Islamabad: Hours after reports emerged that Pakistan was to free Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, the presidential spokesman on Tuesday night clarified that authorities had taken steps for the release of another Indian prisoner named Surjeet Singh who has been jailed for three decades. "I think there is some confusion. First, it is not a case of pardon. More importantly, it is not Sarabjit. It is Surjeet Singh, son...
12:45 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Sarabjit Singh, the Indian citizen languishing in a Pakistani jail for the past 22 years is to be freed. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. The gesture comes just months after India released Pakistani scientist Dr Mohammed Khalil Chisti. Meanwhile, it was a day of celebration for Sarabjit's family in Jalandhar. "This is a victory for all Indians. I want...
11:55 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Just about two months after India released jailed Pakistan scientist Dr Khalil Chisti, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari commuted the death sentence of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who had been languishing in jail for 22 years. ...
11:40 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday commuted the death sentence awarded to Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh. He is likely to be freed next week after clearance from the Interior Ministry. ...
10:32 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Islamabad: In a major breakthrough in the Indo-Pakistan relations, President Asif Ali Zardari has pardoned Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, converting his death sentence to life imprisonment. According to the Pakistani media, the India prisoner will be released from the jail in the country following the orders. Reports further said that the Law Ministry of Pakistan had sent proposal for the release of Sarabjit to the Interior Ministry. Sarabjit, an Indian...
07:18 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Islamabad: Raja Parvez Ashraf, a stalwart of the ruling PPP, on Friday became Pakistan's new Prime Minister as the country struggled to come out of its latest political crisis. Ashraf was administered the oath of office by President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday night, hours after he was elected as the new Prime Minister by the National Assembly. A new federal Cabinet was also sworn in at the Presidency, where...
11:51 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Yousuf Raza Gilani could have broken two records in Pakistan. First, of being the country's longest serving prime minister (with the supreme court disqualifying him ...
09:32 AM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Two days after Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was ousted by a court order, the country is set to get its new Prime Minister. Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira is the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate, due to be voted in when the National Assembly meets on Friday. But he was not the party's first choice, nor the second. Makhdoom Shahabuddin, who was nominated on...
07:14 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Pakistan Peoples Party prime ministerial candidate Makhdoom Shahabuddin in connection with alleged irregularities in the import of a large amount of the controlled drug Ephedrine during his tenure as Health Minister. Acting on a request from the Anti-Narcotics Force, Judge Shafqatullah Khan of a special ANF court in Rawalpindi issued arrest warrants for Shahabuddin and former premier Yousuf...
02:08 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Islamabad: Leader of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari has chosen veteran politician Makhdoom Shahabuddin as the replacement for ousted Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, state-run media reported on Thursday. "President Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, has nominated Makhdoom Shahabuddin as a candidate for the prime minister," state-run PTV reported. Shahbuddin, 65, held several portfolios like health and textiles in Gilani's Cabinet. He will...
12:03 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's president has nominated ruling party veteran and textiles minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin to replace the ousted prime minister, state media reported on Thursday, in an apparent bid for continuity ahead of elections due early next year. The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ineligible for office for refusing to re-open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, triggering a new crisis in nuclear-armed Pakistan. At...
11:46 AM, Jun 21, 2012
Islamabad: The people of Pakistan will never permit the undermining of legislature on different pretexts, President Asif Ali Zardari has said, contending that the era of "packing the parliament through back door" was over. Against the backdrop of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's disqualification by the Supreme Court, Zardari said the people know how to ensure the supremacy of parliament and the Constitution. Zardari's message came on the eve of...
11:58 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Islamabad: A special session of Pakistan Parliament will be convened on Friday to elect a new premier following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's disqualification by the Supreme Court. Pakistan People's Party leader Khursheed Shah, who was Religious Affairs Minister in Gilani's cabinet, told reporters that a session of the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament will be convened at 5.30 pm on Friday to elect the new premier. Nomination...
04:41 PM, Jun 20, 2012
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...
10:32 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan People's Party has nominated senior leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin for the post of premier following the Supreme Court's disqualification of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, according to a media report on Wednesday. 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...
07:59 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Pakistan Supreme Court disqualified Yousuf Raza Gilani and ruled that he "ceased" to be in office since April 26 when it convicted and sentenced him for contempt. ...
11:49 PM, Jun 19, 2012
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. ...
10:16 PM, Jun 19, 2012
The Pakistan SC disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and called upon President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint a new PM. ...
09:56 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Islamabad: In a dramatic turn of events, Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and ruled that he "ceased" to be in office since April 26 when it convicted and sentenced him for contempt. A shocked ruling-PPP immediately accepted the verdict and decided to replace the 60-year-old Gilani, who has been the Prime Minister since March 2008. PPP Parliamentary Party is expected to meet on Wednesday...
08:45 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan People's Party on Tuesday accepted the Supreme Court's ruling disqualifying Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's membership of Parliament and convened several meetings to choose his successor. A meeting of the central leadership of the PPP, jointly chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari and his son, party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, decided to accept the apex court's ruling against Gilani, party sources said. The central leadership decided...
06:27 PM, Jun 19, 2012
