Friday, May 24, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi The caretaker Sindh government has decided to return the Prison Department to the provincial Home Department to run the affairs of the jails in Sindh. However, the decision is tantamount to violating the Supreme Court’s ...

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi Carrying on with its policy of reconciliation, the Pakistan People’s Party wants to make the Muttahida Qaumi Movement part of the Sindh government again. “The PPP enjoys a friendly relationship with the MQM and will ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi President Asif Ali Zardari wants to create a “model coalition set-up” in Sindh with all the parties onboard – a proposition similar to the previous government, which at one time had no opposition members, The News has ...

Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi The contest to the NA-250 seat of Karachi has become one-sided after almost all major political parties pulled out of the race for the hotly contested constituency with the Pakistan People’s Party becoming the latest to ...

Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi For the first time in 25 years, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has been forced to retreat from a position of strength by another party. Political observers believe the retreat of the MQM is a major victory for the political ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has invited heads of all the political parties to a luncheon in honour of the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on May 22. The Chinese premier is reaching Pakistan on a ...

Friday, May 17, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi With re-polling at 43 polling stations of NA-250 scheduled on May 19, a total 86,316 voters – 20,672 in PS-112 and 65,644 in PS-113 – are expected to exercise their right of vote. The decision for re-election at these ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has rejected the election results in Sindh saying that the vote was rigged and demanded re-polling in the entire province. “The Pakistan People’s Party has a history of rigging ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
Karachi The PML-N on Tuesday formally offered Pir Pagara to join the federal government as coalition partner and assured similar cooperation in the Sindh setup. The PML-N conveyed this offer to Pir Pagara through its ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Tahir Hasan Khan
KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has declared that the PPP accepts the mandate of all the parties and directed the elected members of the party to follow the policy of political reconciliation. Congratulating the elected party MNAs ...