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Islamabad, Mar.19 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reportedly accepted former President General Pervez Musharraf’s application to register a new political party named-All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), thus clearing the road for Musharraf to return to the country for another political stint.
Sources privy to the development said Musharraf was trying hard to register [...]

Lahore, Mar.16 (ANI): Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has come under fire for pleading to the Taliban to exempt his province from terror attacks, has said his remarks have been misreported and twisted by some quarters of the media.
Shahbaz said some portions of his speech on March 14 were reported ‘out of [...]

Lahore, Mar. 15 (ANI): Jammat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and are two sides of a forged coin.
Addressing a public gathering on Sunday, Hasan claimed that Pakistan could easily get rid of poverty if Sharif and Zardari brought their black money back to [...]

Karachi, Mar.10 (ANI): Bollywood star Salman Khan may have former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his company. No, not for any new silver screen project but as a partner in crime in hunting down a protected species of deer.
The story goes like this, the former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif recently [...]

Lahore, Mar 8(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique reckons that Pakistan President Asif Zardari should avoid addressing the joint session of the parliament until the approval of the constitutional reforms.
Rafique said the PML-N would not remain silent if Zardari addresses parliament before the approval of the reforms, The Daily Times reports.
He [...]

Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has rejected reports of a deal being inked to allow a safe passage to former President General Pervez Musharraf after he stepped down last year.

Kaira said Musharraf was ousted from the Presidency under political pressure from parliament.

Talking to media persons at an Iftaar dinner here, Kaira [...]

Islamabad, Sep.18 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said that former President General Pervez Musharraf’s trial under the high treason act is inevitable and warned the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government against putting the demand of the former general [...]

Islamabad, Sep 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-N has moved a privilege motion in the National Assembly (NA) against the statement of President Asif Ali Zardari on giving the safe passage to the former president Pervez Musharraf.

The motion signed by [...]

Islamabad, Sep.16 (ANI): Pakistan, which already is engulfed in numerous problems, would only be adding to its troubles if it decides to prosecute former President General Pervez Musharraf under pressure from different political parties, an editorial has said.

The editorial in The Dawn, one of Pakistan’s leading dailies said that merely trying Musharraf would not solve [...]

Islamabad, Sep.16 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded President Asif Ali Zardari to make public the documents regarding the secret deal with his predecessor General Pervez Musharraf, allowing him a safe exit from the country.

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the PML-N would move [...]

Islamabad, Sep 14 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has not, in any way, pressurised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif regarding former president Pervez Musharraf’s trial under Article 6 of the constitution, said party senator Ishaq Dar.

After meeting the Saudi king along with Nawaz, Dar said the Saudis never interfered in internal affairs of Pakistan. [...]

Lahore, Sep 14 (ANI): Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has assured former president Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif will not demand a treason trial for him under Article 6 of the constitution.

Musharraf said he would demand that all the judges of the superior judiciary who had approved his steps [...]

Lahore, Sep 14 (ANI): Saudi King Abdullah Abdul Aziz has advised PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to avoid controversial issues and promote reconciliation for the continuation of the democratic system in Pakistan.

Sharif, who is in Saudi Arabia, met King Abdullah on Sunday and discussed matters of mutual interest including national, regional and international issues.

The meeting, [...]

Islamabad, Sep.12 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not receive the same ‘red carpet’ welcome and the protocol that he used to enjoy earlier, during his recent Saudi Arabia visit.

According to sources, Sharif’s refusal to tone down his demand for [...]

Karachi, Sep.11 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Javed Hashmi has said that all dictators including General Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan and General Zia-ul-Haq should be tried and their bodies should be exhumed and hanged.

Talking to media persons at the Karachi Airport, Hashmi said the [...]

London, Sep.11 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf possess some secret records regarding Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and may make them public if the PML-N and PPP push further for his high treason trial.

Sources close [...]

Islamabad, Sep 10(ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) has asked the Supreme Court to hear afresh the petition against Gen Pervez Musharraf for violating the court’s order in sending party leader Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia in 2007.

An SC bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry [...]

Lahore, Sep.10 (ANI): A former Pakistani spymaster has revealed that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif maintained a close relationship with Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and claimed that the chieftain had sponsored the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief’s election campaign in 1988.

Former [...]

Islamabad, Sep. 9 (ANI): PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said that the PPP backed out of its promise on trying former President Pervez Musharraf.

The Dawn quoted Iqbal as saying that the PPP had agreed to prosecute Musharraf in the past but now it seemed that the PPP is not interested bringing the former [...]

Islamabad, Sep.9 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may be tried for murder charges, as the Supreme Court is set to hear a petition accusing the PML-N chief for murdering a former Army officer.

According to sources, the apex court would hear the accusations against [...]