News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
Only in Pakistan could the government's head of spin be a retired major-general. He is referring to my last encounter with the President on 28 January – when, along with a 2,000-strong, placard-waving, slogan-jeering mob, I protested on the main...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
With the country due to go to the polls tomorrow against a backdrop of growing violence, a further 90 people were injured in the blast, which was close to the office of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate in the town of Parachinar, in the...
News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, said the bombers wanted Pakistan to give up on democracy. Pakistanis go to the polls on Monday, in what is intended to be a landmark in the transition to democratic rule. Some 80,000 soldiers...
News Source: Gulfnews.com
| about 1 year ago
In the past few months, investors have been wary of the political situation. But there hasn't been a slide in the country's stock markets of the kind witnessed elsewhere in the world. Pundits from the Karachi stock exchange (KSE) often cite the fall..
News Source: Mumbai Mirror
| about 1 year ago
Islamabad: Pakistan’s ruling party distanced itself from President Pervez Musharraf’s policies as his popularity ratings plummeted ahead of the general election on February 18. Shujaat Hussain, the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid...
News Source: Pakistan Chronicle
| about 1 year ago
He also urged Washington to do more to promote democracy in Pakistan, according to a foreign news agency. In an interview Asif Zardari did not say whether his party would be willing to work with President Pervez Musharraf. �The elections will...