Gilani discusses Pakistan-US ties with politicians
September 25th, 2011 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday telephonically discussed with different political parties the situation arising out of US accusing Pakistan of supporting Haqqani network.The Nation ... Read more...
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PPP, PML-Q strike power-sharing deal
May 2nd, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 2(ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) have agreed to form a coalition government and cooperate in the next general elections.It was announced after a ... Read more...
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High profile team accompanies Gilani for Mohali match
March 30th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Mohali, Mar. 30 (ANI): A high-profile delegation is accompanying Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on his daylong visit to Mohali to attend Wednesday's World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan. ... Read more...
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Zardari, Gilani congratulate Pakistan cricket team on reaching World Cup semifinal
March 24th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 24(ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have congratulated the national cricket team on its big-margin win against West Indies in the 2011 ... Read more...
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‘PML-Q, MQM agree to join hands in Pakistan’s national interest’
February 14th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Feb 14(ANI): Pakistan's leading opposition parties the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have agreed on a new working relationship for national unity.According to the Daily Times, ... Read more...
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Pakistan on the brink of economic collapse, says PML-Q
January 22nd, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has said the country was "at the brink of economic collapse" and that a turnaround was not possible unless peace comes to Karachi.PML-Q ... Read more...
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PML-Q lays out five-point agenda for Pak Govt to resurrect nation’s economy
January 20th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 20(ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Q has laid out its five-point action plan for the federal government to counter the economic meltdown that the country is currently facing.The PML-Q recipe includes ... Read more...
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Cracks widen in Pakistan’s ruling coalition, key ally quits
December 21st, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Dec 21 (IANS) The cracks within the ruling coalition in Pakistan widened Tuesday after a key ally made it clear that it had "no intention of returning to ... Read more...
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PML-Q offers help to JUI-F in ousting Balochistan government
December 21st, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec 21 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has offered help to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) in ousting the Balochistan government.Talking in a TV programme, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said ... Read more...
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“Apologetic” Musharraf blames ‘misleading’ Chaudhry brothers for NRO fiasco
October 7th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 7 (ANI): Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has apologised to his countrymen for giving a green signal to the National Reconciliation Order (NRO), and has blamed the Chaudhry brothers ... Read more...
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Don’t go to Britain, opposition parties tell Zardari
August 2nd, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) Controversy surrounds Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to Britain, with the opposition urging that it be cancelled following British Prime Minister David Cameron's ... Read more...
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Zardari urged to call off Britain visit
August 2nd, 2010 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
By Awais Saleem
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) Opposition parties have asked President Asif Ali Zardari to cancel his impending visit to Britain in the wake of British Prime Minister David Cameron's ... Read more...
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Musharraf’s supporters in disarray after talks with PML-Q chief fail
May 25th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 25(ANI): A meeting between former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf's group of supporters and Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has reportedly failed to achieve the ... Read more...
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Nawaz, Shahbaz Sharif defaulters in nine Pakistani banks
May 17th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 17 (ANI): Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz, defaulted on nine Pakistani banks and gave death threats to Hamesh Khan after he refused to sanction a loan of Rs ... Read more...
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Gilgit-Baltistan PML-Q candidates’ use Musharraf’s face in campaigning
November 9th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 9 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) candidates in Gilgit-Baltistan have got images of former president Pervez Musharraf printed on their election posters.Sources said that PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat ... Read more...
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All political powers taken on board over NRO : Musharraf
October 25th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct.25 (ANI): Notwithstanding the massive discontent he had to face over his dubious decision of promulgation of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that ... Read more...
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Peace in South Asia only possible after US exit from Afghanistan: PML-Q
October 24th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 24 (ANI): PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said the US should chart out an exit strategy from Afghanistan in order to establish peace in South Asia."Whatever is happening ... Read more...
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Kerry Lugar Bill a ‘triumph for India’: Shujaat Hussain
October 8th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.8 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has termed the controversial Kerry-Lugar Bill as a 'triumph for India'.Addressing party leaders here, Hussain said the bill cannot be accepted ... Read more...
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PML-Q opposes UN commission probe into Benazir’s assassination
September 30th, 2009 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.30 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q) has opposed the investigation of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination case by a UN enquiry commission.PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain said ... Read more...
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UN enquiry commission probing BB’s assassination meets Pak political leaders
September 30th, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.30 (ANI): The United Nations Commission, which is probing the assassination of the former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, met several political leaders here to get more information regarding the ... Read more...
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Xinjiang conflict fanned by ‘hidden hands’: PML-Q
September 20th, 2009 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.20 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the Chinese Government over the recent communal conflict in Xinjiang, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has said that the unrest was an attempt to destabilize China, ... Read more...
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Was Nawaz Sharif against conducting nuclear tests in 1998?
August 30th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug.30 (ANI): Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was not in favour of conducting nuclear tests in 1998, but was 'outlawed' by ... Read more...
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Akbar Bugti was a leader having national approach: PML-Q
August 26th, 2009 - 10:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 26 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday said that Nawab Akbar Bugti was a leader having national approach and advocate of federation.In his message on ... Read more...
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Is Musharraf planning another coup in Pakistan?
August 26th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad/Dubai, Aug. 26 (ANI): Sources close to Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf have revealed that he may consider seizing power again, only a year after a marathon 9-year innings at ... Read more...
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PML-Q rejects Musharraf’s offer to bring different factions together
August 25th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has rejected former President General Pervez Musharraf's suggestion asking both factions of the party to bury their differences and unite.One ... Read more...
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I would never become a politician: Former Pak PM
August 3rd, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug 3 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that politics is not for everyone, adding that he would never become a politician.Aziz said several people had offered ... Read more...
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PML-Q shuns Musharraf, says ‘it has nothing to do with him’
July 29th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 29 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf might be hoping that the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) would come to his rescue amid the volley of legal cases being ... Read more...
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PML-Q blames India for Baloch trouble
June 25th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has blamed India for creating trouble in Balochistan and trying to destabilize the region for its own benefit.Terming Balochistan ... Read more...
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All parties’ conference divided on supporting Pak Army action in Swat
May 19th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 19 (ANI): An all-parties conference (APC), which vowed to unite the nation against the insurgency in Swat and Malakand, is clearly divided in providing support to Pakistan's armed forces ... Read more...
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‘Musharraf engineered defeat of 10 PML-Q leaders in 2008 polls’
May 12th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 12 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf engineered the defeat of ten PML-Q ministers in the 2008 polls to show the world that elections were free and ... Read more...
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Musharraf says no woman or child was killed in Lal Masjid operation
April 20th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr. 20 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf has claimed that no child or woman was killed in the controversial military operation conducted in Lal Masjid in 2007."It ... Read more...
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PML-Q seeks a three party alliance to form government in Punjab
March 15th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.15 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has sought a three party alliance for forming a government in Punjab.
The PML-Q, PML-Nawaz and the PPP should constitute the ... Read more...
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US, UK and Saudi Arabia move to sort out Pakistans political crisis
March 13th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 13 (ANI): In a bid to broker a truce between the PPP-led Government and the PML-N and end the ongoing political turmoil that has alarmed the international community, US ... Read more...
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PPP, PML-Q join hands to form government in Punjab
March 9th, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.9 (ANI): The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) have joined hands to form the government in Punjab province, and declare war against the PML-N.
According to ... Read more...
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Sharif was offered bribe to accept PCO judiciary: PML (N)
February 25th, 2009 - 7:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Feb.25 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (N) has said that Federal Government had tried to bribe Nawaz Sharif , and asked him to recognise the PCO judiciary.
Talking to mediapersons after a ... Read more...
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