Maulana Abdul Aziz announces to rebuild Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad It smells that the capital will likely once again hit by the Lal Masjid controversy as Maulana Abdul Aziz, the hothead chief cleric of the mosque, announced to rebuild Jamia Hafsa. The announcement of the chief cleric recalled the catastrophic memories of fierce operation ‘Sunrise’ […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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PTI will never support dictatorship, says Imran Khan Chairman Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan proclaimed once again that PTI is a democratic party and will never take side of the dictatorship. He told in a press conference in Islamabad on Friday that if another Marshal Law is imposed, then PTI will take side […]
Dec 17 2011 | Posted in
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Supreme Court asks government to set priorities on interests of the country responsibly Islamabad (December 16), The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary, while hearing the case about rental power plants, asked as to why the government had failed to optimize the generation capacity of independent power producers (IPPs) reliant on sources other than […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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NATO Attack blessing in disguise, says Mushahid Hussain Sayed Mushahid Hussain Sayed Chairman Pakistan-China Institute is realistic about the NATO helicopters’ attack on Pakistani military base and calling it a blessing in disguise. He upholds that due to the disastrous incident that carried out on the night of 25-26 November on a Pakistani border post […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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Prime Minister is ready to fight It seems that the current civilian government, like just about every civilian set up, may fall in the coming days without completing its term mandated by the constitution. However, it will not be happened without any wrestle. Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, who was never before famous as […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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Former Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi claims himself innocent Former Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi, annoyed by the government’s attitude towards him, stated that the he was innocent and did not commit any corruption in the Hajj operation. “All three allegations behind the suo moto notice taken by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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Army Chief, ISI Director declare controversial memogate a reality In their reply to the Supreme Court, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and ISI Director, Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, stated that the secret memogate was a reality, terming it a conspiracy against the military. The duo filed their replies to the […]
Dec 16 2011 | Posted in
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What will be next? The Supreme Court, back in December 2009, corrected a historic wrong, declaring not only the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) null and void but that all cases under the decree were still open, most significantly, the cases against the sitting president, Asif Ali Zardari. In a recent move, the apex court has […]
Dec 10 2011 | Posted in
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According to several speculations in the World media, President Asif Ali Zardari is all set to resign after suffering a minor heart attack on Tuesday evening. Mustafa Khokhar, the government’s adviser on human rights told a foreign news agency, “He had a minor heart attack on Tuesday. He flew to Dubai where he had an […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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PML-N to table new accountability bill in the parliament Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to introduce its own accountability bill namely “National Accountability Commission Act 2010” in the parliament after it failed to reach on consensus over the government’s draft despite the debate over two and half years. The proposed draft of the PML-N’s […]
PPP leadership stands by with President Asif Ali Zardari The mainstream leadership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Thursday assured their full support in the current political scenario with President Asif Ali Zardari particularly in controversial memogate crisis, which was taken up by the Supreme Court on the petition of Nawaz Sharif and other PML-N […]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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The ‘memogate’ saga refuses to die down. The Supreme Court on Thursday, 01 December, accepted the petition filed by the leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The petition, among other things, had asked the court to place the former ambassador Hussain Haqqani’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL). A nine-judge bench of SC heard the […]