Lahore, Apr 24 (ANI): The yearlong movement of lawyers for the restoration of the judiciary in Pakistan seems to be dying down slowly, as internal rifts and fissures have started appearing in the lawyers community. The main reason for the movements seeming failure is that the lawyers are divided on political lines, […]
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US has expressed support for the new Pakistan government’s move to negotiate with militants who lay down their arms, saying it was the outcome - the end of Al Qaeda and other extremists - that matters. Richard Boucher, the US assistant secretary of state for South and Central […]
Islamabad, Apr 24 (ANI): The PPP has reportedly told the PML-N that Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum, who was appointed by President Pervez Musharraf, was simply a guest actor and his services were retained only to let him draft a letter regarding PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardaris last case pending in a Swiss […]
Islamabad, Apr 24 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani has allowed Afghanistan to import wheat from India through Pakistan, the countrys Food and Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced Wednesday in the National Assembly.
He said the PM had permitted the imports after Kabul requested permission from Islamabad in this […]
Islamabad, Apr 24 (ANI): Even as the deadline of April 30 for restoration of judges approaches, the PML-N seems to be in the mood to arrive at a compromise formula and might concede to the PPPs idea of slashing deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Choudhrys tenure from 2013 to 2010.
The party is […]
Islamabad, Apr 24 (ANI): During the past five years, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf traveled to around 40 countries costing the countrys exchequer Rs 1.4 billion, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in the National Assembly yesterday. The countries that Musharraf visited during this period included the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and China, between January 2003 and February 2008.
Lahore, Apr 24 (ANI): The yearlong movement of lawyers for the restoration of the judiciary in Pakistan seems to be dying down slowly, as internal rifts and fissures have started appearing in the lawyers community. The main reason for the movements seeming failure is that the lawyers are divided on political lines, […]
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS) The Pakistani government could be on the verge of signing a peace pact with the Taliban to end militant activities in its territory bordering Afghanistan. One indication of this came Wednesday with Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud issuing a pamphlet asking his cadres to stop violence in Waziristan, Tank, Dera […]
Lahore, Apr 24 (ANI): American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC) Co-coordinator Dr Pritpal Singh has reportedly called upon the Pakistani authorities for the release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national imprisoned in Lahore jail and facing death sentence, and also restore the honour of Sikh traffic warden Gulab Singh who was forced to resign last weekend […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Tuesday rejected the ruling coalition parties’ decision to form a committee to establish methods for the restoration of the sacked judges, while announcing April 30 as the deadline to restore the sacked judiciary. “We reject the scrutiny committee being formed by PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N […]