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CNewsworld BHIMBAR: Muslim League-N Quaid, Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Zardari has let loose a system of loot and plunder and added he was busy with his agenda. Nawaz Sharif said that the political parties generally make many claims, but no work was done. He said that all institutions were respectable, then why the Supreme Court decisions were not implemented. Nawaz Sharif said that Zardari was not mindful for the agreement he makes.

MQM Leader Haider Abbas Rizvi Cush Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and PML N.Haider Abbas Rizvi Cush Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and PML N War of words between PML-N and MQM has been intensified. Leaders of both the parties have started making personal attacks on each others leaders. PML-N leader Ch Nisar said that MQM was a party of dacoits. He said a person who was sitting abroad from 19 years cannot bring revolution in Pakistan. He said PML-N will not support any corrupt government and PM. He said that Altaf Hussain made irresponsible and derogatory statements about PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif. PML-N first made personal attacks on MQM leadership: Haider Abbas Rizvi MQM Leader Hyder Abbas Rizvi while commenting on Ch Nisar Ali Khan’s comments said that personal attacks were made by PML-N leadership at that time when political setup was working smoothly. He also called Ch Nisar as Mr. Bean. PML-N wants to open Pindora’s Box: Wasih Jaleel MQM leader Wasih Jaleel said that his party had r...

Awaz Apni RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Malik Shakil Awan has won the by-election held in NA-55 constituency of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, according to unofficial results. Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rashid in a press conference Wednesday night leveled rigging charges against Punjab government but said he would not lodge his complaint with the Election Commission of Pakistan. “Election Commission is helpless before Punjab government,” he said The unofficial results continue to pour in. According to unofficial results of 221 polling stations, Shakil Awan has secured a decisive lead of 73,766 votes against Sheikh Rashid who has bagged 46,022 votes in today’s by-polls. Addressing PML-N workers outside the party’s election office, Malik Shakil Awan said Rawalpindi is the city of PML-N loyalists who, he said, made the opponents an example for learning a lesson from. The total number of registered voters is 333928 in NA-55 where 250 polling stations were set up. ...

Karachi tragedy toll rises to 43 KARACHI: The death toll in the suicide blast yesterday at the mourning procession taken out in connection with Yaum-e-Ashur rose to 43, According to Secretary Health Syed Hashim Raza Zaidi, there are at least 40 bodies at Civil Hospital, two in Jinnah Hospital and a body is present at Agha Khan Hospital. Meantime, day of mourning is being observed today across the province in connection with the MA Jinnah Road tragedy that occurred yesterday in the central mourning procession taken out to commemorate the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (R.A.) All the commercial hubs of the city are closed today. However, the stock market is open. Transport is absolutely absent from the roads. A mini-bus has been torched in Gulistan-e-Jauhar today’s morning. The schools are closed owing to the winter vacations. Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, after visiting the injured at Jinnah Hospital last night, announced public holiday for today. Therefore, the education instit...

Awaz Apni RAWALPINDI : President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad, Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Qaim Ali Shah, Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, NWFP CM Amir Hyder Khan Hoti, Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, CM Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Quaid Altaf Husain, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, City Nazim Karachi Mustafa Kamal, Tahir-ul-Qadri leader of Tehreek-e-Minhaj-ul-Qur'an, Syed Munawar Hassan Amir Jamaat-e-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Professor Ghafor, Nawaz Sharif Quaid Muslim League-N (PML-N), Chaudhry Nisar, Imran Khan leader Tehreek-e-Insaf, Amir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman and other religious and political leaders and dignitaries have strongly condemned and expressed their heartfelt grief over Rawalpindi blast. Thirteen dead bodies have so far been brought to District Hospital Rawalpind...

Awaz Apni ISLAMABAD: In what could be described as a smart political move of the Pakistan People’s Party to search for new allies, a bitter foe of the party, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, on Friday held an important meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari. The luncheon meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was held at the presidency in which political affairs of the country came under discussion.Sheikh Rashid was once a diehard supporter of Nawaz Sharif but later turned his loyalties to ex-president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and remained close to him till his defeat in the February 18, 2008, elections from both the constituencies of Rawalpindi, where he had remained undefeated since 1985. After his humiliating defeat, he formed the Awami Muslim League, and kept his politics alive through the electronic media. Sources said it was a one-on-one meeting that continued even during the lunch that was arranged for him. Though there was no official word, as the presid...

AMagazine LAHORE: Chief Pakistan Muslim League-N, Nawaz Sharif Thursday said the country is presenting a picture of a failed state as the entire system of the country seems to be collapsing.Speaking exclusively in Geo News program ‘Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Saath’, he underlined need for adopting a fresh road map with renewed commitment.“I don’t want to create problems for the government …. the country could destabilize if a movement is carried out on streets,” Nawaz Sharif said.He urged Pakistan Peoples Party to recognize will of Ms Benazir Bhutto regarding the Charter of Democracy and also demanded of the incumbent government to keep its promises regarding the 17th amendment of the Constitution, 58 (2)b and independence of judiciary.“We still want this government to complete its five-year term… I don’t want the position of President Asif Ali Zardari”.The PML-N Chief said people from all segments of society should come forward and play their role towards saving this country.Criticizing the ...

CNews LAHORE: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif while strongly condemning the violation of Pakistan air spaces by Indian jet planes said, the entire nation is united for the defense of the country.Nawaz Sharif said that Indian infiltration into Pakistan’s territory will not no be tolerated at any cost.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif called on the newly elected President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zaradari at Prime Minister House here today.According to details, Mian Nawaz Sharif arrived at Prime Minister House with his delegation and met President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zaradri.Nawaz congratulated Zardari over his election as president and discussed the political matters. Nawaz also ensured Zardari of his party’s cooperation.Zardari said he wished all the PML-N ministers back into the cabinet; however, PML-N members reiterated that their comeback is contingent upon the repeal of seventeenth amendment and the restoration of the deposed judges.The newly elected president said his party would not try to destablise the Punjab government.Zardari said the meetings between both the parties would continue and atmosphere of reconciliation will prevail on national politics.Both the parties decided that no leader from either party would give any statement regarding t...

CNews ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday filed an application in a court seeking resumption of a trial against former premier Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz on graft charges, in what would be seen as a politically motivated move.The move by the controversial anti-corruption watchdog, which is under the law ministry, to reopen the case came just nine days after Sharif pulled his PML-N party out of the PPP-led ruling coalition.There was no immediate reaction from the Sharif brothers to the move to reopen charges against them. These cases had been indefinitely adjourned last month by an anti-corruption court in Rawalpindi on technical grounds.Stating that the court's decision on August 21 to adjourn the trial was "mistaken" and contained errors, NAB said that the anti-corruption court will take up the application for hearing on Thursday.In these cases former Premier Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz, the Chief Minister of Punjab province, ar...

CNews NEW DELHI: Declaring that he felt terribly let down by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has steadfastly refused to compromise on getting the sacked judges reinstated.“There is no room for flexibility on the issue of the judiciary. There was no room for flexibility on the impeachment of the president. There is no room for flexibility on something that we have signed together, something on which we have given a solemn pledge to each other,” Nawaz said in an interview to foreign journal “When you have an agenda to strengthen democracy and make the parliament sovereign, how can you be flexible?” he said.He said the coalition was formed with three objectives including reinstatement of judges, supremacy of the parliament and restoration of the 1973 constitution. Nawaz pulled the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) out of the coalition in protest against Zardari’s failure to reinstate the 60 sacked judges. The judges included then chief justice of Pakis...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari Monday said he is hopeful to be successful in the presidential election and become the next president of Pakistan. Talking to a local news channel, Zardari urged PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif to again return to the coalition for the sake of democracy and Pakistan, adding he is very sorry for the collapse of the coalition. He maintained that he, in concert with Nawaz Sharif, defeated the dictator of the time.Commenting on judges restoration, Zardari said ten judges are ready to come back to office and he asked Nawaz to allow them to do it, adding all the judges would soon be restored.It would be a new ordeal to go ahead without Nawaz Sharif, he said adding serious effort needed to be made to keep democracy from falling in Pakistan.Zardari added there is no getting away from the fact of signing the pact.‘We, even today, want Nawaz to come along with us and he was hurt, I request him to forgive us,’ he observed. st1\:*...

CNews RAWALPINDI: Leader of the House in Senate Raza Rabbani Saturday said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) unanimously decided to field party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari to contest the presidential election. Addressing a press conference here flanked by various party leaders including Khurshid Shah, Sherry Rehman, he said PPP never deceived the people of Pakistan. He said it was the first time in the history of Pakistan that the efforts led by the coalition parties under the leadership of Asif Ali Zardari sent home the dictator of the time. Raza Rabbani said that all the members of PPP parliamentary parties decided with consensus that Zardari should contest presidential elections. He said Asif Ali Zardari would be the next president of Pakistan and all coalition partners have been informed in this connection. "Mr Asif Zardari has accepted to contest the election for the office of president of Pakistan after the party unanimously drafted him to do so," PPP deputy secretary...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has called a special meeting of party leaders to discuss president’s likely resignation and draft of president impeachment in Islamabad today.The PML-N meeting will give direction to its future course of action. Sources told CNews News correspondent Irfan Nazir that Nawaz Sharif will hold the meeting at 1:00pm today, which will be attended by Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Javed Hashmi and Ch Nisar Ali Khan.Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also arrived from Murree House to Islamabad to attend the meeting.Nawaz Sharif doesn’t want safe exit for President Musharraf while PPP has different point of view in this regard. Sources said that Nawaz Sharif could be nominated as a presidential candidate in the meeting. Immediate restoration of deposed judges will also come under discussion.

’یہ کہنا غلط ہے کہ ملک میں بحران ہماری پالیسیوں کی وجہ سے ہے‘ پاکستان کے صدر جنرل (ریٹائرڈ) پرویز مشرف نے پیر کی دوپہر کو قوم سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے مستعفی ہونے کا اعلان کردیا ہے۔ صدر جنرل پرویز مشرف نے بارہ اکتوبر سن انیس ننانوے کو بغیر کسی خون خرابے کے فوج کے ذریعے اقتدار پر قبضہ کیا اور اس وقت کے وزیراعظم میاں نواز شریف کو حراست میں لے لیا تھا۔ وکلاء نے صدر مشرف کے خلاف تحریک چلائیپیر کو ان کے مستعفی ہونے کے ساتھ ہی ان کے آٹھ سال دس ماہ اور چھ روزہ اقتدار کا خاتمہ ہوگیا۔صدر مشرف فی الحال پاکستان میں ہی رہیں گے۔ صدر پرویز مشرف اپنے پیشرو فوجی صدر ضیاءالحق کے طویل اقتدار یعنی گیارہ سال حکمرانی کا ریکارڈ توڑ نہیں سکے۔ تاہم دونوں فوجی صدور کے لیے اگست کا مہینہ بھاری پڑا۔ ضیاء الحق سترہ اگست انیس سو اٹھاسی کو فضائی حادثے میں ہلاک ہوگئے جبکہ صدر مشرف نے اٹھارہ اگست کو استعفیٰ دیا۔ صدر کی تقریر براہ راست نشر کرنے پر پی ٹی وی انتظامیہ نے اعتراض کیا کہ وہ پہلے تقریر ریکارڈ کروائیں جس پر ایوان صدر نے اعتراض کیا اور نجی ٹی وی چینلوں کو براہ راست تقریر کے لیے بلا لیا۔ جس کے بعد پی ٹی وی نے بھی براہ...

CNews NEW YORK: The President of Supreme Court Bar Association Aitzaz Ahsan has said on Friday that judges’ restoration should be the top most priority of the ruling alliance. Talking to CNews News from New York, the SCBA President said Nawaz Sharif had taken oath from his members of Assembly for the restoration of deposed judges. People would be disappointed if the impeachment motion cause delay in the judges restoration, Ahsan commented and said judges should have been reinstated with the announcement of their release as ordered by the Prime Minister on March 24. SCBA President said judges’ restoration was being delayed; adding lawyers are not against the impeachment but also support for registering a case against the president. Had the judges restored first than there was no need for impeachment, he said, adding it would have been more effective to go for the impeachment after restoration. Ahsan further said clear timeframe has not been given for impeachment, which causes uncertaint...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The negotiations between the coalition partners ended with consensus over the judges restoration and impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.An announcement in this connection would be made in a joint press conference by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif at 3pm today (Thursday).The draft of the joint declaration has been prepared, which would be given final touches with consultations.A marathon of meetings was conducted between the collation partners in two days to settle issues regarding the judges restoration and impeachment of the president. Zardari and Nawaz also had one on one meeting behind closed doors; while, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman also attended the talks of second day.However, these talks were deadlocked when a summary regarding the restoration of eight Sindh judges was signed by Musharraf. N-League leadership threatened to halt the talks pro...