Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Saturday said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) did not want to see “any change” to come in the country, adding that, both parties were colluding with one another. While speaking to media representatives in Karachi, the former cricketer-turned-politician said […]
Dec 22 2012 | Posted in
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Opposition leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) will strongly oppose the tax amnesty bill and accountability bill in the assembly. Talking to media representatives in Islamabad, Nisar said that the PML-N would not accept those bills and if they would be approved by […]
Dec 22 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif lashed out at the military, blaming the current situation of the country on the generals. While addressing a ceremony the former two-time prime minister asserted that the days of taking extra-constitutional steps are long gone. The nation will now support rule of law and democracy instead of […]
Dec 21 2012 | Posted in
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The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided to replace Punjab Governor Latif Khosa with Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) Parliamentary leader in Punjab Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood. President Asif Ali Zardari has offered the post to him and the offer has been accepted. “President Zardari today offered me Punjab governorship which I have accepted,” he noted. […]
Dec 21 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the reign of corrupt and inept politicians was over and the PTI government would recover the plundered national wealth. There would be no place for such greedy politicians in new Pakistan and all crook politicians would be held accountable by the PTI government. “There […]
Dec 21 2012 | Posted in
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Despite opposition from various parties, the government on Thursday tabled Fair Trail Bill in the National Assembly. The bill which was tabled by Law Minister Farooq Naek was approved after amendments proposed by the PML-N and MQM were incorporated. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said […]
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 […]
Although political leaders are struggling to enter into new alliances and seat adjustment ahead of the parliamentary polls, tradition electioneering and hustle and bustle have yet to pick up. The tenure of the current National Assembly four provincial assemblies will complete on March 17. A caretaker government will be installed for two months to […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has vowed to defeat the ‘fake leadership’ of Lahore, redeeming the hopes of those who had joined hands with him in bringing change in the country. Speaking to a delegation headed by PTI leader Chaudhry Tariq Irshad Khan, he said that both PML-N and PPP had betrayed the […]
Dec 20 2012 | Posted in
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Ruling out any alliance in the upcoming elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said the polls will be a war between the PTI’s ideology and looters of the public money and greedy politicians of the PML-N and PPP. Speaking to the media he said his party will collect taxes fairly and eradicate […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
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Criticizing Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz (PML-N) for using taxpayers’ money for their publicity, PTI chief Imran Khan on Thursday demanded prevention of pre-poll rigging. Speaking to the media outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Khan said that the PML-N is using its electoral mark lion’s icon on laptops distributed […]
Dec 14 2012 | Posted in
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Highlighting deep flaws in a taxation system that has drawn repeated criticism from Western aid donors, a report claimed that almost 70 percent of Pakistani parliamentarians didn’t file income taxes last year. The Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan (CIRP) in collaboration with Umar Cheema, an Investigative reporter of The News, released the report […]
Dec 13 2012 | Posted in
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