
LONDON: The Pakistan High Commissioner in London on Friday bitterly attacked, using extra strong language, over ‘The Statesmen’ report that the 12 Swiss boxes had been moved to his residence but still did not deny that the boxes were not at his home. Wajid Shamsul Hasan, rebutting the report, called it baseless, malicious and unfounded. [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has pledged to restore the 1973 Constitution to its original form and said his government
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RAWALPINDI: An accountability court here reserved its verdict on the acquittal plea of Salman Farooqi, Secretary General to President Asif Ali Zardari, in the ARY Gold corruption reference till March 6. Wamiq Javaid, the judge of Court-II, withheld his order on the acquittal application by Farooqi under section 265-K, power of court to acquit of [...]
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ISLAMABAD: The Chief Election Commissioner on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the eligibility of President Asif Ali Zardari
March 2, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: The new Pakistani ambassador to Syria, appointed by President Zardari, has summarily sacked the entire staff and faculty
February 28, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: UN Commission probing the assassination of Benazir Bhutto says it would submit its findings on 31st March to the
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday constituted a five-member full bench to hear the case against President Asif Ali Zardari holding dual offices — of the President of Pakistan and the Co-chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The LHC’s full bench will be headed by Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and will begin hearing the [...]
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QUETTA: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government is ready to hold talks with exiled Baloch leaders to convince them about sincerity of its efforts to solve
February 26, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: The controversy over the issue of who will write the letter to Swiss authorities to reopen corruption cases against President
February 25, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: The members of UN Commission on Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto today called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr today. Interior Minister Mr. Rehman A. Malik, Secretary General to the President Mr. Salman Faruqui, Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar and other senior officials were also present during the meeting. Briefing [...]
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ISLAMABAD: The ministry of law stopped the National Accountability Bureau from directly approaching the Swiss government for reopening of money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in compliance with the Supreme Court order. In a letter sent to NAB Chairman Naveed Ahsan, the ministry said since the bureau acted as a prosecuting agency while [...]
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ISLAMABAD: A letter from Punjab Governor Salman Taseer written to President Asif Ali Zardari during the recent crisis over judicial appointments has revealed apprehensions of alleged nepotism within the superior judiciary as was reported earlier by ‘The Statesmen’. ‘The Statesmen’ has obtained a summary of the governor sent to the presidency with detailed comments about [...]
February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has said there was a clear point of difference in the views of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf
February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms reached agreement on Tuesday on proposed constitutional amendment over procedure for appointment of
February 24, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Chairman in discussions with the government has called for an expedition on the dates of the Swiss case against President Asif Ali Zardari here on Monday. Earlier in the day, Informed sources told our correspondent the NAB chief was said to be in a quandary over the SC order for [...]
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LAHORE: After a breakfast meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters here on Monday he would ask the parliament’s constitutional reforms committee to complete its report on amending the Constitution before March 23. The package of amendments, he said, would be based on the Charter [...]
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday gave the green signal to the Attorney General and Law Ministry to get the process started for reopening his Swiss cases. The formal request for reopening of the cases will be filed with the Swiss government by Monday. Sources told our correspondent that President Zardari realizing that [...]
February 21, 2010 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari expressed satisfaction on Friday over the end of confrontation between the government and
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Wednesday a new summary regarding appointment of three judges of the Supreme Court and 22 additional judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) and nine of Sindh High Court (SHC), presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. The president, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, appointed Justice Saqib [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his government has accepted the recommendations of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Gilani
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