Source: Press Trust of India
Islamabad, Oct 31 (PTI) The IMF might approve a rescue package for financially crunched Pakistan by November 15, two days before a meeting of the ‘Friends of Pakistan’ group to help the country overcome the economic crisis.
International Monetary Fund and Pakistani officials yesterday concluded negotiations in Dubai on a proposed macro-economic […]

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Source: AFP
ANKARA (AFP) — The prime ministers of Turkey and Pakistan on Tuesday pledged to strengthen their traditionally warm ties and underlined their commitment to fighting terrorism, the Anatolia news agency reported.
“We have no problems when it comes to the military, economic or cultural fields… We have a common will and determination to further advance […]

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Source: ABC
Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has called for a similar nuclear deal to be struck with the United States, in the wake of India’s new deals with the US and France last week. India’s civilian nuclear pact with the US - which got a green light from Congress last week - had […]

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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: 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
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt: Pakistan’s premier has pledged to fight terrorism after a meeting with President Bush — the highest-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan’s new leaders offered peace talks to Islamist insurgents.
The two leaders met Sunday in Egypt at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, a gathering of […]

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Source: Mangalorean
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Ahead of their foreign minister-level talks Wednesday, India Sunday said it was ready to provide evidence on absconding underworld don Dawood Ibrahim if Pakistan asked for it.
“We will give evidence to Pakistan on Dawood Ibrahim, if asked,” an official source said here Sunday, adding that India did not plan […]

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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: 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: 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: 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: ABC News
Front-Runners to Become Pakistan’s New Prime Minister
The party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is expected to nominate one of the following candidates to become Pakistan’s next prime minister:
MAKHDOOM AMIN FAHIM: The veteran politician is vice chairman of Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party and the favorite to lead the new government. His father helped […]

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