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News Source: Yemen Observer
| about 1 year ago
One is that ex-general and more-or-less-president Pervez Musharraf accepts his rejection by Pakistan's voters gracefully and leaves office without too much fuss. "This is the people's verdict against him....He should accept the facts and he should...
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News Source: Rediff
| about 1 year ago
Fahim proposed this move at a meeting of the party�s leadership in Islamabad on Monday. Pakistan's new National Assembly was sworn in on March 17, but the post of prime minister still remains vacant...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
P akistan's Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani faces a crisis of sorts in this regard, as he is known as a confidante of Musharraf. The PPP and the PML-N have already committed on March that they would restore the pre-November 3 judiciary...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
Islamabad, Mar 18 : At a dinner for party ticket-holders, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Nawaz Sharif said the new government would take back the power of dissolving parliament from President Pervez Musharraf. " Under Article 58(2b) of the...
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News Source: Reuters
| about 1 year ago
Pakistani judges dismissed by President Pervez Musharraf can only be reinstated if an incoming government strikes down constitutional changes he introduced, the attorney general said on Tuesday. The fate of the judges looks set to be a flashpoint...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
March 18 (Xinhua) -- An Indian national sentenced to death for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in Pakistan in 1990 will be hanged on April 1, the Interior Ministry of Pakistan said Tuesday. "Sarabjit will be sent to gallows on fixed date of...
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News Source: India Abroad
| about 1 year ago
A committee comprising leaders of the PPP, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam decided during a meeting in Islamabad that the parties would share power and distribute slots in the federal cabinet according to...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan , Feb. 16 -- Few people understand the hardships entailed in Pakistani politics better than Israr Shah. Shah, a candidate in Monday's national elections, was at a rally here in the Pakistani capital in July when a massive bomb exploded,...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan , Feb. 21 -- Pakistan 's victorious opposition parties agreed Thursday to form a governing coalition in the newly elected Parliament, signaling a break from past political rivalries and imposing a fresh challenge to President Pervez...
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News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 year ago
While waiting for the new opposition coalition to form a government, the Bush administration is exploring a range of ideas, including a proposal by Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), to triple nonmilitary aid, sustain it for 10 years, and focus on...