Pakistan

Pak lawyers angry with Sharif for his U-turn

Islamabad, Dec 13: The lawyers community, led by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan, is not prepared to lend its support to Nawaz Sharif’s election campaign, although he ma

Pak stance on Israel unchanged: FO

Islamabad, Dec 13: Pakistan has rejected insinuations that support for an Israeli resolution in the UN General Assembly was a reflection of its policy shift on the Jewish state.

Aitzaz Ahsan to boycott elections

Lahore, Dec 13: Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan

Pakistan to import 500,000 bales of Indian cotton

Islamabad, Dec 13: The Pakistan Government has allowed import of 500,000 bales of short staple cotton from India through land route via Wagah border to overcome domestic shortage.

Plot to assassinate Musharraf foiled

Karachi, Dec 13: President Pervez MusharrafPakistani intelligence agenci

Alliance with Sharif, but not with Musharraf’s loyalists, says Benazir

Benazir BhuttoIslamabad, Dec 12: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that her Pakistani Peoples' Party might forge an alliance with Nawaz Sharif, but has ruled out joining hands with President Pervez Musharraf’s loyalists.

In an interview to The Washington Times, Benazir said she wouldn’t join hands with those who are controlled by Musharraf or by Muslim clerics.

“No one will accept a Q victory, ” she said referring to the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).

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