ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia on Saturday rushed its intelligence chief to Pakistan to broker a deal between embattled President Pervez Musharraf and the ruling coalition that plans to launch impeachment proceedings against him next week, media reports said.Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz met Musharraf and leaders of the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition to discuss the possibility of the President being given a "safe exit" if he steps down, TV channels quoted sources as saying.There was no official word...
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Chargesheet finalised against Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's coalition parties on Friday finalised charges against President Pervez Musharraf that would be tabled in the parliament along with an impeachment motion next week, a senior official said.A special committee has finalised the draft chargesheet against the president and presented it to the law minister, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said."This document would be sent to the leadership of coalition partners by Sunday or Monday, before presenting it in the parliament," Rehman...
No safe exit for Musharraf: Nawaz
LAHORE: PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has asked the people negotiating a safe passage for President Pervez Musharraf whether a dictator who had violated the Constitution twice and brought Pakistan to the verge of destruction deserved such soft treatment.Addressing a gathering at the Mausoleum of Allama Iqbal here on Thursday, Nawaz alleged that the steps of President Pervez Musharraf had dented the solidarity of Pakistan. �President Pervez Musharraf has confessed in his book that he has earned dollars...
Manmohan PM candidate of the Congress: Sonia Gandhi
New Delhi: In her first clear statement on the issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Friday that Manmohan Singh would be the party's prime ministerial candidate at the general elections that are due in May 2009."Why not, certainly," Gandhi replied when asked at the Congress headquarters here whether Singh would unfurl the national flag at the Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort next year."Hopefully," a smiling Manmohan Singh replied when asked the same question.Gandhi and Singh were...
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