Tag: Chaudhrys

The Chaudhrys felt another shock on Tuesday after the formation of a PML-Q dissident bloc in the Senate, as two PML-Q MNAs decided to...

The reconciliatory and obliging policy of the Chaudhrys has started bearing fruit, as 12 dissidents of the PML-Q are likely to attend the party’s...

Struggling hard to deal with differences within their party, the Chaudhrys sought Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s help on Sunday in addressing the challenges...

In their first meeting after being appointed, the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) ministers and state ministers strongly criticised the Chaudhrys for securing a ‘poor...

The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) on Sunday night sealed the mother of all deals to form a...

In the swiftly-changing political scenario, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s Sharif brothers have begun to look for dissenters within the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)...

ISLAMABAD - Allaying concerns of some of the PPP parliamentarians over power-sharing deal with the PML-Q, President Asif Ali Zardari has said if he could reconcile with the MQM, which had killed more than 100 PPP workers, there was no harm in shaking hands with the Chaudhrys to advance the party's policy of reconciliation in national interest, Pakistan Today learnt on Wednesday.
A source in the PPP said President Zardari, while addressing a PPP parliamentary party meeting the

ISLAMABAD - After the formation of the Likeminded and Unification Bloc, the PML-Q appears to be facing another serious internal crisis with the party's parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Faisal Saleh Hayat, and other parliamentarians expressing their reservations over the Chaudhrys' unilateral decision to walk out from the presidential address to a joint session of parliament without consulting them. Faced with resentment from the parliamentarians, the Chaudhrys, who had

COMMENT - The Chaudhrys hold Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani responsible for undoing the initial understanding reached between the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q)and the Pakistan People's Party for future political cooperation. In a surprising move, the PML-Q leadership decided the other day to stay away from the presidential address to the joint session of parliament to be held today (Tuesday), showing new strains in relations between the two parties. Chances of future

LAHORE - As the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) land purchase scam investigation is moving ahead in the Supreme Court, the Chaudhry brothers are panicking and their fright at surfacing of solid evidences against their blue-eyed political successor of involvement in fraud of billions of rupees is natural, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesman said on Friday.
The spokesman advised the Chaudhrys to refrain from levelling allegations against the PML-N and worry

DUBAI: Former president Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday the Chaudhrys were never against him, saying they had deviated off-course under political expediencies, but would be reverting back to his fold at an "opportune moment".
He also denied that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Fazlur Rehman was against him, saying Fazl was in constant touch with him.
Talking to a private TV channel, Musharraf stressed it was the Chaudhrys who "pressurised him" to quash cases against

ISLAMABAD: Endorsing the Judicial Commission's recommendation, the eight-member parliamentary committee on judges' appointment on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Justice Ejaz Chaudhry as new chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC).
The committee also elected PPP's Senator Nayyar Hussain Bokhari as the chairman of the parliamentary committee. Talking to reporters after the meeting, committee member Sabir Baloch said Bokhari had been unanimously elected on permanent

ISLAMABAD: The joint parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) scheduled for today will reveal the true number of parliamentarians loyal to the Chaudhrys, while there are no chances of a consensus being reached on Pakistan People's Party-PML-Q power-sharing as well as the PML unification drive.
In today's crucial party meeting, the PML-Q is poised to chalk-out its future political course of action. However, the party parliamentarians' get-together

LAHORE
The Pakistan Muslim League-Q Likeminded group has ruled out chances to return to the Chaudhrys, saying they were playing the role of PPP 'B' team instead of respecting the public mandate.
Unveiling a roadmap for the country's recovery on Thursday, Likeminded group President Saleem Saifullah told reporters that his group was ready to sit with all political forces in the best interest of the country.
He said that PML-F leader Pir Pagara had invited his group for

ISLAMABAD: The Chaudhry brothers have distanced themselves from the meeting between Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid senators and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that is being seen as thawing of relations between the rival factions.
Senators Tariq Azeem and SM Zafar of the PML-Q met Shahbaz on Sunday to convey a message from PML-F leader Pir Pagara. Nisar Ali Khan, Khawaja Asif and Senator Ishaq Dar were also present in the meeting. Media reports said PML-Q President Shujaat