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In what could be a blow for rising popularity of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a serious nature of differences have been developed between vice-captain Shah Mehmood Qureshi and self-appointed captain Imran Khan. Apparently, the tsunami of Imran Khan is creating differences in the party more than anybody else. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the former foreign minister, […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday rejected the possibility of any caretaker setup, saying they would complete their constitutional term mandated by the masses. “Prime Minister is the strongest man at present. He will neither go upward nor downward and will not go inside or outside”, he said while talking to media in […]
The federal cabinet on Wednesday not only approved a negative list of 1209 list of banned items but also sanctioned the phasing out of the negative list in the next ten months, aiming at complete trade normalization with India by the end of 2012. Presently, Pakistan maintains a positive list of 1,945 items that are […]
On advice of the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, the government on Tuesday named Air Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt as the new Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The premier advised the President, the supreme commander of Pakistan’s armed forces, to appoint Butt the new chief of the PAF as he […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan summoned Nargis Sethi as witness in the contempt of court case, accepting the request of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani to present witnesses before the apex court. The Prime Minister’s counsel Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday submitted the reply in the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case. The […]
The first of its kinds, Pakistan publically made an appeal to Taliban and other militant groups to join an intra-Afghan process for national reconciliation, urging their leadership to take part in peace talks with the Afghan government. In response to a request made by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, this significant move was made was taken […]
In order to appease sentiments of the estranged Baloch leaders, President Asif Ali Zardari entrusted Balochistan Governor Zulfiqar Ali Magsi to engage them and bring them to the all-parties huddle on the province. The president observed that he himself will meet the alienated leaders in order to bring them back in the mainstream politics. He […]
In what appeared to be a good-will gesture, the government quashed all the cases against Brahamdagh Bugti and other Baloch leaders in line with its policy of reconciliation. Despite heightened urgency, the incumbent seems to have taken some frantic steps to break a crippling standoff on Balochistan. Federal Interior Minister on Thursday observed, “All cases […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday announced an All-Parties Conference (APC) to hash out the Balochistan issue. On the same day, the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights urged both the judiciary and the incumbent to stop the violations of human rights by the security forces in the region. Regrettably, the civilian leadership […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has advocated the resumption of NATO supply-line, citing it will help both Pakistan and Afghanistan in the larger interests. In order to give assistance to its economy, Pakistan should impose heavy-duty charges on the supply route. Talking to a group of journalists on Friday, the Afghan president said they were aware […]
Our guilty Prime Minister The development that occurred in the Supreme Court on Monday was not much of a surprise. In its earlier rulings, the apex court had already opined that Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, prima facie, contemptuous of the court. The Monday’s hearing was only the next mechanical step in the clockwork; […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, flanked by his democratic credentials in the form of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Asfandyar Wali Khan, returned to the Supreme Court so that charges of contempt of court could be framed against him. However, he pleaded not guilty after the charges had been framed against him by a seven-judge […]
