Source: All Things Pakistan

Most Pakistanis seem to like Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic Party candidate for President. However, for most, Senator Obama’s “Pakistan Connections” were limited to (a) his rather strong words about Pakistan, including about sending troops into Pakistan, and (b) his choice of Senator Joeseph Biden, who has a long and deep […]

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A Rare Unreleased Video of Benazir Bhutto Murder - last few seconds before the shooting
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1999 - When Musharraf came in power, everybody thought Pakistan is going to get it right this time around, we are going to get rid of corrupt politicians, our institutions will be stronger, we will progress as a nation and Musharraf would prove that his intent of coup was right … people were jubilant …. […]

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Open Letter to Dr Shahid Masood!
Sir,
Hats off for you for the pro gramme that you sir have been anchoring.. You are my MENTOR and i really look forward to look at every single airing of your pro gramme religiously..!
Dr Sahib i am pushed to write this email to you at an hour where the Pakistani […]

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Source: PK Politics

A chronology of key events:
1906 - Muslim League founded as forum for Indian Muslim separatism
1940 - Muslim League endorses idea of separate nation for India’s Muslims.
1947 - Muslim state of East and West Pakistan created out of partition of India at the end of British rule. Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum and Paul Tighe
May 8 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s Election Commission set June 26 as the date for holding by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary seats after the government criticized a delay in staging the ballots that were scheduled originally in April.
The commission announced the revised date after saying two days ago that voting […]

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Source: The New York Times
Elections to fill vacant legislative seats will be delayed by two months, to Aug. 18 from June 18, the Election Commission announced. Election officials said the postponement was necessary because of security concerns in North-West Frontier Province and the presentation of the federal budget in June. Members of the governing coalition […]

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Source: Economic Times
ISLAMABAD: European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived in Pakistan on Monday to hold talks with new government leaders following February elections, officials said.
Solana arrived from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul where he met President Hamid Karzai and other government officials, and was due to hold talks with the head of a NATO-military force.
“He […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s new government may reinstate judges sacked by embattled President Pervez Musharraf by the end of this month, a party in the ruling coalition said on Monday.
The comment came as Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, met fellow coalition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
LAHORE, Pakistan — A festival that draws thousands to Pakistan’s cultural capital to usher in spring by flying colorful kites has fallen victim to the country’s violence and political turmoil.
Lahore’s annual Basant celebration usually occurs over a weekend in February or March. But this year, spring came with no sign of the […]

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The national and provincial elections in Pakistan have taken place about 50 days ago on 18th February and yet the national and provincial governments have not come into being. The national cabinet has been announced but it has not taken charge. And the provincial governments will take a few more days to be completed. This […]

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A lot has been said about democracy for the developed world; a system suppose to power the people of the country to live their life as they want by electing the write people for the write jobs. Any one could enroll himself to be the person of the elected representative. A person once elected will […]

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Source: MWC News
The situation in Pakistan provides another good reason why the American people should put a stop to the U.S. government’s meddling in the affairs of other countries.
For years, U.S. officials have had a close, working partnership with Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf, which has included the delivery to him of millions of dollars in […]

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Source: Daily Times
* PPP says announcement to be made after reconvening of NA
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will announce the party’s premiership candidate at an “appropriate time”, PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Wednesday.
Bilawal, the 19-year-old son of Benazir Bhutto who is studying at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University, was named […]

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Source: Daily Times
Having good faith in politics is not enough; it requires permanent vigilance. Law and the constitution must restrain the power of an elected government because power in countries with weak institutions can be misused
From whom must we take our country back? And who is ‘we’?
We can answer the second question without much difficulty: […]

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Source: The Statesman
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Pakistan inaugurated a new parliament today dominated by opponents of President Pervez Musharraf who have vowed to crimp his powers and review his US-backed policies against Al Qaida and the Taliban.
At stake is the future course and political stability of the nuclear-armed nation of 160 million people, which is […]

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Henny Khan, the loyal Dutch wife of Dr AQ Khan, has for the first time issued a direct threat to the government, saying the time for “low-profile, patriotism and national interest” is over and if her husband’s situation did not change “we will undertake whatever action we deem necessary”.

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Source: The Independent
By Omar Waraichin Islamabad and Andrew Buncombe
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
The widower of Benazir Bhutto – believed by many Pakistanis to be guilty of corruption – appears poised for a dramatic return to the prime minister’s mansion on the back of a growing consensus within his party that he himself should become premier.
Less than […]

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Source: Calcutta News.net
Even as the fascinating play of government formation unfolds in Pakistan after the historic elections last month, political analysts on this side of the border have begun to spin their theories on what the future holds for India-Pakistan relations.
Will the new coalition government be strong enough to rein in the Taliban forces in […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, March 7 (Xinhua) — There would be no delay in transfer of power to the elected political parties and the process continued as per schedule in Pakistan, said a senior official hereon Friday.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator in Pakistan Nisar A Memon said at the Multan Press Club in the […]

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Source: Associated Press
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a murder case after the families of the dead suddenly withdrew their accusations, lawyers said.
The surprising turnaround came after the former premier’s party ended up second in the Feb. 18 parliamentary elections. It is […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
By Amjad Malik
What goes around, comes around was a phrase I heard in my childhood and the fate of our outgoing political machinery is pitiful as they are still conspiring, aspiring and dreaming of forming government by hook or crook despite the fact that air is against them, and they do not find […]

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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
By Husain Haqqani
The aftermath of Pakistan’s February 18 parliamentary election has created hope of ending Pakistan’s political dysfunction. The voters overwhelmingly rejected supporters of General (retired) Pervez Musharraf at the polls and the leaders of the country’s major political parties have agreed to work together to build a democratic political order. Pakistan’s […]

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The national and provincial elections held on 18th February 2008 have been successfully held to the overall satisfaction of all political parties in the country, the people of Pakistan and the Pakistani media in general and all international observers largely.
In these elections, the Pakistan Peoples Party has been elected as the party with the largest […]

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Source: Daily Times
WASHINGTON: Pakistan came up again as Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama sparred with each other in their last debate on Monday night, six days before the crucial Texas and Ohio primaries. If Clinton loses those two states, she is out of the race for her party’s presidential nomination.
Clinton said, “Senator Obama … last […]

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