Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Mar.18 (ANI): Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and leader of the lawyers’ Long March, Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan said Wednesday that the restoration of the deposed judges was in accordance with the promises made by slain former Prime Minister and PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.
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Islamabad, March 16 (Xinhua) Former Pakistan prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif Monday called off the “long march” protest immediately after the government announced the restoration of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
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Islamabad, March 15 (IANS) Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif Sunday called the protest march to Islamabad a “prelude to revolution”, as the country remained gripped in an intensifying political crisis.
Islamabad/Lahore, March 15 (DPA) It was a sea of humanity as tens of thousands of supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif thronged in the streets as he left his residence in a dark green armoured Land Cruiser, despite a government ban on public gathering and a massive deployment of law-enforcement personnel.
“It’s a sea of people. It looks as though the entire Lahore city is gathered here. Young, elders, women, children - everyone is here,” local journalist Younis Bath said.
Islamabad/Lahore, Mar.15 (ANI): A retired Lieutenant General of the Pakistan Army and well-known security and political analyst, has claimed that President Asif Ali Zardari can save his political career only if he hands over constitutional powers to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Islamabad, Mar 14 (IANS) Cautioning that Pakistan’s unity was at stake, Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday sought to dispel reports of differences between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, even as he urged the agitating lawyers to come to the negotiating table rather than marching on Islamabad to enforce their demands.
“There are no differences between the president and the prime minister,” he said at a press conference here, adding: “This is disinformation being spread by our enemies.”
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) A volatile situation existed in Pakistan where authorities Friday continued their crackdown on agitating lawyers staging a ‘long march’ amidst reports that President Asif Ali Zardari had been set an internationally-backed, 24-hour deadline by the army to end the stir.
Pakistan Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was reported to have got into the act Friday, meeting Zardari for the first time since the president returned home Wednesday from a regional meeting in Tehran.
Washington, March 6 (DPA) Lenders are taking back homes in the US at a record pace as families can’t afford mortgage payments, a industry report said Thursday indicating the country’s housing crisis deepened further at the end of last year.
Tehran, March 3 (IANS) Iran will hold an international conference to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip following the 22-day military offensive by Israel, IRNA reported Tuesday.