ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan today (Friday) in its epoch-making short verdict dismissed all the constitutional petitions declaring them not maintainable and, thereby, President General Pervez Musharraf could contest the presidential election.
Earlier during the Friday hearing, Amicus Curiae, Abdul Hafiz Pirzada, Jamaat-e-Islami lawyer, Ikram Sheikh, Tahrik-e-Insaf’s lawyer Hamid Khan and the attorney of the Lawyers […]
Archive for September, 2007
Sep28
Constitutional petitions against Musharaff’s dual-office dismissed
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Sep15
Bhutto Announces Date of Return to Pakistan
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced Friday that she would return from self-imposed exile on Oct. 18 to run in parliamentary elections that could make her prime minister for a third time by the year’s end.
The decision to return appears to have been made without her reaching a formal power-sharing agreement with Pakistan’s president, […]
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Sep11
Sharif Appeals Expulsion from Pakistan
A lawyer for Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has filed a legal challenge against the government for deporting him from Pakistan. The government, however, has argued Mr. Sharif was not forcibly deported but instead chose to return to exile rather than face arrest on corruption charges. Daniel Schearf reports from Islamabad.
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Sep9
Nawaz Sharif warned cell awaits in Pakistan
The man hoping to topple General Pervez Musharraf will risk arrest by flying home today from London straight into a showdown with the Pakistani president.
Nawaz Sharif has been warned that there is a prison cell awaiting him when he lands in Islamabad tomorrow morning after prosecutors reopened corruption charges against him and his brother Shahbaz, […]
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Sep9
PPP seeks details of deal Nawaz signed with Saudi Arabia
PPP Information Secretary Sherry Rehman says PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has finally admitted that he had left the country as a result of a ?deal? with the government.Talking to journalists after Mr Sharif?s news conference in London on Saturday, she said the former prime minister had been denying for the past seven years that he […]
Filed in: Pakistan News
Sep9
Hundreds detained in Pakistan ahead of Sharif’s return
Pakistani police detained hundreds of opposition workers on Saturday and banned rallies two days before former premier Nawaz Sharif was due to arrive home to challenge what he calls the ‘illegitimate rule’ of President General Pervez Musharraf.
“More than 1,500 of our party leaders and workers have been picked up during the last three days in […]
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