Pakistan People's Party News Archives

A Pakistani soldier speaks on a field radio as a Mi-17 helicopter lands on top of Kund mountain near Kotkai village in South Waziristan Pakistan on Thursday Oct.

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance was briefed on Friday that the Banking Companies Bill 2009 should be approved by parliament as soon as possible for release of the International Monetary Fund's next instalment of $1.2 billion under a standby agreement.

ISLAMAB AD: President Asif Ali Zardari is willing to curtail presidential powers given under Article 58 , Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday.

Staff Report KARACHI: Police found three bodies of men killed in separate incidents on Monday.

A minister in Pakistan's Balochistan province was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in the southwestern city of Quetta, police said.

The Baloch Liberation United Front - an underground organisation that demands independence for Balochistan - claimed responsibility for the high-profile killing.

He said the world was supporting Pakistan's stance on various issues. "I congratulate the foreign minister and his team on achieving great successes on the diplomatic front under the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani,' Taseer said.

Monday, October 19, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: Pakistan People's Party Provincial President Syed Zahir Ali Shah Sunday constituted a committee to resolve the issues with its coalition partner - Awami National Party - with whom it is sharing power in the NWFP.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Karachi Killings and accidental deaths in Karachi registered an increase of 22.4 per cent during the nine months of 2009.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi Pakistan People's Party Shaheed Bhutto strongly condemns the suicide attack in Siestan region of Irani Balochista that claimed 37 lives including five senior commanders of Revolutionary Guard, said PPP SB Chairperson Ghinva Bhutto.

Islamabad, Oct.17 : Following the go-ahead received from the government, the Pakistani security forces have started their offensive in South Waziristan, which is considered a stronghold of the Taliban.

Islamabad, Oct 19 : PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed has said that manipulation by the ruling PPP would weaken and undermine Pakistan's case on Kashmir.

By Irfan Ali KARACHI: The venue near Karsaz, where two blasts had killed more than 125 participants of the Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally, was showered with rose petals throughout the day on Sunday, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Karsaz incident.

Pakistani electoral officials have decided "in principle" to delay a January 8 poll after Benazir Bhutto's killing last week sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but put off a final decision until Wednesday.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday as two senior U.S. officials arrived for talks that included Pakistan's role in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.

ISLAMABAD: The president of the ruling Pakistan People's Party-Parliamentarians , Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, was not invited to a high-level briefing given to the heads of political parties by the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the Prime Minister House on the invitation of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani ...

Rejects Kerry-Lugar Bill Monday, October 12, 2009 Bureau report PESHAWAR: Chief of his own faction of the Pakistan People's Party, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has demanded a thorough probe into the terrorist attack on General Headquarters to unearth the culprits behind the incident.

Opp slams govt for ignoring parliament * Babar Ghauri says parliament can still get its voice heard in US * Sherry blames conditions on Musharraf's 'foreign policy based on deception' By Zulfiqar Ghuman ISLAMABAD: Speaking on points of order, opposition lawmakers on Tuesday rejected the Kerry-Lugar bill, noting the government should have taken ...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi A purported activist of Pakistan People's Party was killed and another was injured when unidentified assailants sprayed them with bullets within the limits of Al-Falah police station early Tuesday morning.

Paying tributes in a unanimously passed resolution to shuhada who laid down their lives in the attack, Israrullah Khan Gandapur, the mover of the resolution, saluted the army for successfully conducting the operation to rescue hostages.

INSIGHT: Hore Choopo! -Ejaz Haider The worrying part of PPP's masochism is that it is hurting the party's interest.

A high-level meeting of Pakistan People's Party on Friday night decided to allay apprehensions of all the stakeholders including Armed Forces on Kerry-Lugar Bill and defend it in the Parliament with full force.

Pakistani opposition parties have described the controversial Kerry Lugar Bill as a national insult and an attempt by the US to interfere in the countrys internal issues.

ISLAMABAD // Pakistan's powerful army generals on Wednesday publicly confronted the country's fledgling democratic government over a proposed United States economic assistance programme, describing it as containing 'clauses impacting on national security'. In their first public challenge to the administration of Asif Ali Zardari, the president and ...

Staff Report KARACHI: Two political activists sustained bullet injuries while three others were arrested in a clash in the premises of Al-Falah police station, when the police had called them to settle a dispute between them.

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto said on Friday she would carry on her struggle for democracy, despite an attack on her motorcade that killed 133 people as she returned home after eight years of exile.

The Muslim-majority state of Pakistan occupies an area which was home to some of the earliest human settlements and where two of the world's major religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, were practised.

Raisani told the channel that the commission would work under the proposed Balochistan package.

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's spokesman has denied a statement by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Chaudry Nisar Ali Khan, claiming the governor had not paid taxes worth millions of rupees, quoted in certain sections of the press.

Saturday, October 03, 2009 By M. Waqar Bhatti Karachi An armed clash between local leaders and activists of the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in Millat town in the limits of Al-Falah police station resulted in injuries to two PPP activists, police and eye-witnesses said.

Karachi, Sep.25 : The Pakistan People's Party has criticized the recent report by the Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watch-dog, which questioned Pakistan's request from the donor countries for more aid and assistance in spite of the massive corruption prevalent in the country.