Washington: US President Barack Obama would meet Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea next week, the White House said on Friday. The meeting scheduled for March 27 is the highest level interaction between the leaders of the two countries after the November 26 incident last year in which 24 Pak soldiers were killed due to a NATO cross border...
12:14 AM, Mar 24, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea next week, official sources said on Friday. "While the meeting with Obama has been finalised, Indian and Pakistani officials are in touch about arranging a meeting between Gilani and Singh," sources in the Pakistan government said. "We expect the...
03:10 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Islamabad: Facing immense pressure from the Supreme Court to revive graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the judiciary should let Parliament decide the Presidential immunity issue. In a reply submitted to the apex court over his indictment for contempt for failing to act on its orders to reopen corruption cases against Zardari in Switzerland, Gilani asked how the President of a sovereign...
05:12 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday is expected to submit a detailed reply regarding writing to Swiss authorities to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Pakistan Supreme Court had given Gilani time till March 20 when it will decide whether or not to go ahead with a case of contempt against him. Gilani recently said that he would rather quit if that would...
06:46 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Lahore: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said he was prepared to resign if the issue of approaching Swiss authorities for reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari was resolved by his departure. "I will be happy if my quitting the post helps solve this issue," Gilani said while interacting with a group of reporters at his residence in Lahore this evening. Gilani referred to a "third option"...
01:27 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday directed authorities to ensure there were no power cuts during Sunday's India-Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup tournament. Gilani directed the Water and Power Ministry not to resort to power cuts during the live telecast of the India-Pakistan match, officials said. The two sides will face each other in the fifth match of the Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh. Pakistan is...
08:24 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday reiterated that he will not write to the Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, saying he would rather go to prison. Stating that he was the prime minister and "not a peon", Gilani said he was willing to face six-month's imprisonment for contempt of court, Geo News reported. At a rally in Mailsi in Punjab province, the...
09:43 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday directed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to ask Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and to submit a report on the issue on March 21. The apex court said in an order that Gilani should write a letter to the Swiss authorities without waiting to seek the advice of his legal experts. It asked him to file a report...
01:21 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and his son had a narrow escape when a suicide bomber blew himself up near their motorcade in the country's restive northwest on Saturday, killing two policemen and injuring six other persons. The attacker targeted Sherpao's motorcade as he was travelling to Peshawar after addressing a rally in Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The bomber detonated his explosive vest as the...
11:05 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi as a witness in contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and adjourned the high-profile case till March 7. During the proceedings, Gilani's lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan said the premier's defence was that he never intended to act in contempt of court. Gilani was bound to act on advice from officials regarding the reopening of graft cases against President...
12:57 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Islamabad A Baloch nationalist leader based in Switzerland has welcomed a bill moved in the US Congress seeking the right to self-determination for the Baloch people, saying he would support any foreign intervention in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan. Brahamdagh Bugti, the chief of the Baloch Republican Party, said the US must intervene in Balochistan and stop the ethnic cleansing of Baloch people . Addressing reporters at Quetta...
02:33 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday praised his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a "sincere" person who desired peace between the two countries. Gilani was on Wednesday speaking to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who is leading a parliamentary delegation to Pakistan. "The prime minister of Pakistan recalled his meetings with the prime minister of India and said he regarded him as a sincere person who desired...
02:29 AM, Feb 23, 2012
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday said Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme commander of the Afghan Taliban, was not in Pakistan and it was "preposterous" to think that Islamabad could ensure his participation in peace talks with the Afghan government. Khar made the remarks during an interaction with reporters at the conclusion of a joint news conference in Islamabad by the Presidents of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. She...
08:57 AM, Feb 18, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Cabinet on Tuesday reposed "full confidence" in Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani following his indictment for contempt by the Supreme Court, even as he said he did not want to be a "burden" in any way for government. The Cabinet "unanimously applauded the conduct" of Gilani in the Supreme Court and "reposed full confidence in his leadership" during a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister. Gilani thanked the Cabinet...
06:01 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court indicted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt, making him the first Pakistani PM to be chargesheeted. Appearing in court for the second time this year, Gilani pleaded innocent to the charges that his government had failed to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. If he is convicted he faces a disqualification from the assembly and six months in jail. "Is the...
11:27 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Wife of a diplomat is taken into surgery with shrapnel injuries to her spine. Israel blames Iran for the attack. ...
10:52 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Yousuf Raza Gilani now has the dubious distinction of being the first Pak PM to be held guilty for contempt by the court. ...
10:33 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Islamabad: Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition on Monday expressed "complete solidarity" with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, hours after he was indicted for contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to reopen graft cases against the President. The partners of the ruling Pakistan People's Party expressed "complete solidarity with the government" of Gilani at a meeting chaired by the premier. The PPP and its allies discussed the current political situation...
05:01 PM, Feb 13, 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
New Delhi: Pakistan Tehreek-i Insaaf (PTI) chief and legendary cricketer 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 hauling up President Asif Ali Zardari in money laundering cases. "PM Gilani must step...
03:06 PM, Feb 13, 2012
