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News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
Pakistan's new National Assembly was sworn in on Monday, setting the scene for a showdown with President Pervez Musharraf a month after his opponents swept a general election. Musharraf's allies were routed in the February 18 vote, and he is faced...
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News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 year ago
International End of dictatorship: Zardari Islamabad: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan had witnessed the end of dictatorial rule. “The days of dictatorship are over and we, with the support and help of the people of Pakistan, have...
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News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 year ago
Officials said the President was legally not required to attend the session at which the outgoing Speaker, Chaudhry Amir Hussain, administered the oath to parliamentarians, who were elected to the National Assembly, Lower House, in the February 18...
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News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
As Pakistan prepares for 'transition' to 'democratic' rule, it would be a folly to disregard what happened during such transitions in the past. Faced with growing unpopularity — caused by spiralling inflation and a cut-off of American aid...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
AP Photo/Pakistan Parliament House, HO) In this handout photo released by Pakistan Parliament House, Asif Ali Zardari, left, widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and co-chairman of Pakistan People's Party waves as former prime minister...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Mian Sharif has said that we are inheriting a country full of problems by the caretaker government, which he termed remnants of the previous government. He also assured that the allied government...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
APP): A central Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi retained his Multan seat in the National Assembly and quit two from which he was also elected from Rawalpindi and Lahore. He was only politician to bag win from three...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
Dispelling any rift in the party, the prime ministerial hopeful Makhdoom Amin Fahim, PPP-Parliamentarians president, said on Monday he would happily accept the decision if the party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari nominated some one else for the post...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| about 1 year ago
As many as 325 new fate-makers of the country Monday took oath as the Member National Assembly in the inaugural oath-taking session of the parliament as heads of the two main political parties Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League...
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News Source: NewKerala
| about 1 year ago
O utgoing Assembly Speaker Chowdhury Amir Hussain administered the oath to the new members, who got elected in the February 18 polls. The election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be held on Wednesday through secret ballot. No date has been set...