Top ally advises Bhutto widower to quit as president of Pakistan

If the security situation in Pakistan is worsening with every passing day, the political situation has also turned explosive with the top ally of beleaguered President Asif Zardari on Monday advising him to quit as the head of the state. The advice to Zardari came from...

Supreme Court, Pakistan: Sharif Brothers can contest elections

Supreme Court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Tuesday lifted a ban on Sharif Brothers which means that now they are eligible to contest elections and hold office. Sharif Brothers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz...

Pakistan's main opposition party fears life attempts on Sharifs

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led by twice-elected former prime minister is expressing serious fears of a possible bid on life of its top leaders -- former PM Nawaz Sharif and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif."The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has...

Pakistan crisis: Sharif unwilling to trust Bhutto widower anymore

ISLAMABAD: The efforts of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its allied parties for reconciliation with twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been declared by the Supreme Court of Pakistan ineligible to contest election to any public office,...

Protests continue in Pakistan over Sharif's disqualification

Protests by supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continued  for third consecutive day in the wake of a Supreme Court verdict declaring their leaders ineligible to contest...

Pakistanis protest court ruling against Sharif

Countrywide protests were staged and shopping centres remained shut in Pakistan on Thursday against the Supreme Court ruling declaring twice-elected former PM Nawaz Sharif and twice-elected former Punjab Chief...

Chaos in largest Pakistan province after contentious court ruling

Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, has plunged into chaos after a court ruling declaring former PM Nawaz Sharif and former Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, as heavy contingents have been deployed at the provincial assembly building to bar the members from entering...

Imran says former Pakistan PM disqualified under Zardari law

Firebrand Pakistani politician Imran  Khan on Wednesday termed the ineligibility of twice-elected former PM Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, who was sitting chief minister of the Punjab province, to...

Update 3: Court declares 2 top Pakistani leaders ineligible

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday declared twice-elected former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, who is sitting chief minister of the largest Punjab province of the country,...

Ex-generals who helped Musharraf grab power now opposed to him

Three former Pakistani general who had played a lead role in toppling  an elected government in 1999 and had paved the way for installation of Gen Pervez Musharraf as chief executive of the country are opposed to their former boss."ISLAMABAD, February 22 (Internews):...

Former Pakistan PM's onslaught on ruling party worries diplomats

The foreign diplomats in the Pakistan capital are worried because of a twice-elected former prime minister's onslaught on the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP)."ISLAMABAD, February 22 (Internews): The announcement by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to take on the ruling...

Former Pakistan PM refuses to meet Zardari for 'photo session'

Annoyed by the government's failure to take right steps in the right direction to overcome the problems facing Pakistan and unfulfillment of promises by the rulers, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has refused to meet President Asif Zardari, saying that he does not want to...

Former Pakistan PM says people's mandate not being honoured

Twice-elected former Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that the mandate given by the people of the country in the February 2008 general elections is not being honoured. Talking to reporters after having meeting with some foreign envoys in...

Sharif, Zardari pledge to thwart political dangers while agreeing to disagree

"The leaders of Pakistan’s two biggest parties have pledged to work together thwart conspiracies against the political system and supremacy of parliament while agreeing to disagree on policies and governance, official sources said here Sunday. President Asif Zardari, who...

British family killed in plane crash in Ireland

A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...

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