Islamabad: Pakistani opposition lawmakers and members of the treasury benches on Friday engaged in fisticuffs as Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presented the government's new budget in Parliament amidst uproar. Members of the main opposition PML-N, who were protesting against power cuts and corruption during Shaikh's speech, scuffled with lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan People's Party in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Several lawmakers were seen raining...
11:04 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief and former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan came out strongly against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday, saying that he must step down immediately. Khan was speaking in the aftermath of the Pakistan Supreme Court indicting Gilani for contempt of court over his failure to act on its orders against President Asif Ali Zardari in money laundering cases. "PM Gilani must...
03:15 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Karachi: Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Sunday announced that he will be return home between January 27 and 30 to launch his political career despite facing arrest in the assassination case of former premier Benazir Bhutto. His announcement came at an impressive rally organised by the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) near the Quaid-e-Azam Mazar in the city which was attended by hundreds of people who kept on...
08:50 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Lahore: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said "a good number of ex-servicemen" are ready to join his party on his planned homecoming next month from self-exile abroad, amid reports that some 100 retired senior Army officers have shown willingness to do so. Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile since early 2009, said he will announce a date for his return when he addresses a public meeting in Karachi...
01:16 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Islamabad: Armed men have attacked PML-N offices across Sindh province and burnt alive a party leader two days after the main opposition party staged a major rally against the Pakistan People's Party-led government. PML-N offices were ransacked and set on fire in different cities and towns of southern Sindh province, a stronghold of the PPP, late Saturday night, police said. The armed attackers fired gun sorts in the air, witnesses...
01:00 PM, Oct 30, 2011
Islamabad: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif raised several "tough questions" for the military leadership during a meeting to discuss Pakistan-US tensions, saying the country had increasingly become isolated in the world and there must be some reasons for this. Sharif made the remarks during Thursday's in-camera meeting convened by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to forge national consensus on a response to US accusations that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency was backing...
05:51 PM, Sep 30, 2011
Lahore: The proposal to carve out a new province of South Punjab from Pakistan's most populous and politically crucial state of Punjab has gained momentum, with all parties except the ruling PML-N agreeing to it. Following a resolution moved by the PML-Q to create a new province comprising 11 districts in the Seraiki-speaking belt, the Punjab Assembly will debate the matter when it meets on August 11 for a session...
07:47 PM, Aug 07, 2011
Lahore: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who has been living in self-exile since 2008, has said he would return home on March 23 next year to lead his party in the 2013 general elections. Addressing a convention of workers of his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) in Lahore via video-conferencing, Musharraf said on Saturday night that his party will emerge as a third force in the country's politics. He...
04:09 PM, Jun 19, 2011
Islamabad: As the powerful military in Islamabad held out threats to India, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said Islamabad must stop treating New Delhi as its "biggest enemy" and conduct a reappraisal of ties with the neighbour "if we want to go forward and progress". Sharif, who was in power when the Kargil crisis erupted, also sought a probe into the 1999 conflict with India. The former Prime...
03:15 PM, May 17, 2011
Islamabad: The opposition PML-Q on Sunday decided to join the Pakistan People's Party-led government, giving a boost to President Asif Ali Zardari's party that is grappling with problems like terrorism and an economic meltdown. Following weeks of talks between the two parties, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told the media late in the night that the PML-Q would join the PPP-led government. The decision was made at a dinner meeting between...
06:59 AM, May 02, 2011
Islamabad: A Hindu legislator of the Opposition PML-Q, who migrated to India last month from Pakistan, did so on his own free will, a ruling PPP leader has said adding that many people from the minority community in Sindh province have been moving to the neighbouring country. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) spokesman Latif Mughal sought to dispel the impression that PML-Q legislator Ram Singh Sodho, a member of the Sindh...
02:28 PM, Mar 07, 2011
Lahore: Leaders of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) have held the government of Punjab province responsible for Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination and alleged that some elements in the opposition PML-N might have been behind the crime. PPP leaders in Punjab were not convinced Taseer's killer's confession that the assassination was an "act of faith." Some of them believe the murder was part of a plot to pit the PPP...
05:44 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Lahore: In a desperate move to shore up support for his tottering government, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday met top leaders of the two opposition PML-N and PLM-Q parties, as clamour mounted for his resignation. The attempts to reach out to the dominant opposition party, the Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N and its rival PML-Q, came in the wake of its key ally Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) withdrawing support,...
05:23 PM, Jan 03, 2011
The ex-general launched his very own political party in London on Friday with his eye on the 2013 polls. ...
10:10 AM, Oct 02, 2010
Khalid Khwaja claims to have arranged meetings between Osama and Sharif. ...
11:43 AM, Sep 09, 2009
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