Rawalpindi, Mar 13 : PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has asked Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to play his role and convince President Asif Ali Zardari to defuse the prevailing tension by restoring the pre-November 3 judiciary.

Sharif said that if the Prime Minister wished, he could restore the pre-November 3 judiciary, Geo News reported.

"The nation and the opposition would support the Prime Minister whatever steps he takes for restoration of the judges," he said, adding that now its time that Gilani should play his role.

Islamabad, Mar. 10: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) can play the kingmaker's role in Punjab.

Addressing the parliament, he said the PPP-led government would not mind sitting on the opposition benches if it failed to show majority support, adding that the Federal Government would respect the mandate of the party, which has the support of majority of Punjab Assembly members.

Islamabad, Mar. 6 : The Pakistan Government has spent a whopping 139.06 million rupees on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's foreign visits.

According to a report tabled in the National Assembly, Gilani's foreign tours to10 countries from May 2008 to January 2009 has made Pakistan Government's wallet lighter by 139.06 million rupees.

Gilani's trip to the United States, Britain and Sri Lanka from July 26 to August 3 last year itself cost a staggering 43.55 million rupees.

Islamabad, Mar 3 : President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani have strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday.

Zardari asked the authorities concerned to immediately investigate the incident so that the perpetrators are identified and their motives exposed.

He directed that best possible medical treatment be provided to the injured, The N ews reported.

Gilani termed it a terrorist attack, and said the objective behind the attack was to bring a bad name to Pakistan.

Lahore, Feb. 19 : Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman has said the sharia-deal between the NWFP government and the TNSM in Malakand division enjoyed the complete backing of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Fazl said the pact had been approved after a meeting of representatives of the NWFP government with President Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani, the Daily Times reports.

Earlier, the North West Frontier Province Government had signed a pact with Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi leader Maulana Sufi Muhammad on the implementation of `sharia' in the Swat Valley's Malakand division.

Islamabad, Feb 2 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government would this week discuss with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon its progress in requesting the United Nations to probe former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination.

"Very soon we are evolving a strategy for that," Gilani replied, when asked whether his government would convey its request for a probe to the UN Secretary General, who is expected to arrive in Pakistan on Wednesday.