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  Pakistan: PPP bats for late ex-President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's image on currency notes

  World | May 13, 2024 15:19 IST

  The PPP called for declaring Zulfikar Ali Bhutto a national hero and dedicate a monument in his honour. This came months after Pakistan's Supreme Court observed that the late ex-President was was not given a fair trial and due process in 1979 when he was sentenced to death.

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  Pakistan: Former PM Yusuf Raza Gilani elected unopposed as Senate chairman

  World | April 09, 2024 16:18 IST

  Gilani, 71, was elected as the Senate chairman and PML-N's Saidal Khan Nasir was elected as the deputy chairman of the Upper House of Pakistan's Parliament. With this, the ruling alliance has solidified its grip on power by controlling both houses of the parliament.

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  Pakistan's ruling coalition sweeps Senate elections, PPP wins 11 seats and PML-N six

  World | April 02, 2024 23:24 IST

  Pakistan's Senate comprises 96 seats, out of which PML-N now has 19 and PPP has 24, giving them a crucial edge in introducing any amendment to the Constitution. The elections for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed due to a dispute over the swearing-in of members on reserved seats.

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  Pakistan's next coalition government: The ups and downs of Sharif-Bhutto ties | EXPLAINED

  Explainers | February 21, 2024 17:47 IST

  The PML-N and PPP joined hands to form Pakistan's federal government in 2008 and 2022. The leaders of these two parties - Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto- were locked in intense rivalries for power in the 1990s that ended with Nawaz's ouster by Pervez Musharraf.

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  Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto's PPP to back PML-N candidate for PM, won't join federal govt

  World | February 13, 2024 18:35 IST

  Nawaz's PML-N was the largest party with 75 seats, while Imran Khan's PTI-backed candidates won the highest number of seats overall. Imran has ruled out forming a coalition with PML-N and PPP and will join hands with Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) to form the government.

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  Pakistan: 'Fool me once, shame on you...', says Bilawal Bhutto on rejoining Nawaz Sharif's party

  World | January 20, 2024 15:22 IST

  Bilawal's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) were major partners of the Pakistan Democratic Movement's 16-month government. However, the PPP chairman has slammed PML-N for rising inflation and economic mismanagement.

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  Pakistan's Hina Rabbani Khar is again in news. Know why?

  World | April 19, 2022 19:15 IST

  Rabbani was also the youngest and first ever woman Pakistani politician to serve as external affairs minister back in 2011. Khar was 33 when she handled the post between 2011-2013.

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  Regional leader accuses GB govt. of exploiting COVID-19 crisis

  News | May 18, 2020 18:20 IST

  The lockdown triggered by the spread of coronavirus has severely affected the lives of people in illegally occupied Gilgit-Baltistan.

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  Bilawal Bhutto announces nationwide anti-government protests

  World | October 19, 2019 9:20 IST

  "Our demand is to restore democracy (in the country)," The Express Tribune quoted the PPP chief as saying at a public rally on Friday night.

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  Asif Ali Zardari vows to remove Imran Khan's govt

  World | June 05, 2019 13:05 IST

  Zardari said the present government has snatched jobs from people and has unleashed a tsunami of price hike. Zardari said unemployment and price hike has increased in the country by 500 per cent.

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  Pakistan Peoples Party questions law and order situation in Pakistan

  News | February 21, 2019 8:16 IST

  Pakistan Peoples Party questions law and order situation in Pakistan

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  Zardari visits Afghanistan to boost bilateral ties

  World | May 07, 2015 14:37 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari today left for Afghanistan with a delegation to help improve ties between the two countries.During his two-day visit, he is expected to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, chief

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  Barricades outside Bilawal House removed after five years

  World | April 01, 2015 17:22 IST

  Islamabad: Barriers and barricades placed outside the Bilawal House in Karachi were on Wednesday removed after five years following the orders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.The road outside Bilawal House was

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  MQM to pull out of PPP-led Sindh govt in Pakistan

  World | October 20, 2014 9:28 IST

  Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) yesterday announced its decision to pull out of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government, a day after Bilawal Bhutto Zardari attacked the ally party in his first public rally."After what

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  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari holds first public rally in Karachi

  World | October 18, 2014 23:07 IST

  Karachi: Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday held his first public rally here, launching his political career in a big way.Around 40,000 persons were deployed to provide security cover for the rally

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  India adopting Israel model against Pakistan: Bilawal Bhutto

  World | October 08, 2014 11:05 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has once again made a hawkish remark against India. Bilawal has accused India  of  adopting Israel model against Pakistan.Bilawal, who has announced plans to contest

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  Bilawal's remark on Kashmir: Unity of India is non-negotiable, says Syed Akbaruddin

  Politics | September 21, 2014 7:28 IST

  New Delhi: In a befitting response to Pakistan People's Party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's statement on Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that ‘unity of India is non-negotiable'.Official spokesperson of the MEA, Syed

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  I'll take back all of Kashmir, says Bilawal Bhutto

  World | September 20, 2014 14:26 IST

  Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the ‘Gen-Next' politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would get back entire Kashmir from India.  Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers in Multan

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  In 2010 NSA was authorised to carry out surveillance on BJP

  Politics | July 01, 2014 15:10 IST

  Washington: America's top spy agency was authorised by a US court in 2010 to carry out surveillance on the BJP along with five other political organisations across the globe, including Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Pakistan

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  Gen Kayani's successor to be named on Nov 28: Minister

  World | November 08, 2013 18:57 IST

  Islamabad: The name of Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's successor will be announced a day before he retires on November 29, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said today.Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will make a