Gunmen kill nine men after abduction in south-west Pakistan, say police
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters Gunmen shot and killed nine men after abducting them from a bus in a troubled province in south-western Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and Iran, officials said on Saturday. A separatist militant group, Baloch Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for the Friday night attack in Balochistan province in Pakistan’s south-west. In a statement sent to […]
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 […]
Khan lawmakers quit en masse as Pakistan parliament elects Sharif PM
Islamabad, PakistanReuters More than 100 lawmakers loyal to Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan resigned on Monday, creating a headache for the new, Western-friendly incumbent Shehbaz Sharif as he tries to drag his country out of political and economic crisis. Parliament’s election of Sharif, 70, as Prime Minister on Monday followed a week-long constitutional crisis that […]
Sharif, frontrunner as next Pakistani PM, seen as “can-do” administrator
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Shehbaz Sharif, the person most likely to be Pakistan’s next prime minister, is little known outside his home country but has a reputation domestically as an effective administrator more than as a politician. The younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz, 70, led a successful bid by the opposition in parliament […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote in parliament
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted on Sunday when he lost a vote of confidence in parliament, after being deserted by coalition partners who blame him for a crumbling economy and failure to deliver on his campaign promises. The result of the vote, which was the culmination of a 13-hour session that […]
Fresh turmoil for Pakistan as PM Khan dodges ouster, opposition vows fight
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan’s political turmoil deepened on Sunday, when Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided an attempt to oust him and sought fresh elections after dissolving parliament, a move the opposition called treasonous and vowed to fight. The deputy speaker of parliament, a member of Khan’s party, blocked an opposition no-confidence motion that Khan had widely […]