Politics

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 ...

NA committee seeks explanation from govt over Qadri agreement

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Tuesday sought an explanation from the government over its agreement with Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri, media reported. The committee added a ...

ECP reconstitution: SC adjourns hearing until tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in his observation told Dr. Qadri, the petitioner that anyone on a visit to Pakistan on Pakistani passport doesn’t become a Pakistani, Article 5 of the constitution demands loyalty to ...

Zardari, Bilawal meet Aitzaz, his wife

LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Senator Aitzaz Ahsan and his wife Bushra Aitzaz and discussed various issues, media reported. President Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto arrived at Chaudhry Aitzaz’s farmhouse a...

103 political parties ordered for intra-party polls

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has directed 103 political parties to hold intra-party polls, media reported. In its order, the ECP asserted that those parties could not participate in general elections who did not hold intra-party polls. ...

Haqqani shows no confidence on state machinery

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former ambassador to US and main character in Memogate scandal, Husain Haqqani has stated that he was not satisfied with the measures adopted for his security in Pakistan, media reported. In a letter written to Home Department o...

Dual-nationality is not a crime: Qadri

ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran Chief Tahirul Qadri said that dual-nationality was not a crime in Pakistan nor was it prohibited in the constitution. Speaking to the media outside the Supreme Court after the hearing of his petition seeking the re...

Nawaz says Qadri's method and intentions are wrong

LAHORE: Chief of the PML-N, Nawaz Sharif says that Tahir ul Qadri is trying to hurt the election process with his unconstitutional demands, media reported. Speaking to the media in Lahore, Sharif added, that the government needs to decide on a care t...

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