Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before Supreme Court on Monday to face contempt charges that could decide his fate and plunge the country into a fresh political turmoil over his refusal to reopen graft cases against the President. Dealing a major blow to Gilani, 59, Pakistan's apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Friday had rejected his appeal against framing of contempt charges...
08:24 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he will resign if the Supreme Court convicts him in a contempt of court case for not acting against President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News reported on Sunday. Speaking to an Arab news channel, Gilani also said the cases against Zardari are politically motivated and the President enjoys immunity in the country and abroad. Gilani has refused to write to the...
07:44 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad/Lahore: Insisting that his government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said he will respect decisions made by the Supreme Court, which is set to charge him with contempt for failing to act on its order to reopen graft cases against the President. The Prime Minister's remarks came amid reports that the ruling PPP's top leadership has decided to contest the...
05:18 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Yousuf Raza Gilani reiterated that former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will be arrested if he enters the country. ...
07:48 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Dubai: Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has deferred his plans to return home from self-exile after repeated threats by the country's leadership that the former general would be arrested upon arrival, an official of his party said on Friday. Heeding the advise of the executive committee of his party and his friends and supporters, Musharraf has decided to defer his return to his home country, the official said. All Pakistan...
01:17 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha held a secret meeting with former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in Dubai recently and "strictly advised" him not to return to the country, according to a media report. "Gen Pasha, who has remained very close to the former President, held a meeting with (Musharraf) in Dubai and advised him not to return to the country as the situation is not conducive...
06:56 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the arrest of the former President Pervez Musharraf on his return to the country. The Senate is also demanding that a case to be registered against Musharraf under article 6 of the Pakistani constitution. This even as reports emerged that Musharraf met ISI chief Lt General Shuja Pasha in Dubai. Pasha is reported to have advised Musharraf not...
06:19 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha held a secret meeting with former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in Dubai and advised him not to return to the country, according to a media report on Monday. "Gen Pasha, who has remained very close to the former President, held a meeting with (Musharraf) in Dubai and advised him not to return to the country as the situation is not conducive...
12:28 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Senate on Monday adopted a resolution to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf. The Senate unanimously adopted the resolution demanding Musharraf's arrest on his arrival to Pakistan and registration of a case under Article 6 of the Constitution. Earlier, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik had assured the Senate or upper house of Parliament that Musharraf would be arrested under the law of the land whenever he arrives in...
11:58 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Lahore: In a veiled attack on former president Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said dictators who made tall claims of eradicating poverty and corruption failed and there was "no chance" for them to stage a come back. Gilani's comments came a day after Musharraf postponed his return to Pakistan, after the government said that he would go behind bars. An arrest warrant is pending against...
09:35 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Lahore: Former president Pervez Musharraf was forced to delay his planned return to Pakistan from self-exile after he failed to get any assurances from the military and the Pakistan People's Party-led government about his security, sources said on Friday. Two Pakistani courts have issued arrest warrants for Musharraf in cases related to the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti and former premier Benazir Bhutto. Top Pakistani officials have said...
01:34 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik says Musharraf has been declared proclaimed offender in Benazir Bhutto's case. ...
09:14 PM, Jan 19, 2012
London/Islamabad: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will not return to Pakistan in the near future. Musharraf changed his plan to return to Pakistan by the end of January on Thursday after almost three years in self-exile in London. Leaders of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League told the media that he had delayed his plans to return to Pakistan later this month after consulting friends and party leaders. "Musharraf may not...
01:54 PM, Jan 19, 2012
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11:29 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani authorities will arrest former president Pervez Musharraf if he returns to the country as announced at the end of January after nearly three years in self-exile. Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday assured the Senate or upper house of Parliament that Musharraf would be arrested under the law of the land whenever he arrives in Pakistan. "The moment, he (Musharraf) lands, he will go to jail," he said....
10:54 PM, Jan 18, 2012
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