PESHAWAR  - In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the ruling PTI is in hot water as on one hand, the party is unwilling to give the Ministry of Education to JI, as it had earlier promised, while on the other hand its lawmakers from Peshawar are openly demanding health and local bodies ministries.To a great ...

ISLAMABAD -Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf-led coalition, which would form government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa, has decided to also get affidavits from all the members KPK Assembly about their nationality soon after they are administered oath of their new assignment on May 29.Sources in PTI confirmed to The ...

KARACHI - Punjab chief minister-in-waiting Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday formally invited PML-F chief Pir Pagara to join incoming PML-N-led government in the Centre, a request which was cordially accepted by the latter. The development came during a meeting of Shahbaz Sharif with Sibghatullah Shah ...

QUETTAIn a major breakthrough for government making efforts in Balochistan, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Pashtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PkMAP) and National Party (NP) announced formation of government in the province on Friday night.PML-N Balochistan President Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, NP ...

PESHAWAR - The PTI, JI and QWP have agreed on a power sharing formula to form a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The JUI-F of Fazlur Rehman, the second majority party in the province which was too eager to engineer its own coalition, will now have to sit on the opposition benches along ...

TOBA TEK SINGH Awami Workers Party (AWP) central President Abid Hassan Minto has said on Thursday that although the Supreme Court's ruling helped stopped the blind spending on installation of billboards, hoarding, rallies and use of loudspeaker on vehicles on AWP petition, the mainstream political ...

  BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State ofLawcoalition won the most provincial council seats in seven of the 12 provinces that voted, according to results released on Saturday. However, no list won a majority of seats in any of the provinces. The vote for provincial ...

LAHORE – Awami National Party (ANP) is preparing for a tough response over Chief Election Commissioner’s announcement regarding delimitation in Karachi, which includes parting ways with the PPP, The Nation has learnt. The ANP insiders’ privy to the developments in the party ...

A suicide attack and bomb blasts killed at least nine people in Afghanistan including two coalition forces members in southern Kandahar province, ISAF and local officials said Saturday.A suicide bomber targeted a group of foreign soldiers and Afghan intelligence agents in Maruf district of Kandahar ...

Calling the coalition partners of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) equally responsible for destroying the country, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, said Saturday President Asif Ali Zardari was not alone in damaging the country but allies of the ...

The impact of coalition operations in Afghanistan is sometimes hard to fathom when its related in statistics and bogged down in political manoeuvring. But when photos show how a village in the Arghandad River Valley was pulverised into dust last year, the scale of the battle to capture the hearts ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, who visited MQM headquarters 'Nine Zero' in Karachi for the first time to woo back coalition partners, said that MQM reservations over petroleum prices and RGST have been addressed. The PM said that he reversed POL prices to its earlier rates and delayed RGST ...

Pakistan Navys participation in Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan has strengthened relations with modern navies, said Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir here on Tuesday. Participation of PN in multinational exercises and Counter Piracy Deployment has not only helped strengthen relations with ...

United States has released US $633 million dollars Coalition Support Funds (CSF) to Pakistan. The United States has paid US$ 8.760 billion to Pakistan for the war against terrorism, the US Embassy in Islamabad said. According to sources US$ 1.270 billion of the CSF are still payable to Pakistan. US ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said the government believed in the politics of reconciliation and was taking along opposition and coalition partners in its endeavours for the countrys interest. Addressing the members of PPP parliamentary party here on a day-long visit to the ...

Governor of Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad has summoned a meeting of Sindh coalition parties at Governor House today. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and MQM chief Altaf Hussain in a telephonic conversation on Saturday exchanged views on the current situation in Karachi. The two leaders agreed to ...

President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday called upon the US for fast track reimbursement of outstanding Coalition Support Fund of 1.6 billion dollars and early realization of the Tokyo pledges to ensure economic stability of Pakistan. The President said this while talking to the US President Special ...

Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early on Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fended off a serious challenge by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies to grab the majority in Parliament. Official results for Sunday's election were ...

The Chief of PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said alliance should be made on the basis of mutual respect and equality. Addressing the PML-Q foundation day ceremony here on Monday, Chaudhry Shujaat said if Nawaz Sharif made coalition with PML-Q, MQM, JUI and ANP after the elections, he became the ...

President Zardari has invited coalition leaders Fazlur Rehman and Asfandyar Wali to discuss important political and national issues. According to sources, the president has invited these leaders in a reception in President House. The president would discuss political situation and future of ...

An operation by international forces in western Afghanistan on Friday killed 76 civilians, mostly women and children, the Afghan interior ministry said. "Seventy-six people, all civilians and most of them women and children, were martyred during the operation by coalition forces in Shindand ...

Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday that preparation of charge sheet was underway while ruling alliance has obtained the support of 350 members for impeachment. Talking to media outside her residence, she said that impeachment motion would be historic and solid. Members of PML-Q ...

President Pervez Musharraf will have to face impeachment under Article 47 of the Constitution if he fails to take vote of confidence from the assemblies immediately. This was announced by Co-chairman PPP, Asif Ali Zardari at a joint press conference with PML(N) Chief, Nawaz Sharif, here at Zardari ...

The ruling coalition has agreed to engage in dialogue rather than launch operation in FATA to resolve issues. JUI(F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman while talking to media said all the leaders have unanimously decided to bring the matters relating to countries sovereignty be brought before the ...

US-led coalition airstrikes killed 22 Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday after insurgents launched the latest in a string of attacks on government buildings, the coalition said. Rebels armed with rockets and machineguns attacked the Sarobi district centre in eastern Paktika ...

The leader of Pakistan Muslim League Ahsan Iqbal has said that PPP and PML-N coalition was based on the restoration of deposed judges and the impeachment of President. Talking to media in Karachi, he said that the sooner deposed judges are restored and the President is impeached, the farther PPP, ...

PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif have agreed to continue coalition during a meeting here on Wednesday. The meeting was held at the Nawaz Sharif's residence 'Jati Umrah' located in Raiwind. During the meeting, it was decided that the breakage of PPP and PML-N coalition ...

The US-led coalition in Afghanistan released a video Thursday of precision strikes targeting what it said were 'anti-Afghan' forces, after Pakistan accused it of killing 11 of its soldiers. The video footage, taken by an unmanned drone, shows what are described by someone speaking off-camera as ...

Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief, Nawaz Sharif Monday formally announced to quit the Federal Cabinet and that ministers of his party will tender resignations to the Prime Minister tomorrow. Addressing a press conference here after the meeting of the PML-N's Central Working Committee, he said: "PPP ...