By Omar Farooque,on May 14th,2013 Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been summoned for questioning by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Rental Power Projects (RPP) corruption case on Tuesday. On the request of NAB,the names of all the suspects in the RPP case have been put on the Exit Control List (ECL). Ashraf,who had not . . . →Read More:NAB summons Raja Rental By Deepika Jaitley,on May 2nd,2013 By Zawar Munawar Saleemi “Are you crazy?” This was the reaction I got every time I told someone I was going to Karachi for two weeks to vote in the upcoming general elections. For months,all overseas Pakistanis have been closely following the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Supreme Court rulings on whether . . . →Read More:Crazy enough to fly 4000 miles,just so that I can vote By Omar Farooque,on March 27th,2013 Top spy agencies told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that Pakistan has lost 49,000 lives since the apocalyptic attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon in the United States on September 11,2001. Interestingly,government agencies had put the fatality figure at 40,000 in earlier reports. . . . →Read More:Pakistan suffered loss of 49000 lives from War on Terror By Omar Farooque,on March 18th,2013 Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf faces possible disqualification from contesting the upcoming elections as a company co-owned by him has been declared a defaulter by the Capital Development Authority (CDA). Official documents revealed that Ashraf and his two partners registered M/s Fairwin Enterprises with the registrar of the Islamabad Capital Territory on August 21,1986 . . . →Read More:PM Ashraf could be disqualified from contesting elections By Omar Farooque,on February 21st,2013 Former Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) chairman Tauqir Sadiq,will soon be handed over to Pakistani authorities, Express News reported. Wanted by the Supreme Court in a corruption scam of Rs 83 billion,he is expected to return to Islamabad within 48 hours,reported Express News. . . . →Read More:Sadiq expected to return to Islamabad in 48 hours By Omar Farooque,on February 15th,2013 A day after rejecting Dr Tahirul Qadri’s petition on the basis of his dual nationality,the Supreme Court handed out on Thursday a set of proposals for ensuring voting rights to overseas Pakistanis in the coming general election. The court noted that the task appeared to be arduous,but it suggested an immediate meeting between . . . →Read More:SC in favor of voting arrangements for expats By Omar Farooque,on February 8th,2013 Dr Tahirul Qadri,a top cleric who has re-entered Pakistan’s political scene ahead of the polls,has filed a petition in the Supreme Court,arguing that as the Election Commission of Pakistan’s members were not chosen properly,it should be declared illegal. His argument hinges on Article 218 of the Constitution,which lays down how . . . →Read More:ECP should be declared “illegal” says Qadri By Omar Farooque,on February 7th,2013 The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the government’s plea for lifting a ban it had imposed on recruitment in all departments and on diversion of allocated developmental funds. However,it has exempted from the ban constitutional bodies,including the Supreme Court,high courts,parliament and the Federal Ombudsman. . . . →Read More:ECP rejects Govt’s plea to lift ban on recruitment By Inaam.Chandio,on January 28th,2013 As the current government nears its completion,Pakistanis wait anxiously for the next election. The economic crunch and rising insecurity has begun to affect more and more people,bringing even more to their knees. In their exasperation,the public especially the youth have channeled their efforts to improving the state of social affair through grass . . . →Read More:ZoneAsia-Pk:The (unattainable) goal of free and fair elections | |
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