Sources : The Times of India
In a unique attempt at fashion diplomacy Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has appointed an envoy specialising in silks and precious stones rather than strong threats and rhetoric.
When Pakistani fashion designer Honey Waqar said she was going to New Delhi to show her work at Bridal Asia 2008, […]

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Source: Guardian
By Anil Dawar
The new Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, and his prime minister were due to dine at the Marriott hotel on the night it was devastated by a huge truck bomb, it was revealed today.
An interior ministry spokesman, Rehman Malik, said Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gillani changed their plans at the last minute […]

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Source: Guardian 
The career of Pakistan’s low-profile prime minister, who survived an assassination attempt
Yousaf Raza Gilani, a Benazir Bhutto loyalist who was jailed for five years by the former president Pervez Musharraf, became Pakistan’s prime minister in March.
A stalwart of the Pakistan People’s party, he comes from a prominent family of landowners in Multan, in southern […]

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Source: Trib

By Robert Novak
Yousuf Raza Gilani, prime minister of Pakistan, will lunch with George W. Bush in the White House on July 28. That will not be merely another of the president’s routine meetings with foreign leaders. As Pakistan’s democratically elected government and U.S. diplomats understand, the lunch symbolizes a turn away from Washington’s […]

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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: APP
ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the world community to support Pakistan’s efforts in the war on terror. Addressing the soft launch of International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2008, the Prime Minister reminded the world community that it was the feeling of injustice, deprivation and lack […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani plans to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush at a gathering of political and business leaders in Egypt.
It will be the highest-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan’s new leaders offered peace talks to Islamic insurgents. NATO expressed concern Wednesday that the […]

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Source: CBC News
Political uncertainty gripped Pakistan’s fragile coalition government Tuesday as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani refused to accept the resignations of nine members of cabinet until his party leader returned from abroad.
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ordered his party members to resign from the six-week-old governing alliance because the cabinet was refusing to immediately […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Hopes are high that a request for clemency from the Indian government for death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh may be honoured by Pakistan. But so far, no decision has been taken, say officials.
Sarabjit’s family members, who finally met him at the Kot Lakhpat jail on Thursday, said they wanted to meet Pakistan Prime […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a law requiring candidates for Parliament to have bachelor’s degrees, clearing the way for the widower of former premier Benazir Bhutto to run for a seat and possibly prime minister.
The ruling was another sign of the dwindling influence of President Pervez Musharraf, who […]

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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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Source: Reuters
By Zeeshan Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has an effective command and control structure for its nuclear weapons and they are fully safe and secure, the country’s new prime minister said on Thursday.
Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed Muslim nation and is a staunch ally of the United States in its campaign against al Qaeda and […]

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Source: Middle East Times
Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani’s conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan’s new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharraf.
Gilani languished in prison for five years under Musharraf’s rule, charged with making illegal government appointments during his term as the speaker of parliament. […]

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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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Source: New Kerala
Indian Government officials speaking on condition of anonymity have said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Pakistan sometime in the next couple of months for talks with his Pakistani counterpart Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani.
According to the officials, no specific date has been fixed for Singh’s visit “but it can take place in […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
The backing for Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani suggests that the government may be able to get the support needed to impeach Musharraf, analysts say.
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani on Saturday won a unanimous vote of confidence from the National Assembly and pledged to begin rolling back some of […]

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Source:Reuters
By Augustine Anthony

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is raising the price it pays to farmers for wheat by nearly 23 percent, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday, after failing to tempt producers to sell the grain for strategic stocks.
The government plans to build a 5-million-tonne strategic reserve from the 2007/08 crop, but farmers had rejected […]

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Source: BBC News
Pakistan’s foreign office has denied suggestions that the timing of a visit by top US diplomats is unusual.
US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher arrived in Pakistan early Tuesday.
It was the same day that the new PM, Yusuf Raza Gillani, was sworn in.
Pakistan is a key […]

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Source: DAWN
NEW DELHI, March 25: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his new Pakistan counterpart Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday that he expects India-Pakistan relations to evolve to become the “best ever” between the two countries.
An official statement said Dr Singh telephoned Mr Gilani in the evening to greet him on becoming Pakistan’s prime […]

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Source: The economic Times
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani is a big fan of Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai and melody queen Lata Mangeshkar.
“While in prison, I used to watch all of Aishwarya’s movies on my laptop besides listening to Lataji’s songs. And let me admit that I am a great fan of Aishwarya […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD - US President George W. Bush telephoned Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to congratulate him on being sworn in on Tuesday, a government official said.
Gilani, a senior official from slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s party, took the oath as prime minister from Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the presidential palace in […]

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Source: VOA News
Pakistan’s deposed chief justice and other ousted high court judges have been freed from house arrest. The move was ordered by the new prime minister. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from Islamabad this ratchets up tension between the incoming government and incumbent President Pervez Musharraf who has vowed the judges would never return […]

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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: 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 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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