Awami National Party (ANP) will likely to support all the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) about new terms of engagement with the United States, particularly Pakistan’s role in the US-led war on terror. ANP’s Chief Asfandyar Wali has summoned the meeting of consultative committee of his party to review the recommendations […]
In quite an astonishing way, as many as 182 political parties have been registered hitherto. Apparently, at least one party is for every million people. The question is why so many people would wish to set up such parties which rarely play a useful role, as many of these entities exist virtually only on paper. […]
Amid shouts of protest from opposition parties of the house, President Asif Ali Zardari made history on Saturday when he delivered the fifth consecutive address to a joint session of Parliament. Asif Ali Zardari is the first president of Pakistan to deliver a fifth address in accordance with clause 3 of Article 56 in the […]
ANP decides to postpone Karachi rally for a later date Karachi: Awami National Party has once again failed to hold its rally in Karachi and has decided to postpone it further as the attack on one of its gathering few days back has suggested that security of those to participate in the event was not […]
Mar 6 2012 | Posted in
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The recent blasts in Peshawar are a terrible reminder, yet again; of how unsettled the militancy crisis is in the country. The preachers of the complacency argue that the war on terror needs not be prioritized above anything else for the state to fight, citing gradually decreased numbers of terror cases. It is quite a […]
Tribes insist on renaming the Munda Dam project in Mohmand Agency The controversial Munda Dam has shot back into limelight yet again after the representatives of Swat revoked their long stand over the issue. KPK assembly representatives from Swat renewed their call for serious consultations regarding the issue and welcomed the move of […]
Feb 24 2012 | Posted in
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The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights urged the government to clip the wings of brawny-intelligence agencies, rejecting the report presented by the Balochistan’s home department on the rampant human rights violations and law and order situation in the province. The body warned the incumbent that the Baloch will have no other option to seek […]
Pasha advises Musharraf not to return to Pakistan: Report Director General Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. General Shuja Pasha has strongly recommended Musharraf Pervez to postpone his comeback to Pakistan, a source said. On the term of anonymity a source told DawnNews that, “General Pasha, who has remained very close to the former president, held […]
Jan 24 2012 | Posted in
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PML-N seems bewildered In the current political scenario, the PML-N appeared to have to be a bewildered party. Has the party been run by post-exile Nawaz Sharif, who looks to have been learned structure and dynamics of constitutional democracies? Or is it the party of Nawaz Sharif who submitted a petition in the apex court, […]
PML-Q & MQM: Power-sharing coalition friends It seems that the PML-Q and MQM had joined the hands with PPP to share power but not to support in defying the powerful establishment or judiciary. Smelling the rats in the above mentioned two political parties, the incumbent PPP had rejected the idea of vote of confidence for […]
Asfandyar Wali Khan tables resolution seconding democracy ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan tabled a resolution in the National Assembly, seconding the government, democracy and continuation of democratic process. According to the resolution, parliament was people’s representative, having believes the present democratic dispensation that is about to complete four years came into being as a result […]
Prime Minister believes that he does not need to take a confidence vote from National Assembly Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani believes that he does not need to take vote of confidence from the National Assembly. He expressed that whoever wants to start a no confidence vote motion against him in the National Assembly are […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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