ISLAMABAD  - Opposition Leader in National Assembly Ch Nisar Ali said Friday ineptness and mismanagement of the rulers in holding the D-8 summit made Pakistan a laughing stock in the world. “The D-8 summit was a positive step and a vital global conference which could help highlight ...

New York - President Asif Ali Zardari, who flew to Dubai suddenly on Tuesday, complaining of heart pains, had been feeling increased pressure over the "Memogate" scandal and he may resign, according to a dispatch posted on Foreign Policy magazine's web site. "The noose was getting tighter -- it was ...

The United States is frustrated by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's falling political popularity following his government's slow response to the deluge, which has submerged almost one-fifth of the nation, American officials have said. The Obama administration, which is working hard to work ...

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court's Lahore registry on Monday asking for an early hearing of the petition seeking immunity for President Asif Ali Zaradri, a private TV reported. The hearing of the petition has been pending since a few weeks. The application by Barrister Zafarullah ...

President Asif Ali Zardaris visit to Manchana Abad has been canceled owing to bad weather conditions, a private TV reported today. Zardari was to go to Manchan Abad via helicopter to inaugurate a bridge connecting Manchan Abad and Pakpattan. However, the plan has been postponed on account of bad ...

An American newspaper columnist has described as "good news" the survival of President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan's "effective" Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani in the face of a campaign to remove them, saying their ouster would have hampered efforts to fight the militants. Trudy ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said President Asif Ali Zardari's tour was fruitful and timely as it gave an opportunity to elucidate many issues and explain apprehensions and misunderstandings. Talking to the US media, Qureshi further said that as a result, many apprehensions were removed in ...

Pakistan's ruling PPP has decided to quit the PML-N-led government in Punjab province in the wake of the latter's refusal to rejoin the federal coalition headed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The decision on the Pakistan People's Party pulling out of the provincial government in Punjab was ...

Unable to crush street protests Sunday that spilled out of this city and threatened to reach the capital, the Pakistani government announced early Monday morning that it would restore the former chief justice of the Supreme Court and a group of other deposed judges in a major capitulation to ...

Two persons were injured in firing during the late night celebration to mark Asif Ali Zardari's victory in the presidential election. The injured persons " Mohammad Imran and Mohammad Ayaz " were immediately taken to Jinnah Hospital for medical aid. According to sources, both the injured persons ...

The leaders of PPP have said that the election of PPP Co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari will strengthen the Parliament and uphold its supremacy. The PPP leaders including Munir Ahmed Khan, Aziz-ur-Rehman Chan and Malik Aiwan stated this while addressing a press conference here on Sunday. They said the ...

The Sindh Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution putting forward PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari's name as a presidential candidate. Law Minister Ayaz Soomro tabled the resolution in the session today and it was later unanimously passed in the House. 

The Presidency has decided to end all backdoor contacts with Pakistan Peoples Party after taking notice of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari's remarks about President Pervez Musharraf given to an Indian news agency. President Musharraf will express his reservations over the situation to the Prime ...