Reaffirming commitment to create an environment conducive to peace‚ democracy & Human Rights in country, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said the road to durable peace is paved by representatives and effective democratic institutions. Addressing a function in connection with Universal Human Rights Day‚ he said the constitution of Pakistan guarantees fundamental […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the South Punjab province would be formed in accordance with the aspirations of people of the area. The minister while talking to the media at Karachi airport said that the time period of the Commission for the formation of South Punjab province […]
Dec 10 2012 | Posted in
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Following a clean-sweep victory in the recently held by-polls, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chairman Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari after failing to maintain peace and resolving people’s problems wanted political martyrdom. The PML-N chief while addressing a public rally in Mailsi said Pakistan was in the grip of crises but […]
Dec 8 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a shocking development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification allowing President Asif Ali Zardari and governors of four provinces to take part in election campaigns. According to the notification issued by the commission, the president and the governors have been removed from the list of […]
Dec 7 2012 | Posted in
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The Sindh Assembly on Thursday adopted a condemnation resolution against construction of Kalabagh Dam and political leaders’ statements in its favor. The resolution was tabled by PPP’s Imran Zafar Laghari when the house met with Speaker Nisar Khuhro in chair. MPA Sikandar Mendro said they condemned those who support Kalabagh dam. Later, a two-hour […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader and Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Nadeem Afzal Chan on Thursday rejected the Transparency International’s annual report regarding corruption in Pakistan. While chairing the meeting of the committee in Islamabad, Chan said that he challenged Transparency International that the report was not prepared in the good faith. He […]
Dec 6 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah on Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari will not lead the election campaign nor become a part of it in the upcoming polls. Speaking to the media, the senior leader of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) applauded Asif Ali Zardari for his role as the president of […]
Dec 6 2012 | Posted in
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In a surprise move, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ifthikar Khan Jhagra and Pakistan Muslim League Q’s Nighat Orakzai publicly announced that they would be leaving behind their political parties and joining the ruling Pakistan People’s Party unconditionally. Mr. Jhagra was a well known figure of the PPP before making a move to the PTI during the […]
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he would reveal the names of the murderers of Benazir Bhutto and other little-known details of her assassination in his upcoming book. Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairperson and former two-time premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaqat Bagh in […]
Dec 4 2012 | Posted in
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National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued notice to registrar Supreme Court (SC) to appear before it on December, 14 to explain about audit objections. The decision to send the notice was taken in PAC meeting held on October, 11. The notice has been issued after soliciting opinion of legal experts including former […]
Dec 3 2012 | Posted in
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Hitting at the Supreme Court on delimitation order, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday said that his party will not allow a judicial martial law to be imposed in the country. In a speech, broadcast to more than 38 cities, the MQM chief said that judges passed an order for the delimitation […]
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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