Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday said the army chief has no right to issue political statements. Addressing journalists outside the Lahore High Court on Tuesday, he said that the court’s interim order was not applicatory and was similar to Article 58-2b which allows sacking elected representatives. He said that […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the Supreme Court had reached a dead end after disqualifying former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case. While speaking to the media, he said that the apex court now wanted an acceptable solution of writing a letter to Swiss […]
Sep 28 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Peoples’ Party Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday said that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has no other option than to write to Swiss authorities or get disqualified, rejecting any middle way between government and judiciary. While speaking to a private TV channel, the renowned jurist rejected the impression that he advised his party not […]
Sep 8 2012 | Posted in
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Reiterating his old stance, Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the government would never write letter to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. While talking to the media, the renowned jurist said it was impossible for any prime minister of the PPP to write against his […]
Aug 31 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has said that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf might face the same fate as his predecessor Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani. The Supreme Court on Monday has given time to Prime Minister Ashraf till September 17 to show commitment and write letter to Swiss authorities against his boss President […]
Aug 27 2012 | Posted in
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Voicing concerns over the exceeding limits of judiciary, Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) senior leader, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, said the party will find another replacement if the Supreme Court removes Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf from his post. While speaking to media, he observed, “The judiciary is crossing the limits. If the apex court’s orders to […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator and renowned legal expert Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the judiciary was stepping out of the domain of the constitution in some matters and was getting too independent. While interviewing to BBC Urdu, the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said that the activism of the apex court […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
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Senator Raza Rabbani and Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, the senior leaders of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) expressed resentment over the dual-nationality amendment bill introduced in Senate. It is vital to add here that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Awami National Party (ANP) staged walkouts against the proposed amendment. Aitzaz Ahsan, the renowned lawyer, said, “Whenever […]
Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan on Wednesday said that the United States could not get desired results in the region, urging it to offer apology over the NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistan troops at Salala check-posts. Chairman of Committee Senator Haji Adeel while addressing the concluding session of the […]
Jun 21 2012 | Posted in
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Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, said the verdict of trial bench of the Supreme Court didn’t amount to disqualification, adding that his client could perform his duties even from prison. The political surrounding the premier’s conviction in the contempt case took a somewhat humorous turn, as the apex […]
Jun 16 2012 | Posted in
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