Lashing out at the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said that the slogan of Seraiki Province was just a political gimmick. Speaking to the media, the former cricketer said that the ruling party did nothing for development of the South Punjab and neither did they move an inch for […]
Dec 11 2012 | Posted in
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In order to woo the annoyed leader of party, President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government was working on a plan to challenge the disqualification of former premier Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani. His visit to Multan was apparently aimed at addressing concerns of the Gilani family about problems it has been facing. There […]
Blaming the Pakistan Muslim League-N for conspiring against Mohajir province, President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said the issue of a Mohajir province was raised just to take revenge from the Pakistan Peoples Party for its bold stand to create a Seraiki province. In an interactive session that lasted for three hours, the president took […]
Jun 1 2012 | Posted in
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President Asif Ali Zardari has sent a reference to Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza to form a commission to oversee the matter of the creation of the new provinces, signaling the creation of two new federating units including the Seraiki and Bahawalpur province, The commission will comprise six Senators to be nominated by Senate […]
Amidst an intense protest and uproar from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) legislators, the National Assembly (NA) adopted resolution in favor of the creation of Southern Punjab province. The treasury benches in another resolution also reposed confidence in Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, who was convicted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan for not defying […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had endured an obvious campaign of malign but had decided to let the people evaluate performance of the government. While addressing 22nd APNS (All Pakistan Newspaper Society) Award Ceremony, the president observed, “Let them judge whether we have been criticized justly or subjected to […]
In quite an unprecedented move, President Asif Ali Zardari indicated establishment of first-ever Seraiki Bank, seeking proposals from Southern Punjab businessman. While speaking to the media with the business community in the Prime Minister House in Multan, President Zardari stressed that the new Seraiki bank will address all the fiscal issues of the deprived area. […]
MQM plays trump card to extend political sway beyond Sindh In an apparent bid to spread its political reach beyond Sindh, the MQM Monday introduced the 20th constitutional amendment in the parliament for the formation of new provinces. The party tabled two resolutions in Senate for making Hazara a separate province and carving out province or […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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