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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...

Cnews Islamabad: No meeting between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief, Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari in London, has been scheduled so far, PML-N sources said Tuesday. "As yet, no meeting in London has been fixed," the sources said, commenting on reports published in a section of the press. The sources said PML-N had not so far received any formal or informal request from PPP for a meeting in London between the two leaders. Nawaz Sharif left for London on Thursday to see his spouse Kulsoom Nawaz who is recuperating after recent surgery.

CNews KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement has said Cit Nazim Mustafa Kamal’s remarks are his personal point of view and it has no linkage with the policy of MQM.In a statement issued here on Saturday, Rabita Committee said City Nazim’s statement issued during a dinner ceremony hosted in honour of President Musharraf by the business community, was not aimed at hurting the sentiments of PPP’s leadership and its workers.Rabita Committee said city nazim’s remarks were not part of MQM policy, adding, MQM values its coalition partner and its leadership.Statement further said process of national reconciliation initiated by MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Sindh would continue for the betterment of democracy and people of Sindh. Nazim’s perceptions differ MQM policy: Rabita Committee CNews KARACHI: MQM Rabita Committee said on Friday their party member and Karachi City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal’s statements, which he aired yesterday, were purely his own and have no ...

CNews DUBAI: The decisive talks for restoration of judges between PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari have started in Dubai on Thursday.The two leaders in two rounds of talks for restoration of judges on Wednesday also discussed the so-called “minus-one formula”.According to sources, the deadline is expected to be extended for few days. PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that progress was made in the talks. He said they delayed their return to Pakistan because the PPP-PML-N talks were making headway. He said there was an agreement on several points but some sensitive legal issues remained to be sorted out. He hoped that all problems in the talks will be resolved. He said all the aspects of the judges’ return issue were discussed.The security was tightened during the talks between Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif.

CNews Islamabad: Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H. Naek on Saturday said that judges would be restored under the Murree Declaration."We have said it earlier and say it again that judges would definitely be restored", he said while talking to reporters at the Supreme Court premises after attending the Pakistan Bar Council meeting.He urged the people to show patience on the issue and trust in the commitment made by the PPP and its allies.He added that a constitutional package would be brought to keep balance of powers between the President and the Prime Minister.He denied the impression that the government is considering to cut down the tenure of the Chief Justice of Pakistan. He hoped that every thing would be done amicably in the interest of the country.Naek said that the Pakistan People's Party and its allies would uphold the supremacy of Constitution and law at any cost.

CNews KARACHI: The PPP and MQM leaders announced that they were willing to forgive and forget the ill will of the past and start anew to foster peace and democracy in Sindh and Pakistan. In a stirring address outside MQM headquarters Nine-Zero, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, after being accorded a rousing welcome earlier, promised a brighter future for the coming generations of the province and the nation. Prior to Zardari’s speech, Altaf Hussain, in his address, said that the two parties had started a new journey together. Altaf Hussain said none of lot of blood has been shed and there will be no more fight between these two parties. He said that with this goodwill gesture PPP and MQM would launch a joint struggle for the prosperity and stability of Pakistan and Sindh. Altaf also gave special thanks to Rehman Malik for his efforts to bring the PPP and the MQM together. The urban-rural divide in Sindh, said Altaf, will come to an end for the prosperity of t...

Death toll in Lahore twin suicide attacks mounts to 31 LAHORE: Suicide attackers detonated two huge truck bombs in Pakistan Tuesday, killing 31 people, partly demolishing a police building and deepening a security crisis facing the new government. Another over 160 people were wounded in the attacks in the eastern city of Lahore, which came just minutes apart in the morning rush-hour and left rescue workers scrambling through rubble in a bid to find survivors. The blasts, one targeting the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters and the other hitting an advertising firm, were the latest in a wave of Islamist-linked violence that has killed more than 600 people this year. "I have never seen such a deadly suicide attack," Federal Investigation Agency chief Tariq Pervaz told reporters outside the badly damaged eight-storey headquarters in the heart of the city. There were warnings that the agency's offices would be targeted "but we were not expecting it in Lahore,...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI), in a major breakthrough, announced on Saturday to join the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) to form coalition governments at the Centre and in Balochistan."We have taken a decision, in principle, to join the national consensus coalition government with the Pakistan People's Party at the Centre as well as in Balochistan," said JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman while addressing a joint press conference with PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari here at the Zardari House, after holding an hour-long meeting.With the JUI announcement to become a part of the PPP-led government at the Centre, the numerical strength of the PPP (120), PML-N (90), ANP (13) and JUI (6) reaches 229, which simply means that the four party alliance has two-thirds majority in the National Assembly."We are thankful to the people of Pakistan, particularly Balochistan, that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced to become a part of the national consensus...

CNews MURREE: Pakistan Peoples Party and PML-N have signed a joint declaration for formation of coalition government in Centre and Punjab.Asif Ali Zardari and Muhammad Nawaz Sharif signed the joint declaration titled “PPP-PML-N summit declaration Murree” during a joint press conference here at PC Bhurban hotel.In the joint declaration both the parties agreed upon the reinstatement of the deposed judges through the newly elected parliament with in 30 days after the formation of federal government.Nominee of PPP for slot of PM will be fully supported by the coalition parties but the PM nominee should carry forward the agenda of both the parties, Nawaz Sharif said in the press conference.Speaker and Deputy speaker of NA will be of PPP and Speaker and Deputy speaker in Punjab Assembly will be of PML-N, he said. Nawaz Sharif also said that PML-N would be part of federal cabinet.Nawaz Sharif said that he and Asif Ali Zardari had signed the Charter of Democracy, which was formulated by Benaz...

Cnews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central leader and premiership hopeful Makhdoom Amin Faheem has said that he was a candidate for the prime minister slot, while the PPP MNA elect Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar contested that Makhdoom was never offered the premiership.In the CNEWS News program ‘kaun bane ga prime minister?’, Makhdoom Amin Fahim said that the prime minister should be from Sindh and he was the candidate for this post. He said that he was a senior member of the party besides Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari had also offered him the PM slot.On the other hand, Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar insisted that the PM should be from Punjab. He also claimed to be a senior member of the party, as his family was persistently associated with the Bhutto family since 1967. He also challenged that Makhdoom Amin Fajeem was ever offered to become PM.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The leader of PML-N Nawaz Sharif has said that a commission should be set up to look into the causes of Kargil war and fix responsibility. He asked President Pervez Musharraf to resign and said it could be the only way out for him. Talking to the Indian media here on Sunday, Nawaz Sharif said President Musharraf was trying to create differences between the PPP and PML-N to discourage the formation of coalition government but he would not succeed. PML-N leader said he wanted to see the PPP led government in center for five years and his party would not create any problems in this regard. Responding to a question, Nawaz Sharif said he wanted a commission to look into the causes of the Kargil war and fix responsibility in this regard. He said dictatorship was not in the wider interests of Pakistan.

CNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is holding general elections for 839 seats of the national and provincial assemblies and at least 81 million voters will exercise their rights of franchise by casting votes across the country. Polling for 268 seats of the national assembly and 570 seats of the provincial assemblies kicked off at 8.00 A.M. Monday morning, which will continue without any break until 5.00 P.M. in the evening. All arrangements have been finalized for making the election process transparent and peaceful. Secretary Election Commission Kanwar Dilshad announced to postpone the polling in NA-37 Parachinar-2. Earlier, the election was postponed in NA-42 Tribal area VII in view of the bad law and order, while in NA-119 Lahore-II due to the death of a candidate Tariq Banday and in NA-207 Larkana cum Shikarpur due to PPP Chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's murder in suicide attack. Elections would be held later on in these constituencies. In four Punjab Assembly constituencies—PP171,...

The people of Pakistan are due to vote in national and provincial elections on Monday. Here voters - and people boycotting - from across Pakistan describe their hopes and concerns. On election day they will be sharing their experiences on the CNews News blog. SHAHEEN ZEB, 44, SCHOOL TEACHER, PESHAWAR I am voting for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) because it will help the poor. It is going to offer jobs to everybody and it will try to improve the economy. The party says it will help people start their own small businesses. We will get on the road to being self-sufficient and being able to feed our families. Education is also important to me. Everything is very bad in the government education system. Everything is rundown, we don't have many facilities, text books are basic. Even the teaching can be basic. Students just sit in rows and memorise lessons. As a school teacher, it is compulsory to have an official role at the polling station. I'm very scared about this becau...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry confirmed that at least 37 people were killed in Parachinar suicide blast Saturday outside an election office of an independent candidate backed by PPP. "The death toll is now 37," interior ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema said after the attack in the northwestern tribal town of Parachinar, bordering Afghanistan.The ministry confirmed that the blast was suicide attack. "Twenty-one people died and 93 were injured. It's a very severe emergency, a lot of the wounded are in a critical condition," a doctor at the main hospital in Parachinar was quoted as saying earlier. A correspondent of an international news agency present at the hospital said he had counted at least 21 dead bodies. Talking to media, a security official earlier said that a suicide bomber attacked a Pakistan People's Party meeting outside the party office in Parachinar. "A man with long hair drove a car into the crowd and blew himself up,...

CNews ISLAMABAD: The Scotland Yard team, which conducted an investigation into the death of former PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said her death was not caused by a bullet.The text of probe report, which was presented to the interior ministry, said the death of Benazir Bhutto was caused by the force and intensity of suicide bomb blast, which hurled her head to dash into some part of the vehicle resulting into her death.The report does not tell about which elements were involved in the Benazir Bhutto case.The report has not been formally issued.

CNews LARKANA: The will of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP’s) martyred Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has been issued on Tuesday afternoon. The will clearly mentions that her husband Asif Ali Zardari will lead the party until the workers decide on who other is capable of leading the party. The will is dated October 16 i.e. just two days before her homecoming. The former PPP Chairperson said in the document that she was proud of PPP leadership and that she is desirous of a federal and democratic Pakistan. Benazir paid glowing tribute to PPP Founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on his steadfastness against the dictatorship. In the one-page will, Benazir urges PPP workers to continue the mission of her father. In the document, she paid rich tribute to PPP workers, who in her words have worked honestly and sincerely for the completion of Quaid-e-Awam Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s mission for the establishment of a democratic Pakistan. The will clearly mentions the nomination of Asif Ali Zardari as the next chairm...

CNews KARACHI: Co-Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said Government had rejected his party’s appeal for UN-led enquiry into Benazir’s assassination, therefore “we will directly approach UN in this regard”. Addressing a press conferene here at Bilawal House, Asif Zardari said he went to meet Scotland Yard team because the British police was not allowed to come to Nau Dero. The workers ask why we are still alive after their leader’s death. I tell them that we are alive because we have to complete the unfinished mission of Benazir Bhutto, he said. He said Scotland Yard has a limited mandate and that they have been provided with the evidences collected by the Pakistan Peoples Party. Asif Zardari said he had talked to former UN secretary general Kofi Annan in connection with PPP’s demand for UN sponsored inquiry. He said, "I am in persistent contact with the like-minded people all over the world. I assure you that PPP will never compromise on its principles.” ...