New Delhi: Pakistan on Monday said arrangements are in place to make the donation as announced by its President Asif Ali Zardari to the Dargah of revered Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer in April. Reacting to media reports on the issue, Pakistan High Commission issued a brief statement terming them as "speculative" and said the "arrangements are in hand" to make the donation as announced. "The High Commission thanks...
01:45 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan, saying the trip would provide an opportunity to take stock of bilateral relations. Zardari suggested that if Singh's visit coincided with celebrations to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November, it would be well received by the Pakistani people and reinforce the desire of both countries to promote inter-religious harmony. "It gives...
10:55 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: Congratulating his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee on his assuming the office, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday underlined Islamabad's desire to forge cooperative relations with India to promote peace and stability in the region. "On behalf of the people of Pakistan and my own behalf, I wish to convey to you our heartfelt felicitations on your assumption of the office of the President of the Republic of...
01:59 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday got a temporary reprieve as the Supreme Court extended till August 8 the deadline for him to approach Swiss authorities to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, a case that had cost his predecessor his job. The court had earlier directed the Premier to comply with its directive to reopen the corruption cases against the President by Wednesday. During Wednesday's...
02:01 PM, Jul 25, 2012
Islamabad: A day before the expiry of a deadline set by Pakistan's Supreme Court for reviving graft charges against President Asif Ali Zardari, the government on Tuesday informed the court that the federal cabinet has made no decision to approach Swiss authorities to reopen the cases. The government conveyed its position to the court through a reply submitted by Attorney General Irfan Qadir. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif...
03:10 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has written a letter to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing the hope that the resumption of cricketing ties after five years will be a confidence building measure. Zardari on Wednesday sent the letter to Manmohan Singh welcoming resumption of cricket relations, reported Dawn. The Indian cricket board on Monday invited Pakistan to play three One-dayers and two Twenty20 Internationals in December-January, a move that...
12:20 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying that he hopes the resumption of Indo-Pak cricketing ties would become a "formidable confidence-building measure" adding to the "positive atmosphere" in bilateral relations. "I am sanguine that cricket matches between our two countries would prove to be a formidable confidence-building measure and a way forward towards encouraging people-to-people contacts," Zardari said in his letter. "Undoubtedly,...
08:19 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Jaipur: Three months after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari announced $1 million donation for Ajmer dargah during his visit to the country, the shrine authorities are still waiting for the release of the money. Zardari visited the holy shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer on April 8 and a member of his delegation had on his behalf announced the donation for the welfare of the dargah. "The donation has...
09:12 PM, Jul 15, 2012
London: Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed has asked Pakistani leaders to aspire to become more like British Prime Minister David Cameron and Tory politician Boris Johnson. Saeed has professed his admiration for Cameron and Johnson's bike-riding "Islamic" lifestyles when he lodged a petition in the Lahore High Court calling for public officials in Pakistan to tone down their privileged lifestyles, Daily Mail...
06:04 PM, Jul 15, 2012
"Let the Judges also remember that Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne." ...
02:11 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh has filed a fresh appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari seeking mercy on the occasion of that country's Independence Day on August 14, his lawyer Awais Sheikh has said. Sheikh, who met Sarabjit in Lahore jail on Thursday, in an email to the prisoner's daughter Swapandeep, said that her father had signed the letter addressed to Zardari for his mercy...
01:11 PM, Jul 13, 2012
New Delhi: Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh has filed a fresh appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari seeking mercy on the occasion of that country's Independence day on August 14, his lawyer Awais Sheikh said on Thursday. Sheikh, who met Sarabjit in Lahore jail this afternoon, in an email letter to the prisoner's son Swapandeep, said that his father had signed the letter addressed to Zardari for...
02:23 AM, Jul 13, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday set July 25 deadline for Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf to approach Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, triggering a fresh political crisis over the issue which had cost his predecessor his job. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa directed Ashraf to write to the Swiss authorities without any further consultations on the matter with legal...
08:47 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan President on Thursday signed into law a bill aimed at giving blanket immunity to top government leaders from contempt of court proceedings and countering the Supreme Court's efforts to pressure the premier to revive graft cases against Asif Ali Zardari. Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said Zardari gave his assent to the Contempt of Court Bill of 2012 after it was passed by the Senate and the National Assembly,...
05:38 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday made it clear that there have to be "suitable outcomes" for his undertaking a visit to Pakistan. In an interview to Hindustan Times, Singh said he was looking forward to visiting neighbour Pakistan, though there have to be "suitable outcomes" for such a visit. The Prime Minister's comments have come at a time when Foreign Secretary-level talks between the two countries concluded...
12:21 AM, Jul 06, 2012
Islamabad: In the face of pressure from Pakistan's Supreme Court to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday defended the President's immunity, saying it would only end after he leaves office. "He (Zardari) is the democratically elected President and as per law, he enjoys immunity as long as he holds office," Ashraf said during an interaction with reporters. He said all legal...
10:06 AM, Jul 01, 2012
Washington: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's popularity has dipped to an abysmally low, lower than his predecessor Pervez Musharraf, while cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan has the highest popularity ratings in the country. "Only 14 per cent view Zardari favorably, little changed from last year (11 per cent in 2011), but down significantly from 64 per cent in 2008," the Pew Research said releasing the results of its survey in Pakistan....
08:45 AM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: The Sarabjit-Surjeet fiasco is an unfortunate story of hope and despair. Was the mix up a result of poor communication or just a U-turn by the Pakistan government? Why did Islamabad not act faster to clarify the frenzy of misleading reports on both sides of the border? It was five hours of hope for Sarabjit Singh and his family, followed by extreme despair that prompted Indian analysts to...
07:44 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Islamabad: Piling up pressure on new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday asked him to respond by July 12 to its order to reopen graft cases in Switzerland against President Asif Ali Zardari, an issue that had cost his predecessor his job. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk reminded Attorney General Irfan Qadir that former Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani had been convicted for contempt and...
11:28 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: There was a cruel twist for Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and his family. Hours after announcing that he would be released, Islamabad has confirmed that it's not him, but another Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who is being sent home. It was a major faux pas by the government, which means for now Sarabjit Singh will not be released. He has been in jail for the past...
07:32 AM, Jun 27, 2012
