Obama signs Pakistan Act of 2009 (with PS)

""The bill is not acceptable to us in the present form" -Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. " The US President signed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 Kerry-Lugar-Berman...

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 to Reinstate Chief Justice to Defuse Political Crisis

After former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif defied house arrest and led a 'long march' of protesters into Lahore, Pakistan's government asserted Monday that former Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry...

Pakistan Ex-PM Sharif Defies House Arrest as Violence Escalates

Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan's opposition who served as the prime minister of Pakistan for two terms in the early 1990s, has defied an order of house arrest amidst growing political instability in the country...

Pakistan Under Tension : Sunday, 15 March 2009 * Long March Begun

Sunday, 15 March 2009 ----- Long March Begun From Lahore, Heading Towards Islamabad ( Main News Snaps & Points )1) = Lahore ( Punjab, Pakistan ) Long March Begun From Lahore. Nawaz Sharif ( Leader PML - N )...

Nawaz Sharif under House Arrest

Political turmoil in Pakistan has reached a new high after the opposition leader, former PM Nawaz Sharif was placed under house arrest in Lahore along with several other leaders including his brother Sharif's...

Nawaz Sharif Says Pakistani Govt. Plotting To Kill Him

Pakistan ( Lahore )Dated = Thursday, March 12, 2009 ; 08:54 AM PSTNews Source = GEO News PakistanNews Source Link = http://www.geo.tv/3-12-2009/37103.htmPML ( N ) leader Nawaz Sharif has accused the government of...

Is Pervez Musharraf still relevant in Pakistani politics?

" By Moin Ansari Rupee News The gulf between the PPPP and the PMLN is growing. The PMLN has stayed out of the fray and not joined the PPPP. The increased belligerence of Mr. Nawaz Sharif can only be matched by the exponential increase in the public appearances of former...

Time For A Pakistani Putin

" U.S. and U.K.-backed democracy is destroying Pakistan the same way it almost brought Russia to collapse in the 1990s. Pakistan needs a creative and unorthodox solution. This includes curtailing some of the chaotic aspects of democracy in order to help Pakistan heal and...

Pakistan: If It’s Zardari’s End, It Should Be Nawaz’s Too

" “No one party can fool all of the people all of the time, that’s why we have two parties,” says Bob Hope. Zardari may be nearing his end, but what is there to rejoice for if Sharif is his replacement? Both are incompetent, and both belong to parties that...

Pakistan: Sharif Playing Dirty, Again

" The Nawaz league’s recent hooliganism and the destruction of public property isn’t nationalism or a fight for justice. It is sheer terrorism that should be punishable by death! Someone please rid us of both Zardari, Nawaz. Nawaz Sharif has suddenly discovered that...

Sharif verdict sparks unrest in Pakistan

" Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif (R) and his brother Shahbaz Sharif surrounded by supporters Pakistan puts its troops on high alert in its Punjab province after a court ruling triggered political unrest in the violence-wracked country. Paramilitary forces were...

The Lawyer Charade: Forget Principles, It’s Another Dirty Trick

" Nawaz Sharif’s reason for supporting Iftikhar Chaudhry one year ago was to get back at Musharraf, a glorified version of kindergarten revenge. Nothing more. Today, Mr. Sharif’s purpose is to grab the federal government. He believes his right to rule Pakistan was...

A Pakistani Psycho Circus

" Nawaz Sharif favored his daughter. Iftikhar Chaudhry his son. The less said about Zardari the better. And the political squabbling continues even during the height of the Mumbai drama that still has the potential to spark off a full scale war. We see this all the time and...

The Great Game Continues

"By Dr. Sachithanandam Sathananthan, a Visiting Research Scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University School of International Studies, read the following paper for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Cambridge There is great euphoria among Pakistani liberals over the...

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