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
Islamabad: Pakistan plunged into a fresh spell of political uncertainty after the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stood disqualified since his conviction for contempt and asked President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint a new premier. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry issued the verdict in response to several petitions that had challenged National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza's decision not to disqualify...
04:34 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan wants a "constructive, sustained and result-oriented" engagement with India and is committed to peacefully resolving all outstanding bilateral issues, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. Zardari made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner-designate to India, former Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir. He expressed the hope that the resumed dialogue process between the two sides would move forward in the spirit that was displayed during the...
01:22 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Washington: Pakistan's former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, on Tuesday dismissed the memo commission's report and launched a veiled attack on the judiciary claiming the findings were made public to divert the attention from from "more embarrassing developments". The commission had concluded that Haqqani was behind a mysterious memo that sought US help to stave off a feared coup and said he was "not loyal" to the country while...
01:56 PM, Jun 12, 2012
The legacy of national reconciliation bequeathed by martyred Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto to the people of Pakistan nourished by her blood has finally become the order ...
01:01 PM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: A report submitted in Pakistan's Supreme Court by the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal has claimed that former envoy to the United States Husain Haqqani had authored the confidential memo. Pakistan Supreme Court has directed Haqqani to appear before it in two weeks. The Supreme Court has issued the notices to all the respondents of memo scandal including Haqqani. It has adjourned the hearing in the memo...
11:11 AM, Jun 12, 2012
Lahore: A contempt petition has been filed against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for continuing to hold the political office of head of the ruling PPP in violation of a court's order. Lawyer Muhammad Azhar Siddique said in his petition filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday that Zardari had not disassociated himself from the political office as soon as possible, as expected in a decision given by the...
12:58 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Beijing: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is back form his trip to Bejing for the Shanghai Summit where he had an informal meeting with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Krishna said that Pakistan should act against those accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks cases. "I find that there is total warmth from President Asif Ali Zardari's side. At the same time, we should keep reminding Pakistan that...
08:02 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on June 7 recused himself from a case against his son Arsalan Iftikhar, who allegedly received up to Rs 400 million from tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain to influence cases in the apex court. The Chief Justice made the decision when a three-judge bench headed by him resumed hearing the suo moto case against his son this afternoon. Attorney General Irfan Qadir again...
04:09 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is in Beijing to participate in the 12th summit of the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in which India is an observer. There is speculation that India could be invited to participate in the Peace Mission counter terrorism exercises that is presently restricted to SCO members. The exercises are vital given the common concerns that exist over Afghanistan and Pakistan. Russia's President Vladimir...
07:15 AM, Jun 06, 2012
New York: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said he can "bridge the gap" between his country and the US even as he defended the handling of the case of Pakistani doctor who helped CIA to track down Osama bin Laden and was sentenced to 33 years in jail. "As someone who has spent much of his life abroad, yet is deeply rooted in his country, Bhutto...
04:49 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said he had no plans to resign after the presentation of the next budget this week in the wake of his conviction of contempt by Pakistan's Supreme Court. "After all the achievements, why should I resign after the budget?" Gilani said during an appearance on the monthly television programme "Prime Minister Online", during which he answers questions from people around the...
03:43 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Islamabad: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990 in Pakistan, has sent a fresh clemency appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said on Tuesday. This is the fifth mercy petition from Sarabjit, who was sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Punjab in 1990 that killed 14 people. The 49-year-old Indian is currently being...
10:59 AM, May 29, 2012
Nay Pyi Taw: India on Monday said it would explore all options to normalise relations with Pakistan and its intentions are "very transparent" in this direction. "With Pakistan, speculation will never stop and I wouldn't like to enlist myself in the club of speculators. All I can convey to you is that India's intention are very honest, India's intentions are very transparent," External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told reporters here....
11:09 AM, May 28, 2012
Islamabad: In a reprieve for Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Parliament's Speaker on Thursday ruled out his disqualification in the wake of his conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court for refusing to revive graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. In a ruling issued this afternoon, Fehmida Mirza, the Speaker of the National Assembly or lower house of parliament, said she had decided not to send any proposal for...
12:06 AM, May 25, 2012
