PCNS summons Hussain Haqqani, Gen. Pasha The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS), tasked by the government to probe the infamous memogate issue, Friday summoned former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, top spymaster Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha to explain their respective positions on the issue. The 15-member parliamentary body also decided ‘in […]
Coping with the Memogate fiasco; PPP contemplates over available options Islamabad, Saturday, December 24, 2011: Beleaguered by so many inquiring eyes over the memo case, the PPP led government is desperately looking forward to find the ways which may help it in saving the skin. Recently, while encountering the propaganda initiated by the Prime Minister […]
Dec 24 2011 | Posted in
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National Security Committee plays big; summons army chief and DG ISI for memogate probe Islamabad, Thursday, December 22, 2011: Amidst the memogate case, while trying to play bigger than its size, the National Security Committee has summoned army chief and DG ISI to explain their stance over the issue. Although the bid to summon both […]
Dec 22 2011 | Posted in
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Military wishes to see Zardari out, but through legal means; Military Sources Islamabad, Thursday, December 22, 2011: Pakistan’s army, often referred to as establishment by the government and opposition, is fed up with the President Asif Ali Zardari and wants him out of the office. However, the army only wants this through legal means and […]
Dec 22 2011 | Posted in
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Imran Khan claims democracy is not under threat Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that there is no threat to democracy, but the current political leadership in the country is under threat of losing power. According to Imran, the current political leadership in Pakistan has done nothing for the country and […]
Dec 22 2011 | Posted in
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Is loyalty needs loud talks? Former federal minister for Law and Justices, Dr. Babar Awan, conceivably is the loudest person among the present leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), who always takes the responsibility of a voluntary spokesperson for his party. The only impression comes in mind, when we see him, is that he […]
Human Rights Organizations demand Pasha’a Resignation for anti-democracy moves The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Director General of the Inter Services Intelligence Agency, the country’s foremost intelligence agency, has hatched a conspiracy to overthrow the democratically elected government and parliament by taking help from some Arab monarchies who have strong […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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Prime Minister sees no clash between institutions Islamabad (December 17), while rejecting threats regarding the expected clash between the institutions (the government, army or judiciary), Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said today that he was confident about the fact that both judiciary and military were pro-democracy and were not going to derail the democratic […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Mansoor Ijaz rejects affidavit of General James Jones Mansoor Ijaz, the US-based business tycoon who created the controversy of memogate scandal, has rejected the affidavit of General James Jones, the former US National Security Advisor. Ijaz vehemently rebuffed the statement of James Jones saying that he did not have any contact with the latter prior […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Nature has blessed Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari, with some more years to live, but his political obituary is about to be written within a few days as Pakistan Army is not likely to spare him if the ongoing case of ‘Memogate’ scandal goes against the incumbent government. Irrespective of Pakistan’s history, culture and traditions, […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Memogate scandal distracting media from the real problems of a common man If there is one thing that I fail to understand, it is the obsession of media with the Memogate scandal. With the attention of media fixed on the issue that concern the big fishes of our country, the problems faced by a common […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has come out and said that his government will not lose any power and those targeting the government on purpose in the ongoing memogate scandal are setting themselves up for a massive disappointment. He said that his government will make sure that they hold free and fair elections in 2013 […]