Politics

PM summons party leaders to discuss caretaker premier

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has summoned a meeting with PPP leaders to discuss the deadlock between the government and opposition regarding appointment of the caretaker prime minister. The meeting will be attended by Yousuf Raza Gila...

Khursheed Shah meets Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Syed Khursheed Shah called on PML-N leader Ishaq Dar and discussed issues pertaining to caretaker premier, interim CM and dissolution of Punjab Assembly, media reported. Sources said privy to the...

PML-N recommends 4 names for parliamentary committee

LAHORE: With the deadline for the government and opposition to appoint a caretaker prime minister set to expire at midnight, the PML-N has recommended four names for the parliamentary committee. After the expiration of the deadline, the matter of the...

CM sends advice to governor to dissolve Sindh Assembly

KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah has sent the advice to dissolve the provincial assembly to Governor Dr Ishrat ul Ebad. Earlier a consensus was reached between the Sindh government and opposition to appoint Justice (retd) Qurban Alvi as th...

ECP allots electoral symbols to parties

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allotted electoral symbols to several political parties for the upcoming general elections. The Muttahida Quami Movement have been allotted the symbol of the kite, PML-Q has been allotted the c...

Protest demo against out of turn promotions

KARACHI: The employees of Sindh Secretariat staged a protest demonstration here on Tuesday against illegal absorptions and out of turn promotions. The protest was led by Additional Secretaries Imran Soomro, Dr Azeem, Abida Lodhi, Anjum Fatima Jumania...

JCSC meeting discusses support to ECP in polls

RAWALPINDI: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Meeting (JCSC) was held here at the Joint Staff Headquarters. According to ISPR press release, General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, presided over the meeting which was...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly dissolved

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has been dissolved after the advice sent by Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti was signed by Governor Engineer Shaukatullah. The Governor House had received the advice on Tuesday after it was sent by the chief ...

Justice (r) Qurban Alvi chosen for Caretaker CM Sindh slot

KARACHI: Sindh Government and the Opposition have finally come to an accord and have named Justice (retd) Qurban Alvi as the Caretaker Chief Minister Tuesday, media reported. The Sindh Assembly is expected to be dissolved on Tuesday night. The announ...

Obama to meet four African leaders in March

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will welcome four African leaders to Washington this month, the White House said Monday. Obama on March 28 will meet with the president of Senegal, Macky Sall; of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma; of Malawi, Joyce...

Tibetan woman self-immolates in China

BEIJING: A Tibetan woman burned herself to death, leading authorities in China to detain her husband, rights groups and media reports said Tuesday, in the latest such protest against Beijing's rule. Around 110 Tibetans have now set themselves on fire...

China, US 'have enormous shared interests': Xi

BEIJING: China's new head of state Xi Jinping said Tuesday his country and the United States "have enormous shared interests", in his first major diplomatic encounter since assuming office last week. "In the China-US relationship, we have enormous sh...

US Supreme Court take up voter rights again

WASHINGTON: Voter rights were back on the agenda Monday at the Supreme Court as the nation's top court took up a controversial law that requires stringent proof of citizenship for voter registration. At issue is an Arizona law that aims to block ille...

Coalition partner quits Indian government

NEW DELHI: A regional party from southern India said Tuesday that it was withdrawing from the national ruling coalition, weakening the government which was already a minority in parliament, reports said. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), based in ...

India government rocked by coalition partner pullout

NEW DELHI: A regional party from southern India announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing from the national ruling coalition, weakening the government which was already a minority in parliament. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), based in the state...

KP governor receives advice to dissolve assembly

PESHAWAR: The Governor House of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has received the advice of dissolving the provincial assembly sent by Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti Tuesday, media reported. CM Amir Haider Khan Hoti had sent the advice to Governor House on M...

Commission aimed to deteriorate situation in country: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked on Tuesday that the attempt to set up a two-judge commission over the Supreme Court aimed to deteriorate the situation in the country, media reported. A three-member bench heade...

Govt, opposition have 1 day left to select interim PM name

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition have been unable to evolve consensus over a name for the post of caretaker prime minister and have one more day left to decide the issue. After 12:00 am tonight the matter would be referred to an eight-mem...

Interim PM: Ball will fall into committee’s court after Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party leader Khursheed Shah Monday said in case the issue of caretaker prime minister’s nomination was not resolved in one day, the Parliamentary committee would make its decision on the matter. Talking to media persons h...

Altaf promises ‘just, equitable system' if MQM elected

MIRPURKHAS: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain that his party if elected in the forthcoming general elections would give Pakistan a ‘just and equitable system’. Addressing a rally here at Gama Stadium on Monday on the occasion of the ...

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