Source: DAWN
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan will be a stronger and more stable democracy after the present government resolves all constitutional and legal issues through democratic consensus.
During meetings with two US congressional delegations here on Monday, Mr Zardari briefed them on steps being taken by the […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum and Farhan Sharif
May 20 (Bloomberg) — The Pakistan Peoples Party, leader of the coalition government, will present a plan this month to reduce the powers of President Pervez Musharraf, which include the right to dissolve parliament and appoint Supreme Court judges.
“The constitutional package is one of the most critical issues right […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party will join lawyers in street protests next month to press for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, a spokesman said Sunday, a move that could further strain the unraveling coalition government.
Leaders of the Pakistan lawyers’ movement said Saturday they will organize a “long […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: With a self-imposed deadline looming, Pakistani leaders had yet to clinch a deal Sunday on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, an issue that has threatened to break up the ruling coalition.
U.S.-backed Musharraf removed dozens of judges and declared emergency rule in November to halt legal challenges to his […]

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Source: Daily Times
The strong bond among the coalition partners, especially the PPP and the PMLN, is based on the realisation that their cooperation will rehabilitate civilian political rule while their split will benefit the military, the bureaucracy and the intelligence agencies. The lessons of the years of political wilderness impel them to work together
Pakistan’s new […]

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Source: Reuters
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf swore in ministers on Monday for a coalition government that could try to force his resignation.
Here are short profiles of leading members of the cabinet;
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani
– Gilani, 55, hails from a prominent family from southern Punjab and entered politics in the 1980s in support of the then […]

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It has been a month now since the historic election held in Pakistan returned the two parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian and the Pakistan Muslim League of the Nawaz Sharif faction, as the two parties bagging the most and second most seats in the national assembly but the people of Pakistan are still waiting […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court dismissed one of two corruption cases against the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday, his lawyer said, in a step towards clearing the way for him to hold government office.
Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, led her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to election victory on February […]

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Source: Bloomberg
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s opposition leaders, said their parties have a majority of newly elected members in Parliament after this month’s ballot and will form a government to restore democracy.
“The nation has given its verdict,” Sharif, who leads the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz, said at a […]

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Source: NASDAQ
The Pakistan government has closed graft cases against Pakistan’s People Party-PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari whose party will head a new coalition government after it emerged as the single largest party in the recently concluded general elections.
The termination of the corruption charges against the widow of former slain premier, Benazir Bhutto comes shortly after […]

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Once again Pakistan has been given the opportunity to go down the road to democracy and solve all its problems as best it can.
Currently there is a lot of hullabaloo about forming the governments at the Centre and in the provinces. Many different combinations are being suggested but one would think that the first step […]

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Source: The Telegraph
By Massoud Ansari in Islamabad
Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, aides have told The Sunday Telegraph.
One close confidante said that the president believed he had run out of options after three of the main parties who triumphed in […]

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