International Business Times
Share This Story Pakistan 's People Party (PPP) also announced that the country's parliamentary elections will be advanced towards the end of this year than previously scheduled. As the coalition government has the majority in the parliament, Ashraf...
Telegraph India
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday issued a presidential decree to prevent any of the actions taken and orders passed by former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during the past two months from being challenged in courts.
India Abroad
Pakistan's mighty military establishment and a defiant judiciary seems to have joined hands to give a tough time to a fragile Pakistan People's Party government at a critical time -- just before the election of the new prime minister following the...
Voice of America
Pakistan's new Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf waves to the media in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 22, 2012. VOA News June 22, 2012 Pakistani lawmakers have elected a new prime minister to replace ousted Yousuf Raza Gilani, in a bid to end the country'...
Daily News & Analysis
Having already ousted one prime minister this week, Pakistan's courts sabotaged the appointment of a replacement on Thursday by ordering the arrest of the man nominated to take up the job. Mahkdoom Shahabuddin, who most recently served as textiles...
Washington Post
Pakistan Pakistan's ruling party picked a new prime minister Friday former government power and water chief Raja Pervez Ashraf but the choice seemed to guarantee continued political turmoil: Ashraf is associated with a persistent energy crisis that...