Pakistan – Top court rules Bhutto, hanged 44 years ago, didn’t get a fair trial; Asif Ali Zardari win’s second term as President
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Pakistan‘s Supreme Court ruled last week that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial. Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) now run by his grandson and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, was hanged […]
Pakistan’s largest parties strike deal on coalition government
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Two major Pakistan political parties said on Tuesday that they had reached a formal agreement to form a coalition government, ending ten days of intense negotiations after an inconclusive national election did not return a clear majority. The agreement between Bhutto Zardari’s Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of three-time Premier Nawaz Sharif ends days of […]
Shehbaz Sharif to be coalition candidate for next Pakistan PM – spokeswoman
Islamabad, Pakistan Reuters Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be the nominee for Pakistan’s next premier to lead a new coalition alliance formed between different parties, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday after national elections last week returned a hung parliament. The Pakistan Peoples Party on Tuesday said it would support Sharif’s party to form a minority government, ending […]