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Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reportedly advised President Pervez Musharraf to pardon Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh after reviewing his case. "I have advised the president that he should stop (Sarabjit's) execution and it should be reviewed by the ministries of Interior, Foreign ... 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...

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 10 (ANI): PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has reportedly called a joint meeting of his partys Central Working Committee and parliamentary group on May 12, to decide whether to continue to support the PPP-led federal coalition government. May 12 is the fresh deadline for restoration ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reportedly advised President Pervez Musharraf that Indian inmate Sarabjit Singh, accused of having a hand in 1998 Lahore bomb blasts, should be pardoned after his case is given a re-look. I have advised to the President that he should ... Read more...

DPA Islamabad, May 9 (DPA) Pakistani authorities Friday released a nationalist and senior rebel leader, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, as part of reconciliatory efforts to end violence in the insurgency-hit south-western province of Balochistan. Mengal, who is the chief of his own faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), was arrested in ... 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 8 (ANI): Human rights activists and experts from various fields remembered Gandhian icon Nirmala Deshpande, who passed away in New Delhi on May 1, as an apostle of peace who always fought for the cause of human rights in India. They praised her at a seminar held at ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) In a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km Thursday, a day after India tested a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to targets up to 3,000 km away. Pakistan's Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) missile had been ... Read more...

Washington, May 8 (ANI): The PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan, but former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was more of a problem and needed to be watched, said Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who chairs the Pakistan Caucus on Capitol Hill. We should applaud PPP. They are trying to ... Read more...

Islamabad , May 8 (ANI): A day after India launched its Agni-III missile, Pakistan test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII air-launched cruise missile, which has a range of 350 kilometers. A Pakistan military spokesperson said that the Hatf-VIII or Raad Missile would enhance the countrys capability to strike at targets on land ... Read more...

DPA Islamabad, May 8 (DPA) Pakistan Thursday successfully test fired an air-launched cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said. The launch of the Ra'ad missile, which has a range of 350 km, was carried out at an undisclosed location, the military said, and came a day after India said ... 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...

Xinhua Islamabad, May 8 (Xinhua) Pakistan Thursday successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII air-launched cruise missile, an army statement said. The test of the Hatf-VIII or Raad missile was part of a "continuing process of validating the design parameters of the weapon system", the statement said without mentioning where the missile ... Read more...

Lahore, May 8 (ANI): PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that while the ruling party the PPP does not recognise President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president, the countrys economic conditions may deteriorate if he was impeached. He further said that while the PPP did not support Musharraf, the ... 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...

DPA Peshawar, May 6 (DPA) Six people, including three policemen, were killed Tuesday in two separate attacks by suspected pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said. A suicide bomber, who was riding a motorcycle rickshaw, blew himself up when stopped by the police at a check post near ... 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...

Washington, May 6 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State, John D Negroponte has said that Washington was distancing itself from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and extending its support to the new democratic government in Islamabad. The US administration was keeping a close contact with PPP C-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday evening that India and Pakistan should deal with the issue of release of prisoners on "humanitarian grounds". This was the first reaction of the prime minister after reports that Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's execution has been put off "indefinitely" ... Read more...

Multan, May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that matters relating to the Presidency will be handled constitutionally and the issue of forging a working relationship with President Pervez Musharraf will be decided by the National Assembly. Parliament will not be a mere rubber stamp and ... Read more...

Multan, May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that matters relating to the Presidency will be handled constitutionally and the issue of forging a working relationship with President Pervez Musharraf will be decided by the National Assembly. Parliament will not be a mere rubber stamp and ... Read more...

Lahore, May 5 (ANI): A section of counter-terrorism officials in the US fear that the peace deals which the Pakistan government was offering to terrorists in the tribal areas might lead to worst nightmare scenario whereby al Qaeda leaders will have more freedom than ever to recruit and train ... Read more...

Washington, May 5 (ANI): After losing the February 18 general elections, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf lost powers and is no more in the capacity to harm the press, hence his name has been put off the list of predators of press freedom prepared by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based ... Read more...

Lahore, May 5 (ANI): In order to forge a more friendly relationship with the PPP, the biggest political party in the ruling coalition, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is learnt to be planning to bring about a change in the top leadership of the erstwhile ruling party the PML-Q. He is ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that terrorists are enemies of Pakistan and peace, adding that the government wouldnt compromise on the terrorism issue. Japan would provide 479 million dollars soft loan to Pakistan, Qureshi told reporters while addressing a joint news conference ... Read more...

Lahore, May 3 (ANI): A federal minister in the Pakistan government, who is actively involved in the process of reinstatement of deposed judges, has said that the federal government had no plans to consult President Pervez Musharraf over the issue. He said the government had no intention of taking Musharraf ... Read more...

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 ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) A new book reveals that Pakistan planned its costly Kargil military operation, which almost triggered a major war with India, years before it actually happened in the summer of 1999. The book, "Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army and the Wars Within", comes up with admissions by ... Read more...

By Muhammad Najeeb Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistanis have mourned the death of peace activist and Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande for her contribution to the peace process between Pakistan and India. Deshpande had travelled many times to Pakistan, always promoting the Gandhian ideal of peaceful co-existence. She was known as 'Didi' among ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly agreed to let his power under Article 58(2) b of the Constitution be taken away, but has insisted for a legal cover for all actions he took as Army Chief after imposing the state of emergency on Nov 3 ... Read more...

Islamabad, May 3 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said that he was unaware about the May 12 deadline for the restoration of the sacked judges in Pakistan. "Several decisions taken in the meeting between PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif in Dubai, such ... Read more...