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	<title>The Statesmen &#124; Media you can Believe in &#187; Nawaz Sharif</title>
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		<title>Petition filed for restoration of Nawaz Sharif&#8217;s 1999 Govt</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/petition-filed-for-restoration-of-nawaz-sharifs-1999-govt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gen Pervez Musharraf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: A Petition has been filed with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking restoration of Nawaz Sharif government which was dissolved on October, 12, 1999. The petitioner had taken the plea in his application that following the declaration of all the steps taken by former president Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional and illegal by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharif’s ‘COAS’ Gen Ziauddin Butt appointed CMIT head</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/sharif%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98coas%e2%80%99-gen-ziauddin-butt-appointed-chairman-cmit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The Sharif brothers have finally appointed the officer they wanted to be as their Chief of the Army Staff in 1999, Gen Ziauddin Butt as the Chairman of the Punjab Chief Minister’s Inspection Team. A senior official of the Punjab government confirmed the appointment to The Statesmen and said that the hassle-free job suits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt decides to table the reforms package despite hurdles</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/govt-decides-to-table-reforms-package-despite-hurdles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/govt-decides-to-table-reforms-package-despite-hurdles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SOUTH ASIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter of Democracy (CoD)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: A High level meeting jointly presided over by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari had decided that the PPP government would go ahead with the tabling of the constitution reforms package before the parliament despite hurdles. The meeting deliberated upon current political situation in the country in the backdrop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CJP should head the proposed judicial commission: Nawaz</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/cjp-should-head-judicial-commission-pml-n-chief-nawaz-sharif/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/cjp-should-head-judicial-commission-pml-n-chief-nawaz-sharif/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif asserted his earlier stance about judges&#8217; appointment and said individual should not appoint judges and Chief Justice of Pakistan must head the Judicial Commission. He was addressing the media here in Lahore. He rejected the impression of taking a U-turn in judges&#8217; appointment. Earlier dismissing talk of a political crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nawaz Sharif isolated as reform committee stands its ground</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/nawaz-sharif-isolated-as-reform-committee-stands-its-ground/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/nawaz-sharif-isolated-as-reform-committee-stands-its-ground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee on constitutional reforms rejected on Friday a proposal by Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif for Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to discuss with the chief justice of Pakistan proposed amendment to the Constitution pertaining to appointment of superior court judges.   The 26-member panel recognised the renaming of the NWFP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accord on judges’ appointment as per Charter of Democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/accord-on-judges%e2%80%99-appointment-as-per-charter-of-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/accord-on-judges%e2%80%99-appointment-as-per-charter-of-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms reached agreement on Tuesday on proposed constitutional amendment over procedure for appointment of]]></description>
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		<title>Only 4 of 22 in the run for NA-55 seat by-election pay taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/show-of-strength-by-rivals-in-na-55-rawalpindi-by-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/show-of-strength-by-rivals-in-na-55-rawalpindi-by-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI: Only four of the 22 candidates running in the NA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI) by-election scheduled for Wednesday have declared their tax details, a report released by a coalition of NGOs working to foster democratic accountabilities reveals. According to declarations made by the contestants in their nomination forms submitted to the Election Commission, only five have declared that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM swears by CoD, promises package by March 23</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm-swears-by-cod-promises-package-by-march-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm-swears-by-cod-promises-package-by-march-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US special envoy Richard Holbrooke meets Nawaz Sharif</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-special-envoy-richard-holbrooke-calls-on-nawaz-sharif/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-special-envoy-richard-holbrooke-calls-on-nawaz-sharif/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD:  US special envoy for the Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke called on PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday.             Sharif told the US official that both Pakistan and India should resume the composite dialogue process. He also emphasized that genuine peace and stability was not possible without a resolution of Kashmir dispute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zardari signs summary of judges appointment on PM&#8217;s advice</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/president-asif-zardari-signs-summary-of-judges-appointment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/president-asif-zardari-signs-summary-of-judges-appointment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thestatesmen.net/?p=10619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM Gilani announces withdrawal of presidential notifications</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/government-accepts-judiciarys-recommendations-to-avoid-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/government-accepts-judiciarys-recommendations-to-avoid-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his government has accepted the recommendations of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Gilani]]></description>
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		<title>Apex court&#8217;s judgment to settle executive-judiciary power chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/apex-courts-judgment-to-settle-the-executive-judiciary-power-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/apex-courts-judgment-to-settle-the-executive-judiciary-power-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Powers of the executive and chief justices are likely to be conclusively settled in the forthcoming judgment of the apex court on]]></description>
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		<title>Zaradri to backtrack to end the Govt-judiciary confrontation</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/zaradri-to-backtrack-to-end-the-govt-judiciary-confrontation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/zaradri-to-backtrack-to-end-the-govt-judiciary-confrontation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Leaders of parties in the ruling coalition urged President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday to withdraw the notifications regarding elevation of Lahore High Court judges to end confrontation between the government and the judiciary. Sources said the proposal was made at a meeting attended by Farooq Sattar of MQM, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry&#8217;s meeting with PM Yousuf Raza Gilani at PM House amid crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm-attends-reception-uninvited-exchanges-pleasantries-with-cj/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pm-attends-reception-uninvited-exchanges-pleasantries-with-cj/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry&#8217;s meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PM house lasted for two and half hours in a pleasant environment on Wednesday (Today) in Islamabad to find the way out of the ongoing crisis. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took on Tuesday a major initiative in what appeared to be an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do Amitabh Bachan, Ch Nisar, Nawaz Sharif &amp; PM Gilani have in common?</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/what-do-amitabh-bachan-ch-nisar-nawaz-sharif-pm-gilani-have-in-common/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the late ‘70s, Indian superstar Amitabh Bachan was known as the ‘angry young man’ of Bollywood. His motto: If it moves, kick it; if it sneers, kill it; if it smiles, kiss it. In the ‘90s, Mian Nawaz Sharif took over as the angry-lost-young man of Pakistani politics. His motto: if it’s red-black-green, bash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>66 Bars&#8217; resolution declares appointment of judges illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: Bar associations across Pakistan passed a unanimous resolution on Monday declaring the February 13 presidential order regarding judges’ appointment illegal. At least]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers announce their plan for boycott, protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI: The national coordination council of lawyers decided on Sunday to boycott courts on Monday in protest against Saturday’s notifications about two Lahore High Court judges in disregard of recommendations of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Addressing a press conference, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief Qazi Mohammad Anwar accused President Asif Ali Zardari of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zardari to chair PPP meeting today to chalk out line of action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will preside over a PPP meeting on Monday to chalk out a line of action to cope with the new judicial crisis which erupted after he issued notifications about two Lahore High Court judges. “It will be a dinner meeting attended by PPP parliamentarians,” presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nawaz Sharif says Govt-judiciary crisis detrimental</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The Quaid Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif has said Sunday the government has started confronting with judiciary and termed the government-judiciary crisis as formidable for democracy. He said PML-N will continue playing its role necessary for survival of democracy. Chairing an important advisory meeting of party members here in Punjab [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilani, Nawaz agree to work for political stability</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and PML(N) leader Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif held a meeting and agreed to work for political stability. The leaders also agreed that all outstanding issues should also be resolved in accordance with Charter of Democracy. During the meeting, they took review of the current political, economic and security situation [...]]]></description>
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