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Three special envoys of the Pakistan government Thursday stoutly defended President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to impose the state of emergency, saying it had to be done to put the country back on the democratic track. The envoys - Dr Nasim Ashraf, Mohammad Ali Saif (federal ministers) and Kashmala Tariq, a former member of the National […]

President Pervez Musharraf Thursday announced that emergency and the Provisional Constitution Order would be lifted from the country on Dec 16, while the Jan 8 election would be held under the Constitution.“I have full resolve to lift the emergency and withdraw the PCO on Dec 16,” he said in a televised address to the nation […]

RAWALPINDI: Pervez Musharraf stepped down Wednesday from the Army Chief post handing over the Army command to Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, who took charge as 14th Chief of Pakistan Army. Musharraf to take oath as a civilian president on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD: Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will assume command of the Pakistan Army as Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday (November 28) after President General Pervez Musharraf doffs his uniform.

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said his party did not want to boycott the polls but there was little else they could do when the government was pushing them to the wall.

ISLAMABAD: General Pervez Musharraf is ready to accept every demand of the opposition parties except the restoration of deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges of the old Supreme Court, two important members of the Musharrraf camp told The News on Monday.

ISLAMABAD: A National Accountability Court (NAB) will take up corruption cases against brothers Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif in Rawalpindi on Dec 5,” a senior NAB official confirmed.

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and former Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif on Monday submitted their nomination papers for elections on national and provincial assembly seats.

LAHORE: A special plane carrying the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members arrived in Lahore from the holy city of Madina on Sunday evening.
The convoys of PML-N workers arrived in Lahore to accord rousing welcome to Sharifs. Large welcome banners and pictures of Sharif brothers have been displayed at […]

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf could quit as chief of the army and take oath as a civilian president by Saturday, a senior official said, meeting a key demand of critics at home and abroad of his imposition of emergency rule.
The Supreme Court is expected to clear the last legal obstacles to Musharraf’s continued rule on […]