The Friends of Pakistan (FOP) issued a press release to congratulate president-elect Barack Hussain Obama for his historical victory in presidential race. In a statement released today at Friends of Pakistan’s headquarters here at Cerritos, California said, Barack Obama’s victory is a beginning to a ‘Real Change’ in the United States of America and it [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday. The two leaders in their exclusive meeting exchanged views on the matters of national importance including the prevailing security situation as well as the challenges facing the country. President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the joint Parliament [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 28, 2008
QUETTA : At least six people were injured, two of them seriously, when two blasts occurred after brief succession, in a CD Center and a Shopping Plaza, here in main commercial area, on Sunday afternoon, in jurisdiction of city police station, police said. The first blast took place when a home-made explosive device went off [...]
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Popularity: 12% [?]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari in his maiden address to the joint session of the parliament announced to constitute a committee to review the powers given to president by Article 58-2-b and 17th amendment of the constitution. He said that the day of bypassing the parliament over decisions on the crucial national issues has been [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 20, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari is the seventh President of Pakistan addressing the joint session of the Parliament, following former President Ziaul Huque, Ghulam Ishaque Khan, Faruque Laghari, Rafiq Tarar and Pervez Musharraf. According to a private TV channel Gen. Ziaul Huque was the first President, who had addressed the joint session of the Parliament for four [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 14, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the joint sitting of the Parliament on September 20, says an official notification issued by National Assembly Secretariat. The President, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 54 read with clauses (1) and (3) of Article 56 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Gilani invites President to address joint sitting on Sept 19 SLAMABAD: President spent Wednesday as his first working day while Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on invited President Asif Ali Zardari to address the joint sitting of the Parliament, to meet the requirement under Article 56 of the constitution. Prime Minister Gilani called on the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Popularity: 18% [?]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan Tuesday agreed to forge close cooperation within the framework of Trilateral Military Commission for accurate operations against militants. This resolve surfaced during joint press conference of President Asif Ali Zardari and Afgahn President Hamid Karzai at Presidential Palace after Mr.Zardari took oath of highest office. Popularity: 43% [?]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The swearing-in ceremony has finally stamped the verdict of people apparently as far as deciding the president of Pakistan was concerned. The ceremony as foreseen could not be controversial, but it was surely spiced up by the following joint press conference of President Zardari and President of Afghanistan Mr. Karzai. Well Mr. Karzai took this [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Asif Ali Zardari took oath for the office Pakistan’s 12th head of state at an impressive ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar administered the oath to Asif Ali Zardari under the third schedule of 1973 Constitution. Popularity: 24% [?]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 6, 2008
Asif Ali Zardari is president of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He is the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who twice served as Prime Minister of Pakistan. PPP Co-Chairman Senator Asif Ali Zardari was born on July 26, 1955 in a prominent Baloch family from Sindh. He is the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Members National Assembly and Senators from FATA have expressed their support for PPP’s presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari. After their meeting with Mr. Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in Islamabad on Friday, leader of the FATA parliamentary group Munir Orakzai said they whole-heartedly support Mr. Zardari in the elections. He hoped that [...]
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ISLAMBAD: Independent opposition in Senate consisting of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) and National Party (NP) have announced to support Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui in presidential elections. Leaders of the independent opposition Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmad, Senator Abdur Rahim Mandokhel and Senator Dr. Abdul Malik in a joint press said Friday that the nine [...]
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Polling for the presidential election will be held today. The contest will be between Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan Peoples Party, retired Justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui of Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Mushahid Hussain Syed of Pakistan Muslim League (Q). Polling would be held simultaneously at the Parliament House and the four Provincial Assemblies from 10 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
DAMASCUS: France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that pulling out of Afghanistan, where 10 French troops were killed by the Taliban last month, would amount to abandoning nuclear-armed Pakistan. “If we abandon Afghanistan we will be abandoning Pakistan, which doesn’t need that. I want to remind you of one thing: that Pakistan has the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC), while disposing off a writ-petition challenging the eligibility of the presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari, allowed the petitioner that following the completion of election process, he could again file the petition relating to the ineligibility of the elected president. IHC Chief Justice, Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam in his remarks said [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
WASHINGTON: Dictatorship, whether civil or military, has no place in Pakistan today. Pakistan today is facing an existential threat from militants in its Western half; its economy is reeling from the depredations of runaway inflation, food and power shortages, capital flight, falling foreign exchange reserves, and a political system driven by discord, US daily reported. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Unknown assailants attacked the motorcade of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on the Islamabad Highway on Wednesday.Of the multiple sniper shots fired on the Prime Minister’s vehicle, two hit the window on the driver side. However, because of the robust and comprehensive security measures, the Prime Minister and all the member of his [...]
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