Source: Taiwan News
A bomb exploded at the home of an opposition lawmaker in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 61, officials and a witness said.
The blast was the latest in a string of attacks apparently targeting lawmakers in Pakistan, a key ally in the U.S. war on terror.
The country has […]
Lawmaker’s home bombed in east Pakistan; 7 dead
October 7th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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Zardari wants consensus govt; Sharif opposes ‘confrontation’
September 2nd, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: Economic Times
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to woo estranged ally PML-N, Pakistan People’s Party chief Asif Ali Zardari favoured a “national consensus” government to solve the problems of the country even as he strengthened his chances for the presidency by winning the backing of a majority of Baloch lawmakers.
PML-N chief and former premier Nawaz Sharif, […]
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Sharif’s Party to Decide Today on Quitting Pakistan’s Coalition
August 25th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
Source: Bloomberg
By Khalid Qayum and Paul Tighe
Nawaz Sharif meets with leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League party today to decide whether to quit the ruling coalition because the Pakistan Peoples Party is ignoring its partners in the alliance.
“There is no need for the party to be part of the coalition government, if one party is […]
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Mr. Musharraf - Now, maybe now I like you
July 7th, 2008 raza · 5 Comments
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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REPLY TO WG COMMANDER (R) AHMED S JAN…..
June 19th, 2008 Abdul Basit · No Comments
This is in reply to the letter of WG.CDR. (R) AHMED S. JAN (DAWN, 20th May). I completely disagree with his notion that Zardari is abiding with the Bhurban Deceleration and Nawaz Sharif is not. I would request him to read the text of the accord once again:
1 - Allied parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party […]
Filed Under: Emergency 2007 · Miscellaneous · News From You · Opinions · Pictures · Politics · Religion · military · terrorism
Timeline: Pakistan
June 7th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
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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Pakistan’s Government Plans to Cut Musharraf’s Powers
May 20th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment
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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Make history, not deals
May 20th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
By Asif Ezdi
The decision of the PML-N to withdraw from its coalition with the PPP following the breakdown of their talks on the judges’ issue is good news for all those who want the country to return to the constitutional path after the havoc wrought by Musharraf’s depredations. Particularly welcome is the […]
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Official: Sharif’s party to join Pakistan lawyers’ protests on judges amid government turmoil
May 18th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments
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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Thinking the unthinkable: visa-free travel between India and Pakistan
May 18th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments
Source: Reuters Blogs
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is pushing for visa-free travel with India, and has gone to the extent of saying Islamabad might do it unilaterally if New Delhi is not prepared to go the distance.
As ideas go, visa-free travel in a globalised world isn’t anything remarkable. In the context of the tortured […]
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Pakistan: Sharif Cleared to Run for Parliament
May 17th, 2008 Sana · 5 Comments
Source: New York Times
An election tribunal in Lahore accepted the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, paving the way for him to run in legislative elections on June 18. Mr. Sharif’s papers had been rejected during the general elections in February. His party, Pakistan Muslim League-N, pulled out of cabinet ministries this week […]
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Sharif’s party quits Pakistan cabinet: state TV
May 15th, 2008 Sana · 1 Comment
Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Nine ministers from the party of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif resigned Tuesday over a dispute about the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, state TV said.
The ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at his office in Islamabad, the […]
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Accord on reinstating judges eludes Pakistan’s ruling parties as deadline looms
May 11th, 2008 Sana · 2 Comments
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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US doing what its best at - meddling in our in house affairs once AGAIN
May 11th, 2008 Abdul Basit · 1 Comment
USA has the flair of meddling in our domestic affairs and has once more proved this notion correct. A US congressional panel by Sheila Jackson Lee, a congresswoman, was told on Wednesday the PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan while Nawaz Sharif needed to be watched. As a matter of fact, since the […]
Filed Under: Miscellaneous · News From You · Opinions · Politics · Religion · terrorism
India once wanted to learn from Pakistan’s economic strategy
May 9th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: Daily Times
* War on terror in Pakistan’s interest: Fatemi
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Narasimah Rao, when he was prime minister of India, told his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif that he would like to send a delegation to Pakistan led by Dr Manmohan Singh to study the country’s ongoing privatisation programme.
The visit did not materialise because of […]
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Pakistan strikes deal on restoring judges
May 3rd, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: Chicago Tribune
Move could give lift to new government
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s ruling parties apparently have agreed how to restore the judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf last fall, potentially resolving the most contentious issue facing the fledgling government and preventing the fragile coalition from collapsing.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the second-largest party […]
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Taliban Suspend Talks With Govt over Deadlock
April 29th, 2008 Fauzan · 1 Comment
Why am I not surprised to hear this? *chuckles*
So our democratic, non-barbaric, pious, and ‘civil’ government has had the door slammed on their face by the T-Boys. Ha. Were you really expecting them to do otherwise? How silly of you.
There were basically four demands put forward by the T-boys to our kind government:
- Withdrawl of […]
Filed Under: Miscellaneous · News From You · Opinions · Politics · Religion · military
Pakistan coalition fails to agree on restoring judges: Sharif
April 22nd, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s ruling coalition has failed to agree on a plan to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, but will reinstate them “soon”, former premier Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday.
Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, held two days of talks with Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain opposition […]
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Who will bring change in our education system: Gilani or Nawaz
April 21st, 2008 Nisar Ahmed Sarwani · No Comments
It is universal truth in pakistan that quality education is not being delivered in government schools and colleges. People who can afford it get their childeren admitted in to quality private schools and colleges. Even self finance seats are created in almost every public university to negate the just right of the poor. This self finance system can […]
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to run for Pakistan’s parliament
April 18th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
Source: Los Angeles Times
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to run in June for Pakistan’s parliament, an aide said today, a move that could increase the pressure on the country’s U.S.-backed president.
Sharif may be joined in the National Assembly by Asif Ali Zardari, the widower and political successor of Benazir Bhutto. A […]
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Judges to be restored
April 15th, 2008 Aimon · No Comments
Source: PK Politics
Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif have reaffirmed the Pakistani Nation that judges will be restored in 30 days as per the Murree Declaration and restoration will not be linked to any constitutional package.
Filed Under: Politics
False Vote Counts and Truth About GWADAR…
April 1st, 2008 Abdul Basit · No Comments
It is upsetting to see in newspapers and on tv about the false way of illuminating the election vote count by the Pro-Musharaf forces. The spin doctors, such as Pervez Elahi and Mushaid Hussain are trying to prove that the country is divided on the Musharaf issue and that he is still popular fruitlessly . […]
Filed Under: Elections 2008 · News From You · Opinions · Politics
Pakistan’s Sharif warns US of ‘war on terror’ review
March 25th, 2008 Aimon · 1 Comment
Source: AFP
by Danny Kemp
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s new government will review the country’s role in the US-led “war on terror,” former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday after holding talks with a top American envoy.
Deputy US Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher flew into Islamabad for talks focusing on Pakistan’s […]
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Biding time or playing with the fate of the people and the country
March 20th, 2008 javedrafiq · 1 Comment
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 […]
Filed Under: News From You
Pakistan’s new parliament holds first session
March 18th, 2008 Sana · No Comments
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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