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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has conveyed its concerns about cross-border terrorism to visiting Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Maqdoom Amin Faheem, a party spokesman said here. "Cross-border terrorism is the biggest hurdle in the peace process between India and Pakistan. We have ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Ahead of talks between India and Pakistan next week, former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has struck an upbeat note saying both sides should "seize the opportunity to clinch all issues" and abolish the restrictive visa regime. Underlining cross-party consensus on building better bilateral ties, ... Read more...

Karachi, May 15 (ANI): The Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly, Shehla Raza, has said that legal hurdles are coming in the way of the immediate reinstatement of the deposed judges in Pakistan. The Daily Times quoted Raza as saying that people were well aware of the facts and ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he was still engaged in talks with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, and believes the future of the ruling coalition is bright in Pakistan. Addressing a press conference here, at his house ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday his party will restore the sacked judges but it will be done through a "parliament act" and he cannot give any deadline for it. "I am not in a position to give deadline, but ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Stunned by the serial blasts in Jaipur that Tuesday killed at least 63 people and injured more than 200, India asserted Wednesday that "cross-border terrorism" was back on the agenda for talks with Pakistan. "Stopping cross-border terror is very high on our priority," said foreign ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) The political crisis caused by the collapse of Pakistan's ruling coalition is impacting on the country's budget making exercise, with bureaucrats apprehending they would not be able to complete the task by the early June deadline. Pakistan's fiscal 2008-09 begins July 1. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was ... Read more...

By Pranay Sharma New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The synchronized bomb blasts Tuesday in Jaipur, preceded by an attack at the Samba garrison in Jammu and Kashmir two days earlier, has brought back "terrorism" to the centrestage of India-Pakistan talks scheduled for next week. "There is no doubt that terrorism will ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Contrary to popular perception, it now emerges that it is former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and not Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that heads the country's ruling coalition, who is calling the shots in Pakistan's political roller coaster ride. This view ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Tuesday compared President Pervez Musharraf to a "dangerous virus" that was harmful for Pakistan's democracy and said it was important to remove him. "Just like a deadly virus in any computer that can destroy the whole ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A day after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif announced his party's withdrawal from the cabinet, nine federal ministers of the party Tuesday submitted their resignations over disagreement on the issue of sacked judges. The resignations come six weeks after the PML-N joined ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 13 (ANI): All the nine federal ministers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday handed over their resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gillani over the restoration of deposed judges issue. The names of the PML-N ministers are Khwaja Saad Rafique, Ishaq Dar, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Rana ... Read more...

Xinhua Islamabad, May 13 (Xinhua) Ministers from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani Tuesday afternoon, marking the end of the six-week-old coalition government. PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif announced Monday that the PML-N ministers would resign following the failure of talks with the Pakistan ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India is closely watching political developments in Pakistan after former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's party pulled out of the ruling coalition, triggering uncertainty in the neighbouring country. India is concerned that prolonged uncertainty and unstable government in Pakistan could slow down the peace process between ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The issue of reinstatement of judges, sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last year, was pushed to the centre-stage of Pakistani politics Monday with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz pulling out of the coalition cabinet and lawyers across Pakistan observing a 'black day'. The PML-N decided ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Monday decided to pull out of the cabinet following failure of talks with coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) over the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf last year. Former prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif told reporters ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was Monday set to decide on withdrawing its ministers from the cabinet after its talks with the ruling coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) failed to resolve their difference over the reinstatement of judges. "But the party will continue ... Read more...

By Dipankar De Sarkar and Muhammad Najeeb London/Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A senior US official joined Pakistani leaders for talks in London Sunday but the last-ditch mediation bid reportedly failed to break a prolonged deadlock on whether to reinstate judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf. US Assistant Secretary of State for ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The May 21 meeting between the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers in Islamabad was to help push forward the peace process between the two neighbours but reports of the "plight" of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails may now cast a shadow over it. External Affairs ... Read more...

DPA Islamabad, May 11 (DPA) A senior US diplomat intervened Sunday to end the deadlock between Pakistan's governing coalition partners over the reinstatement of deposed judges that seriously threatens their month-old alliance. President Pervez Musharraf, a favourite of the US for his unflinching support in the war against terror, sacked around ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistan's leading ruling coalition partners, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have failed to reach an agreement to reinstate superior court judges as a senior American official reached London for possible mediation. "US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher ... Read more...

Xinhua 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) ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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) ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

DPA 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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

Lahore, May 6 (ANI): PML-Q president and former Pakistan premier Shujaat Hussain has said that the ruling coalition will never impeach President Pervez Musharraf. But, falling short of citing any reason for the same, he told media persons -- You know well of why they can not do so. The ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...