Tag: PM

PM doesn’t rule out ‘foreign hands’ in Karachi violence

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told reporters at State Guest House on Sunday that the involvement of “foreign hands” in the Karachi and Balochistan...

Nepal elects Maoist PM who vows to end deadlock

Senior Maoist party leader Baburam Bhattarai was elected as Nepal’s prime minister on Sunday in the latest attempt to form a stable government after...

India to hang killers of Rajiv Gandhi next month

Three men convicted of the 1991 assassination of then Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged early next month, a senior jail official...

President, PM directs IG Punjab to recover abducted Shahbaz Taseer

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday telephoned the widow of former governor Punjab Salman Taseer and said all out efforts would be made to...

Japan PM announces resignation as party head

Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday announced his resignation as president of the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese media reported, effectively ending his...

Indian PM urges Hazare to end fast

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday heaped praise on the anti-corruption activist whose hunger strike has rocked the government and appealed for him...

PM asks ADB to finance Bhasha Dam project

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appreciated the role of the Asian Development Bank in undertaking the projects in various sectors in Pakistan...

Indian PM salutes Hazare, urges end to fast

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saluted the idealism of fasting anti-graft activist Anna Hazare in a televised speech to parliament Thursday in which he...

Indian PM asks rivals to help end anti-graft fast

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday called for help from his political rivals as the government sought to end a public stand-off with...

Karachi law and order problem has become a political issue: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that the problem of law and order in Karachi has become a political issue and certain...

Yemen PM to return from Riyadh after attack on Saleh

Yemen's prime minister will return home later on Tuesday from Saudi Arabia, where he has been recovering from injuries suffered in a June assassination...

Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open

Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely resign on Aug. 30, his economics minister said on Tuesday, but who will succeed him as Japan...

Altaf asks PM to resign as PPP-MQM talks collapse

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Monday demanded Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani resign from his office for failing to stop the...

PM approves four Eid holidays

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has approved the summary for four holidays during Eid-ul-Fitr. According to media reports, the Eid holidays will be celebrated...

Mirza demands PM ban Malik’s entry in Sindh

Sindh senior Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has demanded Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani ban Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s entry in Sindh. He demanded...

PM meets Sindh governor, CM

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani met Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan and Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at Governor’s House in Karachi...

PM seeks political parties, patriotic elements role to control Karachi’s situation

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stressed upon all the political parties and patriotic elements to play their due role in controlling the law...