Politics

Zimbabwe election chief resigns: report

HARARE: Zimbabwe elections chief has resigned ahead of crucial polls this year citing ill health, local media reported Wednesday. Retired Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe took up his post in March 2010, two years after President Robert Mugabe won electi...

Qadri fails to make his case, petition dismissed

ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court has dismissed Tahirul Qadri’s petition regarding the reconstitution of the Election Commission today, media reported. During proceedings today, the Chief Justice remarked, that there are more than 100 registered politica...

PML-Q, MQM, PTI among 103 parties yet to qualify for polls

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) are among 103 political parties which still do not qualify to contest the coming elections as they have ne...

Govt to announce names of caretaker PM, CMs in time: Kaira

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that names of caretaker prime minister and chief ministers will be announced in time after necessary consultation. Speaking to a private television channel, he said the names will dec...

Aitzaz asks SC to review verdict on Gilani

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto visited Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan at his farmhouse on Bedian Road here on Tuesday. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ahsan said the president could do politics outside the preside...

‘Nawaz doesn’t want to meet Zardari’

LAHORE: PML-N president Nawaz Sharif does not want to meet President Asif Ali Zardari for talks on caretaker setup, scheduled to be installed after March 18. “Mian Nawaz Sharif is not interested in meeting President Zardari on caretaker setup as he ...

Consensus on caretaker govt soon: Zardari

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari says consensus will be achieved on the caretaker government and date for elections. In an interview to BBC Urdu‚ he said the interim government would comprise non-controversial people and no-one would be able to qu...

ECP petition: SC asks Qadri to explain how rights were violated

ISLAMABAD: During Wednesday’s hearing of Tahirul Qadri’s petition seeking reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Supreme Court asked the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) as to how his fundamental rights had been violated with t...

Obama all set for landmark State of Union speech

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will challenge a divided Congress on Tuesday to back his proposals to create jobs for the middle class and produce a smarter, not bigger, government in a State of the Union speech that will lay out his second-term a...

Senate panel okays Hagel as US defence secretary

WASHINGTON: A Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel as President Barack Obama's new secretary of defense on Tuesday, setting the stage for a vote on his confirmation by the full Senate as soon as later this week. The Senate Armed Services Committee voted...

Obama's State of the Union address underway

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama proposed on Tuesday to hike the minimum wage by more than 20 percent, invest $50 billion on crumbling roads and bridges and spend $15 billion on a construction jobs program in a bid to boost economic growth. In...

Salient features of Obama State of the Union address

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama gave his annual State of the Union address to the joint houses of Congress on Tuesday. Here are some notable passages from his address: IRAN: The leaders of Iran must recognize that now is the time for a diplomat...

PML-Q leaders call on President Zardari in Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) leaders, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Tuesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at Bilawal House, media reported. According to sources, the meeting revolved around a ...

Pakistan's DCC meeting on Feb 19

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Pakistan Cabinet's Committee on Defence (CCD) has been convened for February 19 to discuss external and internal matters of importance. According to sources, the meeting will be attended by the heads of Pakistan's armed forces...

Arrest warrant of MNA Nasir Shah issued

QUETTA: A court of additional session judge has once again issued the bail able arrest warrants of MNA of Pakistan Peoples Party Nasir Ali Shah in fake degree case, media reported. According to details, the court of addition session judge V heard the...

‘Govt, opposition should form interim setup with consensus’

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza and Deputy Speaker Faisal Kareem said on Tuesday that government and opposition should form consensus-based caretaker setup, media reported. According to details, Fehmida Mirza said that democrac...

41 posted in 36 embassies

ISLAMABAD: With less than 33 days left of its tenure, the PPP-led coalition government has posted 41 trade ministers, commercial counsellors and commercial secretaries to 36 countries, including the US and Russia. In a decision that has surprised th...

SC cannot take up Qadri’s petition against ECP, says CJ

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief Justice on Tuesday said a petition against the composition of the election commission filed by chief of the Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) Dr Tahirul Qadri was not maintainable under the Constitution. A three-judge bench of ...

Stalling on caretaker set-up to harm democratic process, says Nawaz

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said a caretaker set-up should immediately be announced, adding that stalling on the matter could lead to damaging the democratic process underway in the country, media repo...

SHC orders immediate delimitation of Naushahro Feroze

KARACHI: The Sind High Court ordered on Tuesday for the immediate delimitation of Naushahro Feroze’s five provincial assembly constituencies and two national assembly constituencies within 30 days, media reported. The court also rejected an earlier ...

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