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CNews LAHORE: A joint parliamentary party meeting of Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) will be held here with Chief Minister of Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif in chair. Talking to CNews World Raja Riaz has said the joint meeting would finalize the no-trust motion against the president to be tabled in the National Assembly.Peoples Party has called back all its parliamentarians in abroad to Pakistan to attend the meeting, he further said. He said Rana Sanaullah would table resolution in the National Assembly.

CNews LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that the process of the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf would kick off in the slated session of the National Assembly current month and the required number of the assembly members for getting the impeachment carried over was with the alliance. Talking to the media on his arrival from Islamabad here, he said that the resolution relating to the impeachment of the President would be presented in the Punjab Assembly on August 11, which would demand from the President to take vote of confidence from the assemblies. Shahbaz Sharif said that the ruling alliance stands firm on the impeachment of President and as regards number games it possessed the majority in assemblies and the alliance would be successful in its objective. Punjab chief minister said that we still stand firm on our previous stance as regards the reinstatement of judges, who would be reinstated immediately after the completion of impeachment process.

CNews LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif Thursday demanded of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to fulfill its promise made in the Murree Declaration and restore the deposed judges. This he said during his meeting with PPP leader Raza Rabbani and Senior Sindh Minister Pir Mazharul Haq here at Chief Minister House. Shahbaz Sharif said the deposed judges should have been restored after the mandate of February 18 but the matter has clearly been shelved. “We still want to resolve the issues amicably since no problem could be solved without independent judiciary,” he said. Raza Rabbani said the PPP has never backed out on the issue of judges restoration and the impeachment of the president. The reservations on the modus operandi will be removed in the meetings of the parties’ leadership.

CNews LAHORE: Torrential rains lashed different districts of Punjab including this capital city, which inundated several low-lying areas and water gushing into the residential areas paralyzed the normal life, as the marooned citizens remained confined. Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif visiting the affected areas of the city thrashed the LDA and WASA high officials for their lethargy and ordered setting up emergency committee for carrying out the relief work.  Lahore besides other areas of Punjab witnessing heavy downpours since early this morning, while the accumulated rainwater soon inundated the roads and streets and several residential areas of the city went submerged under several feet of water. Gushing water into the houses damaged valuable household goods including electric items, fridge etc. Roads looked like rivers and canals, which blocked the traffic, while several vehicles were washed away. Life stands completely paralyzed, as the citizens could not go to their offices ...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Federal Government on Saturday filed an appeal in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of the Lahore High Court verdict on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s candidature.Sources said decision in this regard was taken in a meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Karachi.In this context, federal government had directed the deputy Attorney General Raja Abdul Rehman to prepare the appeal, sources further said.

CNews LAHORE: The 3-member full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Nawaz Sharif ineligible to contest the by-elections and allowed Shahbaz Sharif to continue to work as Chief Minister Punjab.Petition of Shahbaz Sharif has been forwarded to Election Commission. The court in its verdict also said that Shahbaz Sharif’s case should be considered as pending.The council of Shahbaz Sharif said the decision of LHC is not the one made independently and there is ambiguity in the verdict. The PML-N workers chanted slogans against the government outside LHC after the announcement of the decision.

CNews KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said all the issues including the restoration of the deposed judges would be resolved and the ruling coalition would be kept from falling.He said this while talking to media on the occasion of Chehlum of assassinated leader of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Sindh Tariq Khan.Mian Shahbaz Sharif said the people of Pakistan would be given relief on all issues including price hike and power and flour crises.Shahbaz said consensus was achieved in a meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that anti-democracy elements would not be allowed to succeed in their plots.On this occasion, he offered condolences to the bereaved family of Tariq Khan and demanded the Sindh Government to expedite efforts for the arrest of culprits responsible for the killing.