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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At long last, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) after consultation with coalition partners on Friday announced to nominate Raja Pervez Ashraf as its candidate for the slot of premiership. While addressing a much-awaited press conference, Syed Khurshid Shah announced that Raja Pervez Ashraf, the former minister for water and power will be the unanimous candidate […]
The electricity crisis is not a new phenomenon in the country but the nation is being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness of the bureaucracy, power outages of about 16 to 22 hours and the rising cost of energy. People, whether live in rural or urban areas, resorted to protests, mostly violent […]
In what appeared to be another blow for the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for nominee of the prime minister’s post, Makhdoom Shahabuddin for his alleged involvement in the drug quota case. Judge Shafqatullah Khan acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force issued arrest warrants for […]
Co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday finalized the name of Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the candidate for the post of premiership. Former minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be covering candidate of former health and textile minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin. The interesting thing is that the two candidates […]
Hitting out at the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), PML-N President Nawaz Sharif said that the ruling lot reaped what it seeded by clashing with the superior judiciary. While addressing a public gathering in Swat, the President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said the prime minister had to go home in shame. He noted, “We were with the […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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SC’s decision accepted for democracy’s sake: President Zardari Islamabad: (Wednesday, June 20, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari here today said that his party has accepted the judiciary’s decision over PM Yousuf Raza Gilani’s disqualification for continuation of the democratic process in the country. Zardari said this while chairing the parliamentary party meeting of Pakistan Peoples’ […]
Fiza Gilani likely to contest from her father’s seat: Sources Multan: (Wednesday, June 20, 2012) Fiza Gilani, the daughter of disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, is likely to contest the by-elections from her father’s seat NA 151 Multan. According to the sources, the final decision regarding Fiza chipping in to contest for her father’s […]
The apex court has apparently taken an extraordinary and an unfortunate step to disqualify a sitting and democratically elected prime minister of the country. The whole situation could have come out in a different way if the apex court had channelized a course of action that now brought the parliament, executive and the judiciary in […]
Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, the council for Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case on Wednesday clarified that they would not file appeal against disqualification of the premier. While talking to media, the renowned lawyer and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said that he was aware of […]
The million dollar question in the present scenario is that what will be fate of the decisions taken by Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani between 26 and June 19. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has clarified that the premier stood disqualified since April 26, the day the court convicted him on contempt […]
Jun 20 2012 | Posted in
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PPP looks to senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin to fill the void In light of yesterday’s events in which the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani was ruled to be ineligible by the Supreme Court of the country to hold office and thus relieved from the post, the government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan […]
Jun 20 2012 | Posted in
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