Islamabad: In the backdrop of Nawaz Sharif's positive remarks on ties with India, powerful Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has suggested Pakistan's Prime Minister - designate to take gradual initiatives with utmost caution for improving relations with New Delhi, a media report said on Sunday.
Kayani made the suggestion when he called on PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, set to become Prime Minister for a record third term following his party's victory in the May 11 polls, at his brother Shahbaz Sharif's home in Lahore on Saturday.
The News daily quoted its sources as saying that Kayani wanted the new government to take gradual initiatives with utmost caution to improve relations with India as this alone "may lead to lasting peace in the region"....
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12:38 PM, May 19, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi of the anti-terrorism court also accepted a plea from Musharraf s lawyers that he should be exempted from appearing in the court on Saturday. 69-year-old Musharraf could not be produced in court for security reasons, officials said. The judge...
02:59 PM, May 18, 2013
Nawaz Sharif's PML-N bagged 125 of the 272 directly elected seats in Pakistan's National Assembly but fell short of a majority and is poised to form a government with support of independents and smaller parties. ...
11:47 AM, May 18, 2013
Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif's PML-N has emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan's landmark General Elections with 123 of the 272 Parliamentary seats but fell short of a majority and would form a government with support of independents and smaller parties. The PML-N's two closest rivals the Pakistan People's Party and Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf lagged far behind with 32 and 27 seats, respectively. Earlier, trends from the counting of...
08:50 PM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in 2007 was extended by a fortnight on Tuesday by an anti-terrorism court. The court of Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman in Rawalpindi extended Musharraf's judicial remand till May 28 and also put off hearing his bail application till May 20, prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar told reporters. The next hearing of the Bhutto assassination case will be held on...
02:06 PM, May 14, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's party on Sunday won two seats despite announcing a boycott of the 2013 general elections. Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) won a seat each for the National Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assembly from Chitral's NA-32 and PK-90 constituency. The APML had announced a boycott of the general elections after the rejection of Musharraf's nomination papers from all provinces and the imposition...
09:26 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday hoped that India will continue to have good relations with Pakistan if former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif comes to power after the general elections there. "A new government is going to be formed in Pakistan and we believe that setting up of a democratic government will strengthen our bilateral ties. Our Prime Minister will soon be sending across his best wishes...
06:17 PM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Party-wise National Assembly results: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - 32 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - 126 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) - 34 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) - 10 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) - Awaited Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) - Awaited National Party (NP) - Awaited Balochistan National Party (BNP) - Awaited All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - Awaited Pakistan Muslim...
12:21 AM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Party-wise National Assembly results: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - 32 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - 126 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) - 34 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) - 10 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) - Awaited Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) - Awaited National Party (NP) - Awaited Balochistan National Party (BNP) - Awaited All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - Awaited Pakistan Muslim...
12:21 AM, May 12, 2013
Islamabad: Party-wise National Assembly results: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) - 31 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) - 110 (Unofficial, Geo News) Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) - 32 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI) - 10 (Unofficial, Geo News) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) - Awaited Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) - Awaited National Party (NP) - Awaited Balochistan National Party (BNP) - Awaited All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - Awaited Pakistan Muslim...
07:13 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: 6.50 pm: Counting underway in Pakistan; Nawaz Sharif is said to be leading from Sargodha in Punjab. 6.38 pm: Dawn reports: Unofficial results start pouring in: Karachi: MQM's Khushbakht Shujaat ahead with 270 votes in NA-250 polling booth No 12, whereas PTI candidate Arif Alvi second with 54 votes. Lahore: PTI's Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar leading in NA-128 polling station 218, followed by PML-N candidate Malik Afzal Khokhar. Mansehra:...
04:56 PM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: As many as 75,000 soldiers stood guard across Pakistan as polling began on Saturday. Security cameras had been installed where necessary, a military official told Dawn. Armoured personnel carriers will be used in most sensitive areas and aerial surveillance of these areas will also be conducted. Army is not taking any chances and sniffer dogs too will be pressed into service. The official said 5,000 troops had been deployed...
10:59 AM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: 2.05 pm: Thirty per cent polling recorded till 2.00 pm. 2:00 pm: The number of people injured in twin blasts in Pakistan on election day rises to 50. At least ten people were killed and 50 others injured in twin explosions outside the Awami National Party office in Karachi's Quaidabad area. A blast also took place near a school in Peshawar injuring 12 people. The school is a designated...
10:54 AM, May 11, 2013
Islamabad: Despite a bloody campaign marred by Taliban attacks, polling began in Pakistan on Saturday amidst threats of violence, pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister once exiled by the army and an incumbent blamed for power blackouts and inflation. The vote marks the first time in Pakistan's 65-year history that a civilian government has completed its full term and handed over power in democratic elections. Previous...
07:24 AM, May 11, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:50 PM, May 10, 2013
Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. ...
11:16 PM, May 10, 2013
Islamabad: Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a landmark democratic transition of power after a bloody campaign marred by Taliban violence, that killed over 100 people, forced key parties to abandon rallies and large gatherings. Sixty three-year-old Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N is widely tipped to emerge as the single largest party in the polls. He could end up becoming a premier for the third...
10:39 PM, May 10, 2013
Noted lawer Asma Jahangir also said that Pakistani courts were targeting former President General Pervez Musharraf. ...
09:57 PM, May 09, 2013
Islamabad: A special Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by 14 days, in connection with his decision to place judges under house arrest during the 2007 emergency. "Pervez Musharraf's remand is extended for judicial lock-up for 14 days, he should be presented before the court on May 18," Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi ordered. Musharraf's lawyers filed a bail application...
08:46 PM, May 04, 2013
Islamabad: The party of former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing a series of legal cases over his actions while in power, on Friday said it would boycott Pakistan's May 11, 2013 general election. The move came in the wake of the Peshawar High Court's order barring Musharraf from contesting polls for the rest of his life. Musharraf has also been arrested over the imposition of emergency rule in 2007,...
01:19 AM, May 04, 2013
