Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has announced that he would contest election against Nawaz Sharif, the former two-time prime minister of the country. Talking to a private TV channel, the cricketer turned politician challenged President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif to be ready to face him in the upcoming polls. He was of […]
Jul 9 2012 | Posted in
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Country’s religious parties have reacted violently over the decision taken by Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) to resume NATO supply line, saying that they will launch a movement against the decision. On Tuesday, Pakistan announced resumption of supply routes into Afghanistan after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said sorry over the losses of […]
Following a week of political chaos, Raja Pervez Ashraf has been elected as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan. The issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants for Makhdoom Shahabuddin, the first-choice candidate of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), proved the way for Raja Pervez Ashraf, the covering candidate. Without any doubt, an achievement which an average […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and its allied parties on Friday failed to convince Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman to drop his candidacy for the post of Prime Minister. A delegation comprised Khurshid Shah, Chaudhry Shujaat, Qamar Zaman Kaira and other representatives from coalition partners visited Maulana Fazlur Rehman hours before the National Assembly […]
Jun 22 2012 | Posted in
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has asserted that land route for NATO forces will not be restored, saying that rumors regarding any such move are completely baseless. Speaking to a party-jirga, the JUI-F chief stated that the joint resolution of parliament and recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) have redefined Pakistan’s […]
Ameer of JUI-F Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has said that for how long people would deprive of law and order. If government cannot provide protection, then it has not any right to collect taxes. He was speaking to a seminar at Aiwan-i-Iqbal on the topic “Internal and external threats to Pakistan and their solutions” on Sunday. He […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said that student organizations promoted politics of weapons, adding that his party will use its student members to nurture the future leadership of Pakistan. Addressing the PTI’s student wing, Insaf Student Federation (ISF), the cricketer-turned politician said the student groups of political parties had served a severe blow to […]
Despite the general elections are looking far away, many of the political parties started unannounced election campaign. The PML-N and the PPP, the two major parties of the country, are busy in highlighting their development projects and making promises to undertake more if they are returned to power. The ruling Pakistan People’s Party is making […]
In what appeared to be a quite undemocratic, only six per cent of parliamentarians participated in the debate on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) about the new terms of engagement with the United States. The joint-sitting of the Senate and National Assembly lasted from March 20 to April 12, 2012. […]
Terming it another instance of corrupt politics, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan strongly condemned the unanimous resolution passed by the joint-sitting of parliament to redefine the national foreign policy. He raised a question asking, “What benefit will this resolution be to the people of Pakistan who have seen over 40,000 of their fellow citizens […]
In a bid to put bilateral ties back on track with the United States, the Pakistani parliament has given a sudden and unanimous approval to the revised guidelines in terms of engagements with America and its allied countries. A joint-sitting of the parliament held on Thursday to go down for a new history in the […]
Showing little flexibility and withdrawing from his earlier position, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman conditionally agreed to end his boycott to attend the proceedings of Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS). He made the announcement following a series of meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari, PCNS Chairperson Senator Raza Rabbani and Pakistan’s Ambassador […]