachi would be completed in the light of the Supreme Court verdict despite reservations of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). While chairing a consultative meeting of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the South Punjab province would be formed in accordance with the aspirations of people of the area. The minister while talking to the media at Karachi airport said that the time period of the Commission for the formation of South Punjab province […]
In what appeared to be a shocking development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification allowing President Asif Ali Zardari and governors of four provinces to take part in election campaigns. According to the notification issued by the commission, the president and the governors have been removed from the list of […]
Hitting at the Supreme Court on delimitation order, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that his party will not allow a judicial martial law to be imposed in the country. In a speech, broadcast to more than 38 cities, the MQM chief said that judges passed an order for the delimitation […]
In what appeared to be a dramatics and shocking development, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the federal government to construct the Kalabagh dam. LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial issued the order while hearing petitions calling for the construction of the dam. The court directed the government in light of the decisions […]
The availability of teachers alone is the most fundamental issue as all public sector educational institutions at all levels have half what is required of the teaching staff. With this strength of educators, this gigantic exercise with 50 per cent of teachers who also need the required training remains the most significant question. The […]
