Pakistan’s foreign minister and the country’s main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday criticised the Indian Army chief’s reported remarks that it was capable of fighting a two-front war with Pakistan and China, saying it detracted from the war on terror.
‘I am surprised at the statement of the Indian army chief. On the one hand, [...]
Islamabad/Lahore, Jan 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and former premier Nawaz Sharif have agreed that they would stop leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz from levelling allegations against each other.
Gilani had called Nawaz over the telephone to discuss issues of national [...]
Lahore, Dec. 21 (ANI): Pakistan Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has said that no leaders from Pakistan’s People’s Party would resign from government over mere allegations, and added that they would continue to hold their constitutional posts until proven guilty.
“Allegations have been levelled against leaders of the [...]
Islamabad, Dec.16 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said ‘undemocratic attitudes’ and a ‘disrespect for democracy’ were the prime reasons which led to the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.
Referring to Pakistan’s defeat in the 1971 war against India, and [...]
Islamabad, Dec.5 (ANI): With the expiry of the two-year political ban on him, former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has started consultations with his close aides to announce his comeback in the country’s politics.
According to sources, Musharraf is in contact with several Pakistan Muslim League-Q leaders to fine-tune his political strategy for his comeback within [...]
Islamabad, Nov.27 (ANI): With the Non-Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), which offered amnesty to President against any legal cases, now rendered defunct, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari may well find himself in deep trouble and eventually out of the Presidency.
Failure to table the controversial ordinance in Parliament, which would have helped him secure amnesty against court cases, [...]
Lahore, Nov.22 (ANI): The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would not create a hindrance in former President General Pervez Musharraf’s high treason trial under the Article Six of the Constitution and would support any political party that takes the initiative in this regard, Pakistan Industries and Production Minister Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said.
Addressing a press [...]
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Top leaders of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) want President Asif Ali Zardari to deliver an immediate nationwide address to quell rumours and inject confidence into the suspense-ridden and disappointed masses, a media report Tuesday said.
They have also demanded immediate removal of ‘incompetent persons’ from their ‘highly esteemed and responsible [...]
Islamabad, Nov.17 (ANI): The Pakistan government may have denied reports of massive irregularities in Gilgit-Baltistan elections, but a report issued by a coalition of non-government organisations (NGO’s) has said the polls were marred by fallacies.
” Government interference, weak administration, procedural irregularities and erroneous voter lists characterised the Gilgit-Baltistan polls,” the report compiled by the Free [...]
Islamabad, Nov.17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ruled out talks with extremists, saying the South Waziristan operation would be taken to its conclusive end.
Speaking in the National Assembly, Gilani termed extremists as ‘beasts’ and said no talks would be held [...]
Lahore, Nov.17 (ANI): Stressing on the need for a strong democratic set-up in the country, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that terrorism can not prevail in India for long, as democracy is deep rooted in that nation.
“Democratic regimes in India has barred terrorism from the country,” Sharif said.
Blaming the subsequent military [...]
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is committed to shed some constitutional powers well before March 30, the deadline he had set for materialising his plan, well-placed official sources have said.
The sources said that the President has finally conveyed his power-shedding plan to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to take all [...]
Lahore, Nov.14 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) while expressing satisfaction over the peaceful Gilgit-Baltistan elections has pointed out several fallacies during the polls.
HRCP’s special observation team reported that the whole poll procedure was marred by flaws, which was caused by the hurriedly organised elections and insufficient preparations.
The mission also received numerous [...]
Islamabad, Nov.13 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to take the issue of India’s alleged involvement in fanning insurgency in Balochistan the with the United Nations.
Addressing a press conference after discussing the proposed Balochistan package with Gilani, Sharif said he was informed during the meeting that [...]
Islamabad, Nov.12 (ANI): An independent candidate in Gilgit-Baltistan, where legislative assembly elections are being held today, has accused the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of massive fraud.
Deedar Ali alleged that his supporters had caught scores of PPP workers stamping the ballot papers at Gilgit-Baltistan [...]
Lahore, Nov 9 (ANI): Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, Imran Khan, has criticised PML-N leadership for playing a double game with the nation, and urged the opposition to give up its two-faced policies.
Launching a public contact campaign of his party from Gulshan Park, Imran came down hard on the PML-N leadership for playing [...]
Islamabad, Nov.7 (ANI): Pakistan’s current turbulent political scenario seems to have the former President General Pervez Musharraf worried.
Musharraf wants President Asif Ali Zardari to continue on the post as he fears that if Nawaz Sharif manages to climb the ladder to power, then the PML-N chief would make his life ‘miserable’ and leave no [...]
Islamabad, Nov.6 (ANI): In an apparent bid to ensure his party’s victory in the forthcoming Gilgit-Baltistan elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has deviously played the ‘Kashmir’ card.
Addressing an election rally in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanchay region, Sharif said he does not mince words to deceive people and stressed that ‘the day is not far [...]
Islamabad, Nov.5 (ANI): Worried by recent developments that have shaken the country’s power set-up, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government is reportedly toying with the idea of taking opposition parties such as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and [...]
Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Terming the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as a ‘non-issue’, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the members of the National Assembly (MNA) to let the judiciary decide the fate of the controversial ordinance, and help the government address the ‘real issues’ confronting the people of the country.
Addressing the House a [...]
Islamabad, Oct.28 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to surrender his presidential powers related to the dissolution of assemblies and the appointment of services chiefs to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira told a private television channel that Zardari met Gilani at the Presidency and discussed several issues pertaining [...]
Islamabad, Oct 27(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members have indicated that a trusted aide of party chief Nawaz Sharif, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, was left out of the talks with President Asif Ali Zardari due to his known anti-Zardari stance.
Addressing a press conference after [...]
Islamabad, Oct 27(ANI): A much-awaited meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif concluded without any major breakthrough on Monday. Both parties said it was “positive, productive and good for the democratic process”.
While addressing a press conference, PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq had said that both parties had [...]
Islamabad, Oct.26 (ANI): A positive outcome on talks with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani can only emerge if the government abolishes the controversial 17th constitutional amendment, as agreed under the Charter of Democracy (CoD), said former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday.
Talking to [...]
Lahore, Oct.26 (ANI): The meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif, which could have a far reaching effect on Pakistan’s politics, has actually been organized under severe pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia, sources said.
Zardari and Sharif are scheduled to meet each other on Monday during a [...]
Islamabad, Oct.26 (ANI): The much touted meeting between Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is being seen as an important event which could decide the country’s future political scenario, but analysts believe nothing is going to come from the summit of the two arch-rival politicians.
Zardari and Sharif are [...]
Lahore, Oct. 24 (ANI): For the first time in history, Pakistan is facing diplomatic and domestic challenges at the same time, with deteriorating bilateral relations with the US, Iran and India and dismal security situation within the country, a senior Pakistani journalist has said.
A private TV channel quoted Daily Times Editor-in-Chief Najam Sethi, as [...]
Peshawar, Oct. 23 (ANI): PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has held “one-man rule” responsible for Pakistan’s dismal economic and security situation.
“Disasters overtake the country under one-man rule. We will have to reform ourselves…it is shameful that we are holding a begging bowl despite being an atomic power. The dictator has earned billions by surrendering our sovereignty, [...]
Islamabad, Oct.22 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Zafar Ali Shah was in the firing line of the Republican Congressman Frank Wolf when the former went to meet him in his Capitol Hill chamber.
Wolf gave Shah an earful when the latter tried to [...]
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): The body language of US Senator John Kerry was weary disappointed during his Islamabad visit where he was having “so much difficulty in trying to give away 7.5 billion dollar aid.”
Although he was careful not to express his disappointment after his meeting with Pakistani politicians and military leaders, a frustrated Kerry [...]
