Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday criticized judiciary, saying it doesn’t have time to punish the killers of my mother but it has the time to carry out a trial of her grave? Addressing a large gathering at Garhi Khuda Bux on the eve of the 5th anniversary of Benazir […]
Dec 27 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday said Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) pursues the politics of peoples’ interests and believes in serving the masses without any discrimination. Addressing a public meeting in Haripur, the premier recalled that before founding of the PPP by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto‚ the politics was confined to drawing rooms […]
To a few others it was a case of misplaced egoistic velour – not to be dubbed as the ‘chickens’ in the army parlance. The true information was not only denied to the common man in West Pakistan but even to those at the helm also. Handling of the East Pakistan issue at the International […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
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The proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back was Bhutto’s rejection of the 1970 election results which had given Shaikh Mujib ur Rehman’s Awami League a clear cut majority to form the government at the centre. ZAB’s one after the other statements like “we will break the legs of any one going to […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
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December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle. I had the misfortune to be one. On this day the Quaid’s Pakistan, which was considered an epitome of ‘Divided we Stand’, got actually divided by breaking lose all bonds of unity between the two […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
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Fatima Bhutto, granddaughter of former premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and daughter of the late Murtaza Bhutto, on Sunday denied news about her advent into politics for the upcoming polls. Bhutto posted an update on her Twitter account saying, “The story published in a daily newspaper exists only in the galloping imagination of the author. It is obviously, […]
Dec 3 2012 | Posted in
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Federal cabinet Wednesday approved a draft law to establish a new counter terrorism body aimed at better coordinating efforts to defeat Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked violence. Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday that the main objective was to defeat terrorism, but he provided no details on exactly how the new organization would help. […]
Renowned columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee is no more in this world. He was suffering from chest illness and had been admitted in a Karachi hospital’s intensive care unit for the past 12 days. The veteran writer died at the age of 86 on Saturday. Known for his ironic yet insightful style of writing, Cowasjee was […]
Nov 26 2012 | Posted in
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Ruling out division of Sind, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) held a huge public gathering in support of much criticized Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) at Hyderabad. Former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Moula Bakhsh Chandio were among the top leaders who addressed […]
Oct 16 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday said that a strong democratic system could resolve all the issues and ensure progress and prosperity of the country, declaring democracy only solution of all issues. While addressing a flag hoisting ceremony at the Convention Centre, he observed, “The freedom movement is the best example of a democratic […]
Reiterating his previous stance, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has invited opposition parties to sit with the government, asking them to resolve issues for holding of free, fair and transparent polls. While speaking to his party workers, the premier said they should resolve issues by sitting together instead of leveling allegations against each other. He […]
Claiming himself the spiritual son of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President Asif Ali Zardari has asked his party workers to start preparations for the upcoming general elections. Speaking to a public gathering, he made it clear that he was a true follower of Z. A. Bhutto and will lead his party […]