Latest: Pakistan's Prime Minister Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani disqualified by Pakistan's top court.
Source: Rantburg
[Dawn] THERE could not have been anything as distressing a sight as watching the Titanic, its hull ruptured by an iceberg, sink slowly into the Atlantic Ocean. Until now, that is. This month, another multi-tiered vessel -- the Pakistain Peoples Pa ...
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Source: Enquirer Herald
Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, will certainly lose his job in September – and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he’s likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minist ...
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Source: The Nation - Pakistan
The NAB Investigating Officer (IO) Waqas on Thursday told a three-member bench headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja that heard the case regarding the implementation of its judgment on appointment of Tauqir Sadiq, who is also involv ...
Full article at: The Nation - Pakistan
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Source: Wall Street Journal
By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The incoming prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, pledged on the campaign trail to end U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan—and will be under legal pressure to do so as soon as he takes office, in what will be an early test of relati ...
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Source: Dawn
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Supreme Court dealt on Wednesday a telling blow to the interim government for its bulk transfers/postings and shuffling of top government officials by suspending all appointments perceived to be done outside ...
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Source: The Nation - Pakistan
Special judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi rejected the application after hearing arguments of Musharraf’s counsel and public prosecutor. During the proceedings, counsel for Musharraf, Ilyas Siddiqui, refuted the allegations levelled against his client, sa ...
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Source: Dawn
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted for hearing a petition filed by PML-N leader Khawaja Mohammad Asif challenging transfers and postings as well as shuffling of senior government officials by the caretaker government. ...
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Source: Zee News
Lahore: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday blamed national and international forces for his Pakistan Peoples Party defeat in the May 11 polls while the party's losing candidates held former premiers Yousuf Raza ...
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