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Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) A number of parliamentarians met and told Yousuf Raza Gilani that they stood firmly by him after the prime minister spoke of the supremacy of parliament in a tussle with the army. The parliamentarians extended full support to the prime minister for his assertion that ‘State within a State is not acceptable’ and that all institutions [...]
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) At least five troopers were killed and 12 injured early Saturday when a suicide bomber drove his vehicle packed with explosives into a paramilitary camp in northwest Pakistan, a media report said. The dead and the injured were paramilitary soldiers, said Geo TV. The attack took place at about 6 a.m. Saturday when a suicide bomber [...]
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said there is a ‘complete convergence of views’ between Islamabad and Beijing on global and regional issues as Pakistan hosts a top Chinese official whose visit comes amid a clash between the government and the army. Gilani Friday said Pakistan and China’s comprehensive cooperation and robust partnership was in the fundamental [...]
Islamabad, Dec 24 (IANS) All institutions of the state have to work within the constitution without trespassing into the domain of others, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said at a meeting amid tension between the government and the army. The meeting took place Friday, a day when Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani assured [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) The army will support the democratic process in the country, assured army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as he dispelled speculations of a military takeover Friday, a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani insisted that conspiracies were being hatched to oust the elected government. General Kayani reiterated that the army has and will continue to [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) There was no threat to democracy in Pakistan, said the country’s powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani Friday, a day after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani insisted that conspiracies were being hatched to oust the government. General Kayani said the army would continue to support the democratic process, reported Geo News. The army chief was speaking [...]
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) Washington has refused to apologise for last month’s NATO strike that plunged US-Pakistani relations to a new low as Pentagon sought to split the blame for the attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The US military report released Thursday concluded that US forces ‘acted in self-defense and with appropriate force after being fired upon’ when they [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) The Pakistani government spent over Rs.3 billion on advertisments in various newspapers and periodicals from July to November, a minister said. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said Thursday that Rs.3,092,043,836 has been paid to various newspapers and periodicals as advertisement charges, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. She said said the payment of advertisement [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected the report of an investigation into last month’s NATO airstrike that left two dozen Pakistani soldiers dead, saying it is ‘short on facts’. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the Pakistani Army ‘does not agree with the findings of the US/NATO inquiry as being reported in the media’. ‘The inquiry report is short [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) The spectre of a clash between the army and the government is haunting Pakistan and any deviation from the constitution will have ‘extremely threatening implications for the future of democratic processes’, a leading English daily said Friday. ‘A spectre is haunting Pakistan – the spectre of a clash between the army and the government that threatens [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir will be provided security after he received threats, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir said Wednesday that he received threatening messages after his talk show criticised the security establishment. Mir stated publicly that if anything happened to him, the security establishment would be responsible. Rehman Malik Thursday strongly [...]
Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan has rejected an investigation report by the US into last month’s NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, a media report said Friday. Geo News reported that Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) rejected the findings of the US-NATO probe. A statement termed the report as biased as well as lacking in key facts. The Nov [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered an investigation into threats received by a senior Pakistani TV journalist who complained about it a day ago. Geo TV anchor Hamid Mir revealed Wednesday that he received seriously threatening messages after his talk show criticised the security establishment, the Geo TV reported. Mir stated publicly that if anything happened [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Conspiracies are being hatched to oust the elected Pakistani government from power, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday, insisting that ‘nobody is above the law’ and all institutions in the country are ‘subservient to parliament’. ‘There cannot be a state within a state. Nobody can say that he is not under the government,’ Gilani said. [...]
The decision by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) to formally file charges against David Coleman Headley is unlikely to be of any material consequence for the convicted key Mumbai terror plotter is lodged in an undisclosed US prison. Headley’s extradition to face charges and stand trial in India was an option that US federal prosecutors had taken off the table [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s defence ministry does not have operational control over the military and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the ministry has admitted in the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Defence Wednesday conceded that it has no operational control over the armed forces as well as the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reported the daily Dawn. The Supreme Court is hearing [...]
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) Noting that Pakistan deliberately uses terrorism against India, a US scholar has advocated stronger ties with New Delhi and asking Islamabad to start cooperating or lose its aid and face outright isolation. Pakistan’s behaviour and its policies are a fully rational response to its leaders conception of the country’s national interest, especially those in the military, [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) A top official has ‘just made history’ by re-appointing himself for three more years, a Pakistani daily said Thursday, terming this ‘preposterous’. Sadat Anwar Kambrani, chairman of the Balochistan Development Authority, has ‘just made history and re-appointed himself for a further three years’, an editorial in the News International said. ‘A precedent has been set, and [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan and France have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote science. Minister for Science and Technology Mir Changez Khan Jamali along with French Ambassador Philippe Thiebaud and Secretary Ministry of Science and Technology Ikhlaq Ahmad Tarar were present at a ceremony to ink the pact. Jamali said promotion of science and technology was need [...]
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Stability in Afghanistan is important for peace in Pakistan and Islamabad wants to improve its ties with Kabul, Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naek has said. Non-interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs is fundamental to Pakistan’s policy, he added, while speaking to a visiting Afghan parliamentary delegation that called on him Wednesday. ‘Pakistan wants to have friendly relations [...]
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