Expressing fears over the deteriorating law and order situation in Lyari, President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the provincial authorities not to abandon the dialogue-process with people of the area. While chairing a meeting of the Core Committee of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Sindh, the president said the doors for negotiation s with Lyari people […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has claimed that the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its coalition partners were confederated in a plot to let down the judiciary. Addressing a ceremony hosted for the fund raising campaign of his educational institution, the cricketer-turned-politician lashed out the ruling party, particularly President Asif Ali Zardari. He […]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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President Asif Ali Zardari has said that parliament had every right to legislate laws and will continue to do so in the future, breaking the silence on a number of issues that have cropped up between the judiciary and the government. Apparently it was a retort to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who termed the […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, welcoming the resumption of bilateral cricket ties between two neighboring countries, Pakistan and India. According to a statement, President Zardari expressed hope to the Indian premier that the resumed cricketing ties will help to improve the bilateral relationships between New Delhi […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari called the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakheruddin G Ibrahim to congratulate him on holding the new office. According to the sources at president house, during his telephone, President Zardari expressed hope that the new chief election commissioner will discharge his duties effectively. After having […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Cricketing ties have restored between Pakistan and India after the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) announced that the former will tour the latter to play a series of three one-day internationals (ODIs). The Indian cricket board, according to the media reports, has showed consent in principle to invite the neighboring country for a […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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Ruling out any external role in the Kashmir dispute, US President Barrack Obama welcomed bilateral dialogues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Speaking to an Indian journalist, the American President urged the two neighboring states to work together to find a solution to a dispute that had already caused three wars between them. Asking the international […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday inaugurated the seventy-two megawatt Khan Khwar Hydropower project at Bisham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The premier while addressing the inaugural ceremony said the government was focusing on hydropower generation projects to produce inexpensive and environment friendly power, adding that this project will add 72 megawatt of electricity to […]
Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari has requested an accountability-court to reopen corruption cases against top leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The Chairman of the accountability bureau on recommendation of a special committee constituted by the NAB under the supervision of persecutor general signed an application requesting the court to reopen three […]
Jul 14 2012 | Posted in
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Admitting all petitions challenging the recently passed Contempt of Court Act 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued notice to Prime Minister and Attorney General along with ten others respondents. President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed into law a bill adopted by the parliament which permitted the prime minister, federal ministers and chief ministers […]
In another bid to woo back the angry nationalist leaders, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government was ready to accept legitimate demands of dissident Baloch people. While co-chairing the Balochistan cabinet meeting with Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, the recently elected premier said that the Baloch were patriotic Pakistanis. In his […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has made it clear that he hadn’t said the government will not write the letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari. He, however, said that the government’s stance was that writing letter was unconstitutional until Asif Ali Zardari holds office of the presidency. […]