we all know that whenever the army has to come , it will come and no one can stop him.if the trial of musharraf can stop the way of dictatorship, those who are thinking like this are fools, the only way to stop the dictatorship is that the politicians stop corruption n stop pulling each […]

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Video PML-N woman MPA accused of using Stolen Credit Card.Geo News Exclusive Report

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This article is in response to the prevailing situation around Pakistan, just on the eve of the “LONG MARCH”. As Ali Ahmed Kurd rightly pointed, in the final hours its will be the “battle of the nerves” and it seems that the establishment has lost it.
The way they have prepared to counter this historical event […]

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Source: UPI
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Protests against a court ruling banning former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding office entered a third day Saturday.
For his part, Sharif has accused President Asif Ali Zardari of influencing Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision. The high court, in its decision, upheld the ban against […]

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Source: VOA News
Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Nawaz Sharif protested in Pakistan Thursday, angered over a court decision banning him and his brother from elected office.
Sharif denounced the Supreme Court ruling, blamed President Ali Asif Zardari, and called for more protests at a rally near the eastern city of Lahore in Punjab province. Around […]

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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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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 […]

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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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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: Daily Times 
In Pakistan the future of democracy will be secured only if political parties and societal groups develop the habit of working together even when they have differences
The divergence between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on the restoration of the ousted judges and their relationship with President Pervez Musharraf is […]

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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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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: 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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Source: Teeth Maestro
PPP and PML-N have finally sorted out the power sharing in Punjab with a total of 35 ministries, PML-N would obtain 22 while PPP will settle with the remaining 13. While Chief Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be retained by PML-N. Ideally this is the best deal for PML-N as it retains […]

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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: Tehran Times
ISLAMABAD (The News) — Veteran Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, who has pulled away from the electronic media glare, is going to carry the day by becoming the nominee of the party for the prime minister, informed PPP and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders say.
“PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari […]

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Source: The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Mehdi Hasan is one of Pakistan’s leading political analysts and media historians. A regular commentator on political affairs on TV and radio, Hasan is the author of The Political History of Pakistan, a widely acclaimed book. He spoke to Shobhan Saxena about the emerging political situation in the country. Excerpts:
With […]

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Source: Geo TV
ISLAMABAD: Awan-e-Saddar has agreed with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) over their stand of reinstatement of the deposed judges, the sources said.
As per the new development, the troika agreed that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Chaudhry Muhammad Iftikar and other deposed judges of the Supreme Court and […]

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What should be the priorities of the new government that comes to power in Islamabad, Pakistan?
Currently, there are many things being discussed seemingly as the priorities of the government; some of them are the revival of the 1973 constitution by scrapping the constitution currently in vogue, the removal of 58-2b, the restoration of deposed judges […]

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This question has been wracking the minds of those who are concerned about Pakistan’s welfare for long but it has gained importance because terrorist attacks mainly in the form of suicide and bomb attacks continue to take place in the country despite the fact that the opposition has gained the majority vote and is likely […]

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The national and provincial elections have been successfully held in Pakistan on 18th February 2008 and the elections have been duly notified by the Election Commission.
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian and the Nawaz Muslim League have come out as the two biggest winners in the Centre while a different party has taken the lead in […]

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Source: The Nation
LAHORE - President, National Workers Party, Abid Hassan Minto, has called upon the upcoming assembly to carry a resolution to reinstate the deposed judges and to scrape all actions taken in pursuance of the state of emergency of November 3, in its first formal meeting.
Addressing a press conference here Wednesday Minto said no […]

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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: BBC News
Pakistan’s former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will stand for parliament in a by-election, a party spokesman says.
Mr Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N party is currently in negotiations over joining a coalition government.
His party won the second highest number of seats in polls that last week delivered a huge blow to President Pervez Musharraf’s allies.
Mr […]

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Source: Dawn
By Nasir Iqbal and Ashraf Mumtaz
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Controversy lies in store for the opening session of the new National Assembly as the interim government’s legal experts have decided to get printed a fresh edition of the Constitution, incorporating all amendments introduced by President Pervez Musharraf during the emergency rule.
The question haunting the PML-N […]

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