Tag: Bhutto
No Kites Fly: Basant Canceled
Basant, Pakistan's famous kite-flying festival, will not be taking place this year due to increased political violence. "The Basant festival brings a springtime buzz to eastern Pakistan and its regional capital,...
Bhutto’s party names candidate for PM office
ISLAMABAD, March 22: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday evening put an end to speculation about new prime minister of Pakistan as it named Syed Yousaf Raza...
Girl power: Pakistan's first 'madam speaker'
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Dr Fehmida Mirza of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), on Wednesday became the 18th speaker of the National Assembly and first woman in the...
PAKISTAN NEWS: Nominations for speaker, deputy sp...
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The nomination papers of the candidates for offices of the speaker and deputy speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly were accepted here Tuesday.
Dr Fahmida Mirza, Israr Tareen, Faisal Karim...
Newly elected Pakistani MPs take oath
ISLAMABAD, March 17: Newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly took oath as the lower house of bicameral Parliament met amid unprecedented security measures here Monday.
The inaugural maiden session...
A Powerful Suicide Bomber Attack In Rawalpindi
"Rawalpindi (ABC Live):The terrorism is not letting Pakistan come out of its shell.Today a power full bomb blasted in Rawalpindi,"
Pakistan polls satisfactory 839 seats :CEC
Former premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif today said he would meet PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and leaders of other democratic forces soon to discuss the formation of a new government, hours after the two...
Slain Bhutto’s party to lead new coalition gove...
Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of slain Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan Muslim
League (PML-N) of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may form coalition
government in Islamabad after emerging as two top winners respectively...
Musharraf-backed party faces crushing defeat in c...
As the outcome of make-or-break elections in Pakistan started becoming
apparent, it clearly transpired that the former ruling Pakistan Muslim
League-Q (PML-Q) stands no chance of being part of future government...
Election fever grips Pakistan but doubts still pe...
With the election day just a few days away, the election-related activities are at their peak across Pakistan and all political parties, except those which have announced to boycott the poll, are busy in...
Feb 18 election in Pakistan may be the most viole...
Despite doubts being expressed by some quarters about fate of the delayed general election, the interim Pakistani regime seems determined to hold election on February 18 but the exercise may see much more violence this time around as compared to the previous...
Poll: Pakistanis turn against bin Laden
"By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer Sun Feb 10, 5:33 AM ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Sympathy for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in Pakistan amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll.
The survey,...
PPP rejects report of Scotland Yard investigators...
Although the Scotland Yard investigators, who were assigned the task of investigating into the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, on Friday unveils its report declaring that she was...
Musharraf proves he was right on Benazir Bhutto ...
"ABC Live: Pakistani President Musharraf stand on cause of death of Benazir Bhutto who died in terrorist attack on December 27, in Karachi is vindicated by Scotland Yard team today when they finally announced its finding on the controversy."
Pakistani police arrest 2 in Bhutto`s murder case
Islamabad (ANTARA News) - Pakistani police have arrested two people allegedly involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, local TV channels reported on Thursday.Interior Ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema confirmed the arrest of...
