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Schneider Home (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
PPP co-chair, but de-facto leader, widower of Benazir Bhutto, Mr 10% Zardari , is likely to be the PPP nomination for President . Parliament approves the President so no plebiscite is required. If nominated, which he probably will be, only the PML-N can stand in his way. Sharif will probably exact some concessions, a government department or two, and the heriditary, undemocratic affair that is Pakistani...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Parliamentarians belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have nominated party co-chair Asif Ali Zardari for next month’s presidential elections, a party leader told reporters Wednesday evening.”All participants at the meeting held in Islamabad have nominated Mr. Zardari for the country’s top office,” PPP MP Farzana Raja said. She said that Zardari, [...]
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OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Benazir Bhutto’s widower is emerging as the frontrunner to become the country’s next leader after receiving the support of a key opposition party. His election would appeal to the west
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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Assassinated Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's widower emerged on Thursday as a likely candidate to become the next president......
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Islamabad, Aug 21 (ANI): While MQM chief Altaf Hussain, who lives in exile in London, has supported PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardaris candidature for the post of Pakistan President, former premier Nawaz Sharifs party the PML-N has said that it needed to be consulted before the name for the next President was proposed by [...]
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rediff News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pakistan People's Party parliamentarians on Wednesday backed party chief Asif Ali Zardari for the post of President but he said a decision would be made only after consulting all members of the ruling coalition.
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baithak (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Their first demand is the restoration of the judges, including Iftikhar Chaudhry. In this they will have the support of the lawyers movement and most of the media. But I don’t think Mr Zardari will succumb to this demand quickly. Instead, he is likely to reiterate his position that there should be a constitutional amendment covering the restoration of the judges, ousting of the president’s power under...
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Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
What next after Musharraf? By Najam Sethi Courtesy and Thanks: Daily Times As we predicted, President Pervez Musharraf has resigned rather than drag the nation through an acrimonious and ill-defined impeachment process that would have bled the economy and deepened the political paralysis in the country. He took this decision not because it was the graceful and generous [...]
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IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Tomorrow morning two convoys of luxury four-wheel-drive vehicles will speed from the leafy western suburbs of Islamabad on to the newly widened dual carriageway through the centre of the Pakistani capital. Barely braking for the police checkpoints, they will converge on the National Assembly. The two most powerful politicians in Pakistan – Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League ( PML-N...
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Islamabad, August 17 (ANI): Chief of Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan on Sunday called on co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari. According to The News, the meeting between the two continued for more than one and a half hour. According to reports they discussed the draft regarding the Presidents impeachment in the [...]
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Islamabad, Aug.18 (ANI): A distribution of sweets and slogans in favour of democracy welcomed Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafs announcement that he was resigning from office on Monday, ahead of the impeachment process in parliament. Hundreds of PPP workers gathered outside Zardari House here and jubilantly welcomed the announcement. Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari described it as [...]
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Lahore , Aug 16 (ANI): Dropping enough hints that differences might emerge within the ruling four-party coalition, especially the PML-N, over who would be the next Pakistan President after Pervez Musharraf, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that his party had the legitimate right over the post as it was the biggest party [...]
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Pakistan Times! (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
I AM writing this to you sitting outside a coffee shop in Virginia, a little outside Washington. I hope that my letter will be taken in the spirit in which it is written — from someone who deeply loves Pakistan and sincerely cares about it. Over the years, I have watched the situation in Pakistan, [...]
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baithak (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
The negotiations between Musharraf and Zardari-Sharif Unnatural oalition hinges over one major condition - Musharraf insists on complete indemnification over all his actions. Obsessed, hateful and driven Nawaz has dug his heels. Zardari, reports indicate is willing to be more flexible. US, UK and Saudi-Americans have also jumped into the fray. The bottom line? Kayani and the institution that he represents....
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baithak (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Dear Huma Yusuf: You wrote: "The judiciary should also be allowed to indulge in the "activism" that so scared Musharraf, and now reportedly rattles Zardari. Inquiries into the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, the Lal Masjid showdown, the disappearances of thousands of terror suspects, the blocking of television channels, and other issues highlighted on the PPP's infamous charge sheet, should be launched...
