NEW YORK: The Foreign Minister, Rangin Dadfa Spanta, has said that his Government has accepted the invitation of the Turkish Government to host another Afghan-Pak summit in Ankara, its Capital. The first such summit meeting hosted by Turkey had resulted in Ankara declaration some one and half years ago. At a press conference in Washington, Spanta [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ISLAMABAD.: President Asif Ali Zardari is set to retain the National Security Council (NSC) created by former president retired Gen. Musharraf and its Secretary Tariq Aziz is shortly assume responsibilities of ‘Special Assistant to President’, highly placed sources told. Tariq Aziz was the Secretary of National Security Council and a part of team which [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
written by Aijaz Zaka Syed BACK home in the subcontinent, they say you should always stay away from the cops: Their friendship as well as adversity is bad for one’s health. I am reminded of the advice as the world’s chief cop bombs its allies and friends in Pakistan. With friends like these, do you really [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The decision of President Pervez Musharraf to resign has sent a wave of jubilation across the country. Reports pouring in from different areas speak of spontaneous celebrations by people. They expressed joy that the era of dictatorship is now over and the democracy will get an opportunity to flourish. The immediate reaction in Pakistan’s corridors of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
PM congratulates coalition partners on Musharraf’s resignation Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has congratulated the participants on resignation of President Pervez Musharraf and said that 17th amendment in the Constitution would be undone as per commitment of the coalition partners to ensure supremacy of the parliament. He stated in the joint parliamentary party meeting of [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly suspended its rules regarding question hour and started debate on the resignation of the President. The National Assembly resumed its session in Islamabad on Monday. Sardar Mehtab Abbasi pointed out that the resignation had a positive impact on Karachi Stock Exchange index which rose by about 500 points. Similarly, rupee [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has congratulated the nation over the end of dictatorship and said the Parliament has become sovereign and supreme. Speaking in the National Assembly this evening, he said today there is rule of law and supremacy of the constitution and there is no dictatorship. He said people rendered sacrifices [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD: With Pervez Musharraf’s departure from the scene, a long era of dictatorship, spread over nine years, has ended but it also presents a challenge to the elected representatives to come up to the expectations of the masses who voted them to power in February 18 elections hoping for a change in their life. Pervez [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and son of former Premier slain Benazir Bhutto on Monday hailed the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, saying the next president would be from his party. “After the martyrdom of my mother I said that democracy was the best revenge - and today it was proved true,” said 19-year-old Bilawal [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal Monday said that all controversial amendments made to the Constitution by Pervez Musharraf would be scrapped. Talking to reporters here outside the Zardari House, Ahsan Iqbal said the coalition partners would do the needful together. Ahsan Iqbal, who is also Minister for Education, said the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 18, 2008
President Pervez Musharraf announces his resignation, while addressing the nation today on media. “My resignation will go to the speaker of the National Assembly today,” he said in a televised address. Musharraf made the shock announcement after denying that any of the impeachment charges against him could stand and launching into a lengthy defence of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 17, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Ruling coalition’s draft committee has finalized the charge-sheet against President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday. The final round of the consultations of draft committee was held at the residence of Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman in Islamabad. Talking to media men, Sherry Rehman said the draft of charge-sheet has been finalized which will be [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
President George W. Bush’s administration refrained from directly commenting on the fate of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf amid reports he may resign to skirt impeachment or criminal charges. A key US senator meanwhile cautioned the Bush administration against taking any steps that could be interpreted as propping up Musharraf, a key US “war on terror” [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
Sherry Rehman has said that the impeachment of the President will be carried out in accordance with the Parliamentary rules and regulations. she said all the constitutional, legal and democratic ways would be adopted to complete the process of the impeachment. She said after the passage of resolutions by the Provincial Assemblies, the President should [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf Saturday continued to hold consultations with the constitutional experts on the issue of his impeachment. The President on the occasion said he will not step down, and instead, fight the impeachment move. Reports said he held detailed meetings separately with the constitutional experts Sharifuddin Pirzada and Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
LAHORE: PML-N Punjab President Zulfiqar Khosa said on Saturday that President Pervez Musharraf was looking for safe exit from the present crisis, saying “he is the same person who had prevented Sharif brothers from returning to the country”. Talking to journalists here, he said his party would not allow a safe passage to Musharraf. Popularity: 16% [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 16, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Back-channel negotiations were on between Pakistan’s ruling coalition and Pervez Musharraf yesterday over modalities of a graceful exit for the president from the country’s political scene, officials said. Musharraf’s media adviser, retired Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, however dismissed it, saying: “The president has no plans to quit. He will face the impeachment motion if [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Dear Mr. Purvez Busharaf, It is such an undesirable pleasure to have you (General Pervez s/o Musharraf) as our rammed president… For the past nine years, you have proved yourself far better than your predecessors and it is hard to find anyone even to match the level of virtues that you were borne with… the history [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 14, 2008
According to several newspapers that the president Musharraf may announce his decision to resign in next 48 hours. A mix of conflicting signals are coming from president camp; rising pressure from impeachment lobby and manoeuvrings by senior American and British diplomats soon compel Gen (retd) Musharraf to reassess the situation and he might ignore the [...]
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