News Source: United Press International
| 14 minutes ago
President Asif Ali Zardari announced Saturday he is no longer part of the group deciding when Pakistan can use its nuclear weapons. The step appears to be the first in a reduction of presidential power, ABC News reports. Zardari inherited the power
News Source: The Hindu
| about 3 hours ago
The controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance, under which President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of others received amnesty from corruption charges against them, lapsed on Saturday, raising questions about the potential implications for the
News Source: BBC South Asia
| about 4 hours ago
The move was a "giant leap" forward that empowered the PM and parliament, Mr Zardari's spokesman said. But analysts said it was an attempt to placate political and military critics, as an amnesty protecting Mr Zardari from possible prosecution
News Source: CNN
| about 6 hours ago
An amnesty protecting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari from corruption charges expired on Saturday and threatened to cast the nation into political crisis. The National Reconciliation Ordinance, an amnesty passed in October 2007 under then-
News Source: Press TV
| about 7 hours ago
Although Zardari cannot be prosecuted because of presidential immunity, the re-opening of politically-motivated corruption cases involving people close to him could further weaken his presidency. The amnesty, known as the National Reconciliation
News Source: Sify News
| about 8 hours ago
President Asif Ali Zardari gave up control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal Saturday in a bid to fend off mounting pressures threatening to weaken his rule further and complicate the war on the Taliban. Zardari took the decision as an amnesty protecting
News Source: Sify News
| about 11 hours ago
Pakistan is set for a tremendous amount of internal churning with some 8,000 prominent individuals losing the waiver they have received from corruption charges. The Supreme Court will now take up a batch of petitions to decide the fate of the
News Source: Sify News
| about 12 hours ago
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for an investigation against all the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and also against those who had misappropriated public funds. Interacting with media persons on