Politics

'MQM will enter the polls independently'

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the possibility of an alliance with any political party, Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Dr Farooq Sattar, Saturday said the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) would independently run in the electoral race coming up, media reported...

Only Parliament can legislate: Kaira

LALA MUSA: Information Minister Kamar Zaman Kaira Saturday said that no institution other than the Parliament is competent to undertake legislation and nowhere in the Constitution it was laid down that a separate mandate would have to be sought for i...

John Kerry takes State Department oath

WASHINGTON: John F. Kerry sworn in as secretary of state by Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in a small, private ceremony in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room Friday afternoon, officials said. After 28 years of reviewing foreign ...

JUI-F not to join PML-N sit-in: Fazl

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema e Islam-Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) has decided not to take part in expected sit-in of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) outside Parliament House on 4th February. JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressing his displeasure said ...

‘State organs should work within limits’

SUKKAR: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and PPP leader Syed Khurshid Shah has said that the present assemblies would complete their constitutional tenure, media reported. The minister said that every institution should work within their limits...

Gilani files review petition

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani filed a review petition against his disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday here, media reported. The former premier was sent packing for not complying with the apex court 's o...

Gilani decides to file review petition

MULTAN: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to file review petition against his disqualification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, media reported. Sources said that Gilani would personally appear before the apex court to file review ...

Joint sitting of parliament on 6th

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Ministry for Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has sent a summary to the President to convene a joint sitting of the parliament to endorse imposition of governor rule in Balochistan on February 6th, media reported Friday. G...

Khi: Voters’ verification date extended

KARACHI: Date for verification of voters’ lists in Karachi has been extended by 10 days and now it will continue till February 11, 2013, media reported. According to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) sources, the date for door-to-door verificatio...

LHC blasts moves for new provinces

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) questioned wisdom of Punjab Assembly lawmakers for passing resolution on restoration of Bahawalpur province despite their lack of knowledge about the status of Bahwalpur in the past. Seeking notification about form...

NA: Privilege motion over new provinces

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has submitted a privilege motion in the National Assembly over issue of new provinces, media reported. In the motion submitted by PML-N MNAs, it is contended that the commission formed on new provinces ...

It's high time to end feudal system: MQM

LAHORE: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain, has said that MQM wants to bring a revolution that will empower 180 million people of Pakistan, and the rule of a few families would end. “Time has come to end the feudal estates because i...

Wheel-jam strike in Balochistan today

QUETTA: A wheel-jam strike would be observed across Balochistan against the imposition of governor's rule in the province on the call of JUI-F, BNP-Awami and some politicians of PPP. Senator and JUI-F leader Hamdullah said that Balochistan Assembly w...

Wish no clash with judiciary: Naek

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law, Farooq H Naiek, said that President Asif Ali Zardari would take action only if Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Fasih Bukhari, tenders an unconditional resignation, media reported Thursday. Talking t...

‘ECP members appointment unlawful: Qadri

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri on Thursday said that formation of the Election Commission of Pakistan and discretionary funds of parliamentarians were unconstitutional, media reported. Speaking to media, he said that he had d...

Anti-democracy forces to be defeated: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that enemies of democracy would be defeated. Speaking at an inaugural ceremony of Virtual University Gojar Khan Campus on Thursday, he said that masses would not allow anybody to derail the democr...

No hindrance in voter verification: CEC

KARACHI: Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has said that there was no hindrance in the process of voters’ verification being carried out in Karachi. The CEC who visited several areas of the city and interacted with the citizens, told m...

Australia to go to the polls on Sep 14

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday broke with tradition and announced the nation would go to the polls on September 14, saying she wanted to give "shape and order" to the year. Australians usually know only weeks before when...

Postponing polls to be disastrous: JI

LAHORE: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has warned that any move to put off the elections and impose an unconstitutional set up in the country for a couple of years would have disastrous consequences. In a statement here on Tues...

Zardari, Raja chair allies’ meeting

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of coalition partners of the PPP-led government is underway at the President House, media reported Tuesday. The prime minister and the president are jointly presiding over the meeting which is attended by the representatives of t...

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