Yousuf Raza Gilani

Gilani accepts Sherry Rehman’s resignation, Kaira appointed new Pak IB minister

Gilani accepts Sherry Rehman’s resignation, Kaira appointed new Pak IB ministerIslamabad, Mar. 15 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has accepted the resignation of Information and Broadcasting (IB) Minister Sherry Rehman, and has appointed Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Qamaruz Zaman Kaira to the post.

According to sources, Rehman told Gilani that the unwarranted interference in her work by some ministers had affected her prestige.

She said it was this undue interference that convinced her to quit.

Gilani wants to undo all political wrongs to cement place in Pak history

Gilani wants to undo all political wrongs to cement place in Pak historyIslamabad, Mar 13: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani wants to defuse the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan by undoing “all the wrongs” to mark his place in the history of the country.

Gilani privately told a group of senators that he wanted to “decisively deliver” in the present crisis even if he might have to lose his coveted post, sources said.

Gilani’s game plan to kill two birds with one stone

Gilani’s game plan to kill two birds with one stoneIslamabad, Mar. 12 : Pakistan Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani is trying very hard to save his chair and to put an end to the ongoing political turmoil in the country to stem another bout of military rule.

Gilani, reportedly, is working on a reconciliation strategy with the PML-N that would include overturning the verdict of the Sharif brother's disqualification from contesting elections and reinstating Shabaz Sharif as chief minister of Punjab.

Kayani meets Gilani, threatens to impose emergency in Pakistan

Kayani meets Gilani, threatens to impose emergency in PakistanIslamabad, Mar. 11 : Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez Kayani, met Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday morning and reviewed the deteriorating law and order situation in the country on the eve of the proposed "Long March" from Karachi to Islamabad by the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
(PML-N).

Gilani, Sharif bury differences to promote democratic traditions

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza GilaniIslamabad, Feb. 24 : Burying their differences, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have decided to work together to promote democratic traditions.

At a meeting at the Prime Minister's residence here, both leaders decided to resolve their issues, and agreed not to issue aggressive statements against each other.

Talking to mediapersons after the meeting, Gilani urged workers of both parties (PPP and PML-N) to work together.

Zardari, Gilani ask PPP leaders to stop making statements against PML-N

Asif Ali Zardari, Yousuf Raza Gilani Lahore, Feb. 23 : Pakistan President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have asked Punjab Governor Salman Taseer and PPP leader Qasim Zia to stop making statements against the PML-N leadership and instructed them to observe restraint.

The Punjab Governor, however, has denied receiving any such instructions from Gilani.

"I have not received any such instructions from PM Gilani," The Nation quoted Taseer, as saying.

Zia, however, went to the extent of saying that no one could bar him from issuing any statements.

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