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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani yesterday said that he and not President Asif Ali Zadari is running the country.

Home >> Regional >> Islamabad >> Political storm brews for Zardari: analysts President Asif Ali Zardari is facing mounting pressure to relinquish many of his powers, raising the spectre of a damaging political fracas just as the nation battles the Taliban.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 29, the 334th day of 2008. There are 32 days left in the year.

Pakistan's television networks are heaping political pressure on an increasingly unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari with critical and influential programming that offers a voice to the poor.

Pakistan's embattled president has relinquished command of the country's nuclear arsenal amid political wrangling that has posed a major distraction to the U.S.-allied government as it fights Taliban and other militants near the Afghan border.

South East Asia News.Net Saturday 28th November, 2009 Islamabad, Nov.28 : With the constitutional restrictions on him ending today , former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has started planning his return for another stint in his country's politics.

Asif Ali Zardari ... ally in battle against Taliban. ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, faces being engulfed in a corruption scandal that threatens to distract the country from its battle with the Taliban.

Pakistana s President Asif Ali Zardari may face renewed corruption charges once a law that protected him lapses this weekend, deepening a political crisis as the countrya s army battles Taliban militants.

Karachi, Nov 26 : A Pakistani court has directed that its order summoning former president Pervez Musharraf in a treason case be published in newspapers in London where he is on a lecture tour.

The report of the UN commission tasked with identifying the facts and circumstances surrounding the assassination of former prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto is now expected by the end of March next year.

South East Asia News.Net Friday 20th November, 2009 Lahore, Nov.20 : Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has reportedly funnelled a large amount of money to his former aides in the country in order to improve his image, as he is planning a return to the country's political scene.

The collapse of a deal granting Pakistan's president and thousands of other officials freedom from prosecution on graft charges has triggered fresh political turmoil just as the army wages a major battle against Taliban militants near the Afghan border.

While a host of issues are on the table, experts say Obama's main intention was to demonstrate his commitment to the world's largest democracy after an early focus on working with its neighbors China and Pakistan.

In another blow to Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, the authorities this weekend released the names of politicians, many from his own party, who benefited from an amnesty decree that dismissed past alleged crimes.

WASHINGTON: With power virtually resting with the army in Pakistan even in a democratic regime, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wonders "who to deal with" or negotiate with in Islamabad.

LAHORE: PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain has said NRO affectees including those involved in corruption and criminal cases should be dealt separately.

Sunday, November 22, 2009 By Mumtaz Alvi ISLAMABAD: Prominent politicians of Balochistan doubt that former president Pervez Musharraf would face a trial on his possible return because he enjoys world powers' sympathies.

The names of prominent Pakistanis who have benefited from an ordinance granting immunity to politicians, army officers and bureaucrats charged with corruption will be made public, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday.

Karachi News.Net Saturday 21st November, 2009 Pakistan's interior minister has offered to quit if the presence of US security agency Blackwater in Pakistan is proved -- but he could be treading on thin ice for more than one reason.

WASHINGTON: The United States has come perilously close to calling Pakistan a terrorist state by alleging that the country's spy agency ISI recently spirited Taliban leader Mullah Omar to Karachi to save him from American drone attacks in Quetta.