ISLAMABAD : Shahbaz Sharif has won an assembly seat in Punjab province, clearing the way for him to take over as chief minister of Punjab province. Shahbaz Sharif is a top official of PML-N, which came second in a February election but won the most seats in Punjab, home to half the countrys 160 million people and the heartland of its political, military and industrial elite.
ISLAMABAD: Large blast was heard in the Red Zone area of federal capital Islamabad on Monday. A suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad on Monday, killing eight people and wounding nearly 30 others, state media and officials said.
The Election Commission on Sunday allowed PML-N leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to contest in by-election.
PESHAWAR: The deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reached at Peshwar with very warm welcome by hundreds of enthusiastic activists of different political parties, people from civil society and lawyers.
ATTOCK: Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that lawyers will not bow down to any one and will continue their struggle for independence of Judiciary and no one can divide lawyers. He praised unity of lawyers adding that neverbefore in history of Pakisan had lawyers had such unity.
ISLAMABAD: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday left his Islamabad residence for Peshawar where he will address to the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Saturday.
Islamabad - A Pakistani newspaper said Thursday embattled President Pervez Musharraf has decided to resign and a formal announcement was expected soon.
The retired general, who took over in a bloodless coup in 1999, has been under immense pressure to leave the office since February 18 elections which saw his political allies defeated outright.
ISLAMABAD : Presidents aide Tariq Aziz is said to have delivered an important message of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to Pervaz Musharraf.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the ruling coalition has agreed to remove President Pervez Musharraf from power.Speaking Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of Pakistan’s first nuclear tests, Mr. Sharif said the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, agreed in talks on Tuesday to oust Musharraf.
ISLAMABAD: Co-chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief in their meeting on Tuesday agreed on transferring the President’s powers to the Prime Minister.