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Finally, it’s Gilani
ISLAMABAD, March 22: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday named Makhdoom Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani for election as the country’s next prime minister to head a landmark coalition of former political...
PM to take oath on 25th
The new prime minister will take oath of office on Tuesday morning (March 25) at the Aiwan-i-Sadr under the 1973 Constitution, the president’s spokesman, Major General (retd) Rashid Qureshi, told APP on Saturday....
Would-be premier: a profile
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, a member of an influential political family of Multan, started his political career in 1978 after the death of father Makhdoom Alamdar Hussain Gilani, who was a signatory to the Pakistan Resolution....
PML-Q to field Pervaiz Elahi as PM candidate
ISLAMABAD, March 22: After MQM’s Dr Farooq Sattar withdrew his name from the prime minister’s election, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q has decided to field Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the joint opposition candidate....
Asif, Nawaz hint at changing anti-terrorism policy
NEW YORK, March 22: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif have said they will revisit the country’s strategy for dealing with militancy....
Wasim resigns as Senate’s leader of house
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Senator Wasim Sajjad on Saturday tendered his resignation from his position as leader of the house in the Senate....
Pakistan Day being celebrated today
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Pakistan Day will be celebrated with enthusiasm across the country on Sunday with a renewed pledge to turn Pakistan into a progressive Islamic welfare state....
Fahim says he is not a conspirator
KARACHI, March 22: Vice-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party and now an also-ran in the much talked about race for prime minister, Makhdoom Amin Fahim put on a brave face in...
Benazir remembered
Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that he wanted to work with all “democratic forces” in the country....
New PM to take oath without cabinet
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Makhdoom Yusuf Raza Gilani is expected to take oath as the country’s new prime minister next week. But the differences which have cropped up between the parties making...
Altaf Saleem resigns as Erra, Navtec chief
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) and National Vocational and Technical Education Commission Altaf M. Saleem on Saturday resigned from the two offices as the resignations of...
PML-Q nominees for opposition leaders
LAHORE, March 22: PML-Q central leader Pervaiz Elahi has nominated PML Punjab Secretary-General Zaheeruddin as opposition leader and Ahmed Yar Hiraj as deputy opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly....
£1m squandered over Surrey Palace case
LONDON, March 22: The government of Pakistan is estimated to have squandered about a million pounds, pursuing the Surrey Palace case for almost seven years. The price of the Rockwood estate, bought in 1995 by Mr Zardari presumably for £4.35...
Rice admits contractors pried into Obama, Hillary’s files
WASHINGTON, March 22: The Bush administration is involved in a new political storm following revelations that State Department contractors had improperly reviewed private passport files of three leading presidential candidates, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.The...
Pressure sought on India for stopping water diversion
ISLAMABAD, March 22: Construction of Baglihar, Kishan Ganga and Wullar dams on the Indus river system will create water shortage in Pakistan, a senior government official warned on Friday....
Curfew in Hangu
HANGU, March 22: Authorities imposed curfew in Hangu on Saturday after four people were killed in clashes over celebrating the Nauroz festival on Friday. Twenty-seven others were wounded....
Unemployed man kills daughters, himself
FAISALABAD, March 22: A jobless man committed suicide after killing his two minor daughters in a village not far from here, police said on Saturday....
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ISLAMABAD, March 22: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday named Makhdoom Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani for election as the country’s next prime minister to head a landmark coalition of former political...
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, a member of an influential political family of Multan, started his political career in 1978 after the death of father Makhdoom Alamdar Hussain Gilani, who was a signatory to the Pakistan Resolution....
