May 11th, 2008 - 2:46 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 11 (Xinhua) Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said the coalition will not split as it has to steer Pakistan out of crises. At a press conference Saturday in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Gilani said there was no disagreement between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
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London, May 11 (ANI): Talks between key leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) on the sacked judges' restoration issue being held here have ended in a deadlock.
PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif told the Dawn that a legal committee formed to work out ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 11:35 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza gilani and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari are reported to be seriously thinking of dissolving the National Assembly if their coalition arrangement with Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) collapses.
Sources told The News that Gilani could opt ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb and Dipankar De Sarkar
Islamabad/London, May 10 (IANS) The main constituents of Pakistan's fragile ruling alliance were at loggerheads again Saturday - a day after seven hours of London talks failed to break a deadlock on whether to reinstate judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan Peoples Party ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by admin
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London, May 10 (ANI): A meeting between President of Pakistan Muslim League-N Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been set on Saturday evening, sources have said.
The meeting will be the final effort to save the ruling coalition.
Meanwhile, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, who ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by admin
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By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, May 10 (IANS) The two leaders of Pakistan's ruling alliance have failed to reach agreement on the important issue of reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, agreeing to disagree after seven hours of inconclusive talks here. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan may end up having two Supreme Courts to break the deadlock between the two ruling coalition parties over the restoration of higher court judges sacked last year by President Pervez Musharraf. With the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz) ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 1:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz) has again threatened to quit the cabinet if judges of the higher courts sacked by President Pervez Musharraf are not given back their jobs by Monday. A PML-N leader stated this to IANS as talks between Pakistan Peoples Party ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Senior minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday ruled out extension of the May 12 deadline for restoration of deposed judges.
We want the restoration of deposed judges on pre-November 3 positions by May 12 and shall not accept ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 9 (DPA) Pakistan's law minister Friday said the ruling coalition was unlikely to meet the new May 12 deadline for the restoration of judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf, bringing the fragile alliance on the verge of collapse. The two major coalition leaders, Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 9 (ANI): Cutting across party lines, Pakistani Senators have reportedly urged the PPP-led coalition government to withdraw from the US-led so-called war against terrorism and make the foreign policy independent of American dictation.
They said this in a debate in the Senate to review the pro-US foreign policy ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 9 (ANI): In the wake of the committee set up to deliberate on the sacked judges issue not reaching a consensus on the draft resolution for judicial restoration, the sacked judges are not likely to be restored by May 12, the new deadline set after the earlier ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, leaders of the main partners of Pakistan's ruling coalition, are scheduled to meet over lunch in London Thursday to discuss the fate of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf when he imposed emergency Nov 3 last year, official ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 10:59 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, the two top leader of the main partners in Pakistan's ruling coalition, will meet in London to discuss the vexed issue of the restoration of judges after their talks in Dubai last week failed to iron out their ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has reportedly refused to budge from its stand on the judges restoration issue.
The News quoted party sources as saying on Wednesday that a middle path solution to the issue was unacceptable to their leadership.
The revelation came as two sessions of ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) The committee formed by Pakistan's ruling coalition allies Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to suggest a framework for the tricky issue of restoration of judges has reached a breakthrough, said Law Minister Farooq H. Naek. The committee met Tuesday night ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) The Sindh High Court Tuesday dropped all corruption and criminal cases against Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Asif Ali Zardari, once nicknamed Mr.Ten Percent for his alleged extortion and now considered amongst the country's most influential persons. Zardari, elected co-chair of the PPP along ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) The Election Commission's decision to defer by-elections has generated fresh mistrust in Pakistan's turbulent politics with unanswered questions on who initiated the move and the motive behind it. The poll panel's move Monday to postpone the elections, due on June 18, by two months ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 5 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday postponed bye-elections to August 18 for security reasons.
A press release issued by the ECP said that the holding of fresh/bye-elections was scheduled for June 18, 2008, but due to security reasons and preparation of the budget, it ...
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May 5th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 5 (Xinhua) Shahbaz Sharif, president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Monday filed his nomination papers to contest the June 18 by-elections, Geo TV reported. Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, will contest the by-elections from two constituencies in Lahore, the ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 10:06 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad , May 4 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly indicated that he would agree to diluting some of his powers provided he was allowed to stay on with dignity and decide upon his time and method of departure.
Sources told the Daily Times that presidential aides were in ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 9:37 am ICT by admin
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London, May 4 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that there is no need for Pakistan to seek the approval of the United States on the issue of restoring judges who were sacked on November 3, 2007 by the President General Pervez Musharraf.
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May 4th, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 4 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that there is a complete consensus between himself and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif over restoring the deposed judges on or by May 12.
Talking to reporters at Zardari House here on Saturday, Zardari ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) After the reinstatement of the deposed judges May 12, Pakistan will see a mixed bag of judges - those who refused to bow to President Pervez Musharraf and those who did, a newspaper said Saturday. "This will shatter the dream of millions of struggling Pakistanis, who ...
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May 3rd, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the restoration of sacked judges is a crucial issue and should be resolved by devising a formula.
According to the Daily Times, Zardari said he backed what Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif had said ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 10:01 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 2 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has conveyed Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari that he would allow the reinstatement of the deposed judges, according to sources.
According to the Geo News, Musharraf has conveyed the message in this regard to Zardari.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-N chief ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 9:24 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Lahore, May 2 (IANS) All deposed judges of Pakistan's Supreme Court will be restored to their posts through a parliamentary resolution May 12, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced Friday. Addressing a press conference here after his party's Central Working Committee meeting, Sharif said: "The deposed judges will ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by admin
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By Muhammad Najeeb
Lahore, May 2 (IANS) Pakistan's sacked judges will be restored May 12 through a parliamentary resolution, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced here Friday, a day after concluding talks with ruling coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Dubai. Addressing a meeting of his party's Central ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 8:10 pm ICT by admin
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Lahore, May 2 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that the resolution in connection with judges restoration will be presented in the Parliament on May 12.
The deposed judges will be restored on May 12 through a resolution to November 2 position, The News quoted Sharif, ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 2 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly agreed to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) plan to do away with Article 58 (2) B, which empowers him to dissolve the National Assembly.
Legal aides of Musharraf are giving final touches to a bill to indemnify the suspended ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 2 (ANI): There is a possibility that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will seek a stay order from the Supreme Court should attempts be made to restore by the National Assembly if the judges sacked by him on November 3, 2007.
There is also a strong possibility that the ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 2 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have agreed to giving a five-year tenure to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, thus reducing the tenure of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by three years.
The News quoted sources in Dubai as ...
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May 2nd, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, May 2 (ANI): Mediators are actively and assiduously working to end the deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over the sacked judges' restoration issue.
According to the Daily Times, the mediators have taken Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain into ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
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By Aroonim Bhuyan and Muhammad Najeeb
Dubai/Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) Pakistan's main ruling partners Thursday ended the final round of their talks in Dubai on reinstating sacked judges without any disclosure of their decision, but said they have "good news" for the nation. "Yes, we have concluded our talks. We have ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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Dubai, May 1 (ANI): Soon after holding parleys with the Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that the talks were a step towards resolving the issue of reinstatement of the judges.
There is no ambiguity; there is no doubt ...
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May 1st, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by admin
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