Lahore, May 26 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)’s proposed Constitutional reforms package is not aimed at initiating a clash with President Pervez Musharraf, but rather at restoring the balance of power by giving parliament more authority.

The Daily Times quoted Gilani as saying that the 1973 Constitution at present was neither in a parliamentary nor in a presidential form due to the amendments made to it over the past nine years.

Islamabad, May 23 : Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has decided to speak to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over the “political uncertainty” prevailing in the country.

Musharraf is also said to be unhappy with the economic situation the country was facing after the new PPP-led coalition government took over last month.

Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), May 19 : In his first meeting with new Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, US President George W. Bush reportedly told him that it was the right time to settle the Kashmir issue which has been pending for more than two decades now.

He also welcomed the ‘significant’ improvement in Indo-Pak relations.

“We see a major and significant development in Pakistan-India relations and time is ripe for solution of the Kashmir issue,” The News quoted Bush as saying.

Islamabad, May 16 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari have decided that PPP will not bring new ministers in place of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ministers, who resigned due to differences over the framework of the restoration of the sacked judges.

“I will speak to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and persuade him to withdraw the resignations of his party’s minister in the national interest,” the Daily Times quoted Zardari, as saying.

Islamabad, May 13 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani seems to have completed one full circle of his political life, as he has been asked to make PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif fall in line once again, as he was made to do in 1986.

Then he worked for Gen Zia-ul-Haq, Mohammad Khan Junejo and Pir of Pagara, but now he has been assigned the job by PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

Lahore, May 13 : Following PML-N's decision to walk out of the Pakistan coalition government last evening, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani not to accept the resignations of PML-N ministers, as he would try to resume talks with the second largest coalition partner.

Zardari said his differences with PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif were not serious and that he would not field his party candidate against Sharif in the June 26 by-polls which Sharif would be contesting, the Daily Times quoted a TV report as saying.