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The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has reportedly decided to support the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) for enacting a new law protecting parliamentarians holding dual nationalities from being disqualified. According to the media reports, the two parties reached to an agreement during a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and MQM chief Altaf Hussain. […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) warned to move the Supreme Court if the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) doesn’t open graft cases involving politicians ahead of the general elections. On Saturday, NAB chief Admiral Fasih Bokhari said that no such cases could be reopened since polls were around the corner. Chairman PTI Imran Khan issued a press note […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has called for early nomination of Chief Election Commission (CEC), saying an independent and autonomous election commission was prerequisite of free and fair elections. Speaking to the media, the newly elected premier of the country said transparent polls required the government and opposition show agreement on a neutral and impartial […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, urged media owners to work sensibly, saying that the government has firm belief that independent and responsible media was imperative to flourish democracy in the country. Addressing an inaugural session of the two-day conference on media ethics, the minister commended the unprecedented sacrifices of the media […]
Shujaat Says Shahbaz Sharif provokes protestors Sargodha: (Thursday, June 28, 2012) Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) leader Chaudhry Shujaat said here today that Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was provoking loadshedding protestors, and thus, (for all the damage that is occurring to public and private properties) cases should be lodged against him and not the […]
Certainly, coalition government is by its very nature a messy business. The small political groups demand their pound of flesh at every turn, warning to disturb the entire setup for their vested interests. The major stakeholder is stuck walking a tightrope between the legal demands of public and illegitimate demands of its allied parties. Apparently, […]
After having an exchange of harsh words between Justice Athar Saeed and former law minister Babar Awan, the latter said he himself will contest the contempt of court case. Speaking to the media he observed, “One sided proceeding is taking place against me and now I, myself, will fight the contempt of court case against […]
A day after Pakistan lashed out at Afghanistan over cross-borders strikes, Islamabad asked Kabul to take appropriate steps to tighten its noose around insurgents. The two neighboring countries usually blame each other for violence of militants besetting both sides of their absorbent border. Pakistan formally registered a complaint with Afghanistan over insurgents attacked on Pakistani […]
In his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf vowed to resolve the energy crisis at the earliest. He issued a number of directives but those will only palliate the current crisis, not completely end it. An MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) proposed a significant step to the […]
The ordinance, issued by President Asif Ali Zardari to give constitutional cover to all actions taken by former prime minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, has been challenged in the Supreme Court. It was apparently an unchallengeable presidential ordinance that provided blanket indemnity to all actions of Gilani from his conviction to disqualification, from April 26 […]
Putting the Balochistan issue at his priority list, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf invited Baloch nationalist leaders to hold negotiations with the government to resolve the crisis at the earliest. Speaking to his first cabinet meeting after being elected premier of the country, he said bringing stability and prosperity in Balochistan would be top priority […]
In order to combat the government alliance, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif signaled a grand opposition alliance ahead of the general election. However, he made it clear that those who are part of the incumbent government would not be part of the broad based alliance. Addressing to his party workers, he damned the […]
