New Delhi: The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is hunting for a replacement for former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding the Prime Minister's office on Tuesday. The PPP Parliamentary Party is meeting in Islamabad at 4.30 pm IST on Wednesday.
Among the number of names doing the rounds, Power Minister Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar and Textile Minister Makhdoom Shahbuddin are said to leading the race.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, it was reported that the PPP has nominated senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin for the post of premier following the disqualification of Gilani. The decision was made at a meeting of senior PPP leaders chaired early on Wednesday morning by President Asif Ali Zardari, Geo News channel quoted its sources as saying.
The meeting further decided to convene a session of the National Assembly or lower house of parliament on Thursday to formally elect the new leader of the House, the report said....
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10:32 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Jodhpur: Intensifying efforts to trace the body of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, the CBI has zeroed in on places in Jaloda village where she could have been buried and are scouting the area using sophisticated devices. On the basis of the interrogation of Om Prakash Bishnoi, brother and gang member of Bishna Ram Bishnoi, who is said to have a hand in disposing of the body of Bhanwari devi, a...
06:31 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Jodhpur: A top doctor of a hospital on Tuesday said the CBI had given him an application to send a team of experts for conducting the DNA test on Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi and Gungun, the youngest daughter of Bhanwari Devi. "We sent a team of experts, which took the blood samples of Gungun and Malkhan. The samples have been kept by CBI, which will be sending it to...
11:02 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Jodhpur: Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, a key suspect in the Bhanwari Devi abduction case, has been sent to police custody till December 28. Bishnoi was arrested by the CBI on Monday after he surfaced for questioning. The CBI has also been questioning his family members for last few days as Bishnoi representing Luni constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly, was evading repeated summons issued by the agency for questioning. The...
05:07 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Jodhpur: Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, who was evading interrogation for last few days, was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Bhanwari Devi abduction case after he surfaced for questioning on Monday. The CBI has been questioning his family members for last few days as Bishnoi representing Luni constituency in the Rajasthan Assembly, was evading repeated summons issued by the agency for questioning. The MLA, who appeared at...
09:22 PM, Dec 19, 2011
Former Rajasthan minister and suspend Congress leader Mahipal Maderna was arrested in Jodhpur on Friday in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi. ...
08:30 AM, Dec 03, 2011
Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) forensic teams have collected samples from some lime klins from Bilara and Pipara areas of Rajasthan, where nurse Bhanwari Devi's body was allegedly disposed of. The CBI has also recorded statement of labourers from the lime klins of the area in connection with the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case. According to the CBI the nurse was murdered and her body disposed off in the...
04:07 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan water resources minister Mahipal Maderna was on Friday questioned for the second day by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Bhanwari case. Maderna's wife was also questioned by the investigating agency. Cong MLA Malkhan Singh was also at the CBI office for questioning. A sex tape that reportedly implicates Maderna has also been sent by the CBI to Forensic Lab for analysis. Meanwhile,...
06:53 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Shahabuddin, one of the two accused in the Bhanwari Devi missing case, was on Saturday sent to judicial custody till November 19. Shahabuddin is accused of kidnapping Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the mysterious disappearance...
03:20 PM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: The man accused of kidnapping Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi will be produced in a Jodhpur court on Saturday. Shahabuddin's period of CBI custody ends on Saturday. Shahabuddin will be tried in the Johpur High Court. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he...
06:21 AM, Nov 05, 2011
Jaipur: The police remand of Shahbuddin, the key accused in the Bhanwari Devi missing case, was on Monday extended by five days. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also given permission to interrogate Shahbuddin and two other accused for two days. Shahbuddin had been remanded to police custody after he had surrendered in a court in Jaipur on October 22. He is a history-sheeter and considered to be close...
06:45 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Jaipur:In a major breakthrough, one of the two key suspects accused in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi was remanded to two-day police custody after he surrendered in a court in Jaipur on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the...
12:21 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Jaipur: In a major breakthrough in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, key suspect Shahbuddin surrendered before the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Jodhpur at about 4 PM on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the mysterious disappearance of...
05:18 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Jaipur: In a major breakthrough in the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, key suspect Shahbuddin surrendered before the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Jodhpur at about 4 PM on Saturday. Shahbuddin is a history-sheeter and considered to be close to former Rajasthan water resource minister Mahipal Maderna, who was sacked from the Rajasthan Cabinet by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot following allegations that he behind the mysterious disappearance of...
05:18 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Jodhpur: In the latest development in the Bhanwari Devi case, the alleged key executer, Shahbuddin, was on Friday declared an absconder. The police will attach the property of Shahbuddin. Warrants have also been issued against two other accused, former deputy district head Sahiram Vaishnavi and Baldev. Meanwhile, the Rajasthan Police is yet to question state Water Resources Minister Mahipal Maderna, who was seen attending a function along with Shahbuddin in...
10:52 AM, Sep 30, 2011
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