ISLAMABAD: The Sindh cabinet and PPP MPs unanimously asked Asif Ali Zardari on Monday not to give safe exit to President Pervez Musharraf, and try him for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.Sources said as a besieged Musharraf was desperately trying to show defiance in the face of his impeachment, pressure within the party was mounting on Zardari to put Musharraf on trial.These sources said no one should wonder if the long charge-sheet to be tabled before a joint session...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Army, ISI not involved in politics: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan army and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) are not involved in politics.In an exclusive interview with Geo News senior analyst Hamid Mir, Asif Ali Zardari said that it would be premature to say that President Musharraf might have misappropriated the US aid given to Pakistan in war against terror. PPP co-chairman said that his statement in this regard was stated out of context by British newspaper.As regards...
10 killed in J&K firing; PM calls another meet
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Violence escalated in the Kashmir region on Tuesday as 10 people were killed in firing by security forces during protests. For the first time in 13 years, curfew has been clamped in the entire valley.In Kishtwar, the army was called out after two persons were killed and over 20 others injured in clashes, police firing and a grenade blast, officials said. Earlier, the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse groups belonging to two communities which pelted each other with stones at...
Don't interfere in J&K, India warns Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday reacted sharply to Pakistan's attempts to link the ongoing protests in Jammu and Kashmir to the peace process between the two countries. According to Times Now , Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has registered strong opposition to Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s remarks on situation in Jammu and Kashmir.Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that the current situation in Kashmir has affected the environment for talks...
Impeachment motion against Musharraf to be submitted next week
ISLAMABAD: The impeachment motion against Pervez Musharraf will be submitted in parliament next week, Pakistan's ruling coalition said today as it asked the President to quit or face the "tidal wave" of opposition set off by the two provincial assemblies backing the move."When the day comes next week, when we move our resolution for the joint (sitting of the National Assembly and Senate), we will have much more (votes) than we need (to impeach the President)," Pakistan People's Party leader and...
17 injured in violence in Political Clash
NANDIGRAM (WEST BENGAL): Seventeen people were injured, some critically, as fresh trouble flared up in Nandigram villages on Tuesday morning as warring groups of Trinamool Congress (TC) and CPM fought each other with bombs and firearms.Police said the injured included 15 Trinamool Congress activists, all of whom were rushed to a primary health clinic at Jonka.The condition of people with gunshot wounds has been stated to be serious.Sixty policemen were posted at the villages of Jonka and Vidyapith,...
Shibu Soren as next Jharkhand CM?
NEW DELHI: JMM chief Shibu Soren on Tuesday staked claim for Chief Ministership of Jharkhand, demanding that the incumbent Madhu Koda should quit soon, failing which support to the state government will be withdrawn. "The decision regarding making me Jharkhand CM was taken long back but it is getting delayed. Hence, we arrived at the decision to withdraw support for Koda government if he does not resign now," said Soren after a meeting of leaders from Jharkhand at his residence.At the same time,...
Detained Khaleda refuses to register from jail
DHAKA:Detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia has refused to register as a voter from behind bars, a prisons official said Monday.Prison authorities along with election officials had been preparing to register Khaleda Zia as a voter earlier Monday, deputy inspector general of prisons Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told.Election commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain had told reporters they hoped Khaleda Zia would register today, on the last day of voter registration and correction for Dhaka City Corporation.Source...
North West Frontier Province votes to oust Musharraf
PESHAWAR: Northwest Pakistan lawmakers have passed a resolution against President Pervez Musharraf, the second major act in the ruling coalition's campaign to impeach and oust the embattled leader.The North West Frontier Province assembly's resolution on Tuesday came a day after lawmakers in Punjab province passed a similar proposal. As in Punjab, the resolution in the northwest passed overwhelmingly, 107-4.Musharraf seized power in a 1999 military coup and dominated Pakistan for years, but he grew...
Amar and Arun go hammer & tongs
New Delhi, Aug 11: An argument broke out today between Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and the BJP’s Arun Jaitley as talks failed at an all-party meeting here to discuss the Amarnath deadlock.Members of the all-party team that visited Jammu and Srinagar last week were expected to discuss their findings at the meeting and suggest a solution.During the discussions, Amar accused the BJP of being the root cause of the problem, and Jaitley retorted that the meeting was not the place for political wrangles,...
PPP-Sherpao to support impeachment
PESHAWAR: People Party Sherpao has announced on Tuesday that it will support the ruling coalitions’ impeachment motion against President Pervez Musharraf.Talking to media outside NWFP Assembly, PPP-Sherpao Parliamentary leader Sikandar Sherpao said that his party believed in democracy.“PML-N’s Ch Nisar Ali Khan and PPP’s Khurshid Shah requested us to support the ruling coalition regarding impeachment, he said, adding PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari had phoned Party Chief Aftab Ahmed Sherpao for...
Punjab, NWFP, Sindh Assemblies sessions on impeachment today
KARACHI: Sindh, Punjab and NWFP Assemblies' sessions would be held today regarding president’s impeachment.NWFP Assembly session will begin at 10am to pass the resolution on president’s impeachment. NWFP Speaker Karamatullah Chagarmatti will chair the session in which members of provincial assembly would cast their vote about impeachment.On the other hand, Sindh Assembly session chaired by its Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro would begin at 3pm. Member of assembly would give their point of view on impeachment...
UPCC meet focuses on Mayawati bashing
LUCKNOW: The political resolution, passed at the two-day meet of the newly nominated UPCC executive on Monday, mainly singled out the BSP supremo for a frontal attack. Apart from thanking the Centre or commending its stance on various national issues, the meet- it seemed- ended up devoting most of its time on Maya bashing and levelled charges ranging from corruption to casteism on her."Mayawati, says the proposal, "has misled the masses for gaining power. Her neglect of common man exposes her dual...
BJP activists bring traffic to a halt
HYDERABAD: Thousands of motorists suffered with the traffic jam caused by the BJP activist's protest at Khairatabad MMTS station on Monday afternoon.Nearly 150 BJP activists, led by their leaders Bandaru Dattatreya, Baddam Bal Reddy, B Laxman and Kishan Reddy staged a protest against the role played by Central Government in Amarnath Shrine land issue and demanded immediate allocation of land to the Amarnath Shrine Board.The protest started at 11 am and after the leaders spoke, some activists tried...
Session will test govt survival skills
PANAJI: The Goa assembly session slated from August 18 will test the 14-month-old alliance government led by the Congress’ Digambar Kamat, as dissidence in the Congress persists and the resignation of some MLAs to force instability is not ruled out. Ally NCP, showing signs of anger, is likely to support such a move.Indications are strong that the Congress Legislative Party, beset with problems could see the resignations of four MLAs. Should this happen, it would reduce the strength of the House...
Kalam tells MBA students to participate in politics
NEW DELHI: It was a management lesson of a different kind that 400-odd B-school students and corporate delegates got at Indian Institute for Foreign Trade (IIFT) campus on Monday. The former president APJ Abdul Kalam himself was present to take this class on the role of consultants in an emerging knowledge-based economy.Speaking at a seminar organised by IIFT and PHD chamber, Kalam spoke on topics ranging from the scope for India inthe consultancy opportunities worldwide and stressed students to...
BJP demands probe into tapes
NEW DELHI: Ending weeks of suspense after the cash-for-votes scandal rocked Lok Sabha during the July 22 trust vote, the private TV channel which had recorded the "sting" telecast on Monday the tapes showing three BJP MPs receiving Rs 1 crore from a person alleged to be associated with Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.Some 19 days after the final chapter of the sting was recorded, CNN-IBN telecast the tapes while claiming that it was not arriving at any conclusion over who was the guilty party...
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