Gilani appeals to Afghan leadership The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani has recently made an appeal in an official capacity concerning the issues of Afghanistan. The appeal was made in a policy statement that was issued after the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani had a meeting with the ISI chief Lt-Gen […]
Feb 25 2012 | Posted in
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Despite the half-buried memogate case dawdle on, Mansoor Ijaz, the main architect of the memogate drama, has concluded his testimony through a video link, before the judicial commission, in London. For now, apparently the complexity in itself demonstrates the complications inherent in a case that. A three-judge headed by Chief Justice Balochistan High Court (BHC), […]
US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, the man who architected the memogate controversy, made a much-awaited testimony before the judicial commission constituted by the Supreme Court to probe the matter. His testimony will continue on Thursday at Pakistan’s High Commission in London. On the other, the Memo Commission is reviewing the applications filed by Husain Haqqani’s […]
Feb 23 2012 | Posted in
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Lashing out at America, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the United States should force India to stop barbarities in Indian administered Kashmir rather than interfering in the internal matter of Pakistan. Fazlur Rehman, who is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, released the statement at a time […]
Imran Khan, the Pakistan’s new political sensation and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has said that talks with the Taliban is only solution to end war on terror, saying he would holds negotiations with them if he is given mandate to do so. While interviewing to Gulf News, the cricket-turned politician observed, “I can talk […]
Brahamdagh Bugti, the self-exiled chief of Baloch Republican Party (BPP), seconded the US Congressional hearing and resolution on Balochistan tabled in the house, welcoming all foreign interventions in the region whether it is by the NATO forces, India or the US. The Baloch nationalist leader while addressing a telephonic news conference at the Quetta Press […]
The Defence Council of Pakistan (DPC), despite the earlier assurances that banned outfits will not be permitted to hold a rally in Islamabad, held a public gathering, taking out a march at roads of the federal capital. The DPC includes several organizations that have been banned by the government of Pakistan and the United Nations. […]
Feb 22 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing concerns over the increasing incidents of enforced disappearances of citizens, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Right expressed Tuesday the security agencies could not be given license to abduct and assassinate people. “The forceful disappearance of the citizens by the police and security agencies is regrettable and severe violation of basic human rights,” […]
Imran Khan condemns US resolution on Balochistan Islamabad: (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Imran Khan here today denounced the resolution on Balochistan presented in the House of Representative in the United States. Khan was of the view that it was a sheer breach of Pakistan’s Sovereignty. Expressing is distrust on the All […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan asks US Ambassador Richard Hoagland to convey strong concern over Baluchistan resolution The government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan People’s Party recently called in the US Charge d’ Affaires, Ambassador Richard Hoagland in order to transmit the Pakistani sentiment of the public as well as that of the government to the United States […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Regardless of severe violation by the US congress on holding a hearing over Balochistan and introducing a resolution in the house, it has done little good to either the Americans or the Balochistan. The move allowed the ghoulishly anti-US lobby in Pakistan another issue to criticize America, despite the declarations by the Obama administration that […]
In what appeared to be a quite odd step, the Hizbut Tahrir (HuT), the banned outfit, has started openly defending Brigadier Ali Khan and four other military officers who are currently being court-martialled due to their alleged relationships with the banned militant organizations. The banned outfit through a media statement resentfully flayed criticism on the […]