The government and the main opposition are likely to head a possible deadlock over the nomination of caretaker Prime Minister as the government has only one day to complete its term. A caretaker Prime Minister will take over on the dissolution of the assemblies on March 16. However the government and the opposition Pakistan […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Saturday visited shrine of great sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer Sharif. First Lady and other family members also accompanied the Prime Minister. He also laid wreath on the mazar and offered Fateha. Earlier‚ the Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khursheed called on Prime Minister Raja […]
The stocks at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took a nosedive Tuesday and fell by three percent after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister over possible corruption charges. The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark100-share index ended 3.16 percent, or 525.29 points, lower at 16,107.89. Investors, who were already trading cautiously […]
Jan 16 2013 | Posted in
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In order to combat the government alliance, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif signaled a grand opposition alliance ahead of the general election. However, he made it clear that those who are part of the incumbent government would not be part of the broad based alliance. Addressing to his party workers, he damned the […]
Jun 26 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to eleven new ministers, attempting to win back the support of estranged party parliamentarians. The size of the cabinet had been cut down dramatically in two phases. In the first phase, it was done due to unavoidable austerity measures while few more ministries were […]
Incensed by prolonged loadshedding, the people are not happy with their leaders. The bitter truth is better than a string of lies that build false hopes among the masses. Additionally such lies only reduce credibility of the government and further disappoint people when come from sitting ministers and representatives of the government. In the latest […]
Gas crisis: It is what it is The situation is becoming parlous; much because of the natural gas shortage has hit the country badly. However, a good and effective management could have only delayed the ongoing natural gas crisis but could not have created it. Similar to that the dams can only store water but […]
Dec 31 2011 | Posted in
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Vigorous quit of Shah Mehmood Qureshi The resignation of former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the National Assembly (NA) was not entirely an unanticipated move. Some critics claimed that Qureshi, who changed his political affiliations numerous times in the past, was an annoyed and discontented man. He parted […]
Nov 15 2011 | Posted in
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