Davos: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that there was 'no chance' of a military coup in Pakistan ever as all stakeholders including the army, desires democracy and stability in the country. "I don't think there will be a coup in Pakistan ever. There is no threat to democracy," Gilani told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland. No state institution, including...
02:40 PM, Jan 29, 2012
Davos: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday refused to be drawn out on the issue of another Mumbai-like attack originating from Pakistani soil but said India should share any information it has on terrorist activities so that they can be countered by his government. Gilani described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a "genuine person" who is desirous of resolving all issues with Pakistan, including the "core issue of...
09:03 PM, Jan 28, 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
Davos: Describing Pakistani Parliament as the "new kid on the block", Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday said a "little bit of elbowing" was taking place in Pakistan but things would "very soon fall in place". "It is not such that as it may appear to the outside world. It is a new kid on the block called the Parliament in Pakistan. People are still to get used to...
01:43 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's top leadership greeted their Indian counterparts on the occasion of Republic Day, saying the two sides should work to resolve outstanding issues for the development of their people. In a message sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan is "fully committed to developing friendly relations with India on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect and commonality of interest". "We believe that...
01:22 AM, Jan 27, 2012
Davos: Pointing out that Pakistan has "excellent" relationship with India, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said cooperation between the two countries to tackle climate change was "doable". He said Islamabad wants to work with New Delhi on this front. "Yes, certainly there can be cooperation. We have excellent relationship with India and we want to work together," Gilani said when asked if India and Pakistan can work...
08:33 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistani Parliamentary panel investigating a mysterious memo that triggered a standoff between the civilian government and the military on Thursday issued summons to American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in the scandal, to appear before it on February 10. Against the backdrop of Ijaz's repeated claims that he would not come to Pakistan to provide evidence regarding the alleged memo due to perceived threats to his life,...
05:12 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday sought to put his simmering row with the powerful military behind, saying he had criticised the actions of the Army and intelligence chiefs in "unique situations" that no longer prevailed. Referring to his comments about the army and ISI chiefs acting in an unconstitutional and illegal manner in the memo scandal, Gilani said those remarks were made at a time when "there...
09:01 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday held a meeting with Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs to discuss the regional security situation and the reconciliation process in Afghanistan, reflecting the easing of tensions between the civilian and the military leadership. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar too was present at Gilani's meeting with Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence head Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha at the...
10:52 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, one of the key figures in the memo scandal, will not come to Pakistan because he will be arrested upon his arrival, his lawyer Akram Sheikh said on Monday. Sheikh said that a trap has been laid and he will be arrested upon his arrival, Geo TV reported. Ijaz was expected to appear on January 24 before a three-member judicial commission set up by the...
02:32 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Lahore: Controversial Pakistani-American Mansoor Ijaz, who has been summoned by a judicial panel probing the memo scam, will be provided security, but billions of rupees could not be spent on it, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said. "Under the constitution, providing security to Ijaz is the duty of the Interior Ministry as and when required the Rangers and Army can also be summoned," Gilani said. However, he was quoted as...
10:36 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Islamabad: The worst is not yet over for the government as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's submission before the Supreme Court on the president's immunity "may end up doing exactly what the government has been trying to avoid: open up the discussion on the matter", said a daily. An editorial in the News International Sunday said that the past few days have been tumultuous for Pakistani politics - "even by...
01:56 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met on Friday, their second meeting since the memo scandal which sparked off a tense stand-off between the civilian and military leadership. The informal meeting between Zardari and Kayani at the presidency took place after the ceremony to award Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) to naval chief Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila in "recognition of his long meritorious services". The President, who...
04:58 AM, Jan 21, 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
Islamabad: Amid a tense standoff between Pakistan's civilian and military leadership, the government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has no intention to sack the Army and intelligence chiefs who were accused of acting in an "unconstitutional and illegal" manner in the memo scandal. Attorney General Anwar-ul-Haq informed a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry of the government's position while responding to a petition that had...
07:16 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Suresh Kalmadi walks out of jail after nine months. Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani survived SC hearing. ...
11:45 PM, Jan 19, 2012
CNN-IBN Senior Editor discusses how the latest developments in Pakistan affect its political landscape. ...
11:30 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Islamabad: A huge relief came for Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday as he managed to survive the hearing in the Supreme Court without having to go through the embarrassment of an apology. Instead, his arguments earned him praise from the judge. Gilani told the court that he could not open graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari because the President enjoys immunity. "The presence of the Prime Minister...
08:34 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Islamabad: A scandal over a secret memo to Washington that could bring down the Pakistani president took a strange turn when a music video surfaced featuring the chief accuser acting as a commentator for a naked female wrestling bout. Opponents of Mansoor Ijaz, an American of Pakistani origin, said the clip damaged his credibility ahead of his scheduled appearance at a Supreme Court commission in this conservative Muslim country. The...
07:19 PM, Jan 19, 2012
